A psychology degree sharpens something most people don't associate with history: the ability to analyze why people and societies make the choices they do. Pinelopi teaches students to read historical events through cause-and-effect reasoning, connecting political decisions, social movements, and eco...

Molly holds degrees in History from Columbia University, where she wrote a distinguished thesis that required deep archival research and sustained argumentation — exactly the skills history students need for document-based essays and research papers. Her classroom teaching experience across multiple...

A double major in English and Theater at the University of Chicago means Andrew spent four years doing exactly what history courses demand — close reading of texts, analyzing how people performed power and identity in specific cultural moments, and building arguments from primary sources. Theater hi...

AP psychology and biology gave Felix a framework for understanding why people and societies behave the way they do — a lens he brings directly to history, where he digs into the social and psychological forces behind events rather than just the dates and names. His 1540 SAT reflects the kind of clos...

Treating history as a discipline of argument rather than memorization changes everything for students who feel buried under names and dates. Asta's political science work at the University of Chicago trained her to analyze primary sources, trace cause and effect across decades, and construct evidenc...

Jacob approaches history the way his literature training taught him to approach any text: by examining who wrote it, for what audience, and with what agenda. That skill translates directly to evaluating primary sources, constructing document-based essays, and building cause-and-effect arguments — th...

Studying religious traditions across cultures at Northwestern gave Rebecca an unusual entry point into history — she understands how belief systems, social movements, and political power intersect across time periods. She teaches students to build arguments from primary sources and think critically ...

Karishma's English and psychology training gives her a distinctive angle on history: she reads historical figures and movements through the lens of human motivation and narrative structure, asking not just what happened but why people believed what they believed. That psychological perspective is es...

Jonathan approaches history the way he approaches science: by asking what the evidence actually supports and what assumptions are hiding in the narrative. He teaches students to evaluate primary sources critically and build arguments that connect causes to consequences, rather than treating history ...

Camilla earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Washington University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She digs into primary source analysis and cause-and-effect reasoning, teaching students to construct historical arguments rather than just recall dates and names.