...My doctoral degree is in psychology. I think this is a wonderful combination: I can relate to students, understand their frustrations and fears, and at the same time I deeply understand math and take great joy in communicating this to reluctant and struggling students, as well as to well-perform... (read more)
...The goal is to improve your "content confidence" so you can achieve better quiz and test scores. To help with "looming" exams, I often recommend an accelerated test prep "sprint" - an intensive 2-5 day series of custom-tuned problem sets to firm up your weak areas ahead of a major exam. The sprint includes test-taking tactics and strategies. (read more)
...Alongside my academic tutoring, I've also been active in the arts. I optioned a comedy screenplay to Warner Bros. in 1989 and continue to work as a screenwriter. I was also the founder, guitar player and singer-songwriter in a folk-rock band, have released three CDs of original music, published a book of poems and am working on a book. (read more)
...I worked for over 4 years at a tutoring company here in the Bay Area in CA. Here, I gained a lot of experience tutoring high school and college algebra, geometry, precalculus, trigonometry, calculus, and ACT/SAT prep. I also have experience working as a paralegal. (read more)
...The concepts of Linear Algebra are at the heart of (1) numerical methods (used to develop and evaluate solution techniques that are used by computers to solve large numerical systems such as finite element analyses), (2) numerical solutions of overdetermined systems (i.e., "least squares" which a... (read more)