Reading a novel and analyzing a novel are two different skills, and Dotty's education background at Swarthmore sharpened the second one — close reading for theme, symbol, narrative structure, and authorial intent. She teaches students to build interpretive arguments from textual evidence rather than...

Monika treats literature analysis like solving a proof: identify the claim, trace the evidence, and build a coherent argument. Her background spans texts from multiple cultural traditions, having studied at top universities in both India and the U.S. She teaches close reading techniques that turn va...

Jeremy's background in philosophy and years of academic writing give him a particular lens for literature: he teaches students to build an argument about a text rather than simply summarize it. Whether the assignment involves close reading a poem or analyzing a novel's thematic structure, he pushes ...

Reading literature at the doctoral level means going beyond plot summary to interrogate how a text produces meaning — examining narrative structure, rhetorical strategy, and historical context simultaneously. Patrick's exchange year at the Ecole Normale Superieure exposed him to French and comparati...

Reading literature across multiple languages changes how you see a text — Edgar's background in Modern Languages and his work at Drexel give him an unusually layered perspective on narrative voice, symbolism, and cultural context. He digs into close reading techniques that teach students to build in...

Grant graduated magna cum laude in English with a concentration in Literature from the University of Memphis, so when he's working through a poem's imagery or a novel's narrative arc, he's drawing on deep familiarity with the texts and traditions behind them. His strength is in critical reading — te...

Dental school admissions demanded that Jackson write and revise extensively — personal statements, case analyses, research summaries — all of which required him to read critically and argue from evidence, the same core skills that drive strong literary analysis. He teaches students to zero in on how...

Reading literature well means slowing down enough to notice what an author is actually doing with language — why a metaphor recurs, how a narrator's reliability shifts, what structure reveals about theme. Eric brings an analytical mindset shaped by scientific training, which turns out to be surprisi...

Reading literature well means doing more than summarizing plot — it means noticing how an author uses imagery, point of view, or structure to build meaning. Miakia teaches students to annotate with purpose and develop interpretive claims they can defend with textual evidence, whether the assignment ...

I am a rising sophomore at Emory University working towards a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology, as well as a minor in global health, culture, and society. I tutored in multiple subject areas in high school as a peer tutor as well as a tutor to younger students in elementary and middle school. ...