Hello, my name is Mia! I am a computational neuroscience PhD student at the University of Chicago, where I study songbird brains. Before graduate school, I graduated from Emory University with a Bachelors in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, as well as from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering. (read more)
...In the classes I taught and the advanced graduate level courses that I took, we learnt and used several statistical packages (SAS, R, SPSS, Minitab) to analyze data and projects. Preparing students to take standardized tests, especially in math and science, is my game. I believe my experience and academic background are quite adequate for this job. (read more)
...I am also passionate about helping students with public speaking since this is a skill that everyone uses no matter what career path you choose. I value using non-traditional, active-learning principles in my teaching and tutoring. Not every student learns the same, and I am passionate about helping students increase their own self-awareness in how they best learn. (read more)
...Most of my tutoring experience is with highschool students who are falling behind in their classes and need a little extra help. I've taught science, math, and some ELA. I've also helped a small number of students prepare for the SAT/ACT. (read more)
...I have a deep love of American and English literature. More broadly, during past years, I've helped undergraduates and graduate students with essay writing and English. I facilitated understanding of organization, argumentation, citations, and grammar through questioning and dialogue. (read more)