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10+ years
Clara
Clara earned her bachelor's in psychology, so the full arc of the discipline — from research methods and classical conditioning to abnormal psych and personality theory — is material she studied firsthand, not picked up secondhand. Her tutoring approach leans heavily on having students explain conce...
Stanford University
Bachelors, Psychology

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Sherry
A UChicago psychology degree means Sherry didn't just survey the field — she dug into research methodology, statistical reasoning, and the theoretical debates behind concepts like classical conditioning, cognitive dissonance, and attachment theory. Now pursuing graduate work at Columbia, she brings ...
University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree in psychology and linguistics
Certified Tutor
Medical training at the doctoral level means Jessica spent years learning how psychological concepts like stress response, behavioral conditioning, and cognitive development actually manifest in patients — not just in textbook diagrams. She connects that clinical perspective to the research methods ...
Nova Southeastern University
PHD, Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors, History
University of Pennsylvania
undergraduate
Certified Tutor
Meghan
Reporting for a trade magazine means Meghan spends her days interviewing people, reading their motivations, and figuring out why they make the decisions they do — skills that map directly onto psychology's core questions about behavior, cognition, and social influence. Her Northwestern journalism tr...
Northwestern University
Masters, Journalism
Northwestern University
Bachelors, Journalism
Northwestern University
Undergraduate degree in journalism (major) with a Spanish minor
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Frances
Frances earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Duke, which means she isn't just teaching vocabulary terms like "classical conditioning" or "cognitive dissonance" — she studied the research methods, statistical reasoning, and theoretical frameworks behind them. She connects textbook concepts...
Duke University
Bachelor in Arts, Psychology
Duke University
Degree unspecified
Certified Tutor
3+ years
Yu
Growing up in Malaysia before studying at Penn and earning a master's in education from Harvard, Yu brings a cross-cultural perspective to psychology that makes topics like social cognition, conformity, and cultural influences on behavior feel immediate rather than theoretical. She draws on educatio...
Harvard University
Masters in Education, Education Policy Analysis
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Government
University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate studies (attended)
Certified Tutor
14+ years
Jason
Bridging the gap between psychology's scientific methods and its theoretical frameworks is where Jason's unusual background pays off. His medical training at Penn covered neuroanatomy, behavioral science, and psychopharmacology in clinical depth, while his master's in education explored learning the...
University of Pennsylvania
PHD, Medicine and Education
University of Pennsylvania
Master's degree in Education
Yale University
Bachelor's degree in History
Certified Tutor
4+ years
Holding a degree in psychology and now pursuing medicine, Sydny connects psychological concepts to their biological roots — explaining how the limbic system drives emotion, or why conditioning principles show up in clinical treatment. She digs into research methods, developmental stages, and abnorma...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science
Medical University of South Carolina
Doctor of Medicine, Premedicine
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Ellie
Ellie's autism research at the Yale School of Medicine gives her a hands-on understanding of cognitive and behavioral concepts that most psychology tutors only know from textbooks. She connects topics like neurodevelopment, research methodology, and psychological disorders to real lab work, making a...
Yale University
Master of Arts, Biomedical Engineering
Yale University
Bachelor in Arts
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Kristin
Having studied both biological sciences and philosophy at the University of Chicago, Kristin approaches psychology from two angles most tutors can only cover one at a time — the neural and biological underpinnings of behavior, and the deeper questions about consciousness, free will, and moral reason...
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Science, Nursing (RN)
University of Chicago
Bachelor in Arts, Biology, General
University of Chicago
BA in Biological Sciences (minor in Philosophy)
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