Award-Winning Social Studies Tutors serving Raleigh-Durham, NC

I'm Alexandra but you can call me Ally; I am a freshmen engineering major at the University of Notre Dame so I'm a huge math and science nerd. I'm excited to work with new clients and establish relations with existing ones to help everyone reach their full academic potential!

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes and asking questions as long as you learn from them.

...in an afterschool program in Durham, NC. My current degree will focus in literacy. As such, I'm excited to work with y'all in any number of subjects, especially reading, writing, organizational skills, college prep, and test prep. I'm passionate about curiosity. I delight in questions and pursuing greater knowledge. I'm passionate about reading - and believe that reading well can open huge educational doors. Please be in touch if you would like to chat more...

...self-directed independent learners. These learners will see literacy as a vehicle for exploring their interests and enjoying the world around them. Reading and writing have been essential elements of my education and professional development, and I hope to inspire my students to view these fundamental skills with the same reverence. Varied approaches to literacy development will increase participation of students and reveal different achievement levels of students. These techniques are effective in quickly assessing student...

...from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2012 and a BA in political science and history from the University of Florida. I tutor a wide array of subjects in the social sciences and humanities, with a particular focus on comparative politics, writing, and statistics. The study of politics has always been my passion for as long as I can remember. Statistics, on the other hand, was a bit of a struggle, but I persevered and am now an...

After serving as an intelligence officer in the Air Force for seven years, I completed a doctoral program in American Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill. Since then, I have edited a literary journal, managed a research center, and published several peer-reviewed articles on American autobiography, fiction, and poetry. I live with my wife and three daughters in Durham, North Carolina.

...out ways to teach complicated subjects in pieces, making them more simple. I have been trained as a historian of the Italian Renaissance, and concentrate on the Republic of Venice, which some popular accounts claim lasted for a thousand years, from 797 to 1797. I think old-fashioned political and diplomatic history is the cat's meow! I disagree profoundly with the view that it is not relevant to the study of history today. I also like...