...Our coaching sessions were as much about understanding the student's desires and background as finishing a writing project, applying to college, or submitting math homework. Working as a Writing Coach and TA showed me the importance of hard work in pursuit of academic goals. Any student can be empowered to be their best in the classroom with the right coaching and cheerleaders! (read more)
...Math can be a very difficult and frustrating subject, and students truly enjoy achieving the "light bulb" moment where a challenging topic suddenly makes sense. We can work toward this "lightbulb" moment together by finding out where the student has difficulties, and trying different learning ma... (read more)
...These often differ from the math they have learned in school, and require that the students apply their math skills in new and different ways. I have also worked with students who are weak in math, who have math anxiety, or who have decided that they are "just not numbers people." For them, ACT... (read more)
...I have been an associate professor at Penn State University, where I taught quantitative research methods and SPSS programming, and I have been an associate professor at Zayed University in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, where I specialized in conducting and communicating quantitative research. In additio... (read more)
...I am the author of numerous software programs for calculating planetary orbits, and the position of celestial objects in the sky. I studied celestial navigation at the United States Naval Academy. I have 10 years of experience tutoring astronomy students. (read more)