Between crafting research papers in her biology graduate program and teaching undergraduates at ASU, Courtney has spent years making complex ideas clear on the page. She tackles English skills — from building thesis-driven essays to strengthening reading comprehension of dense texts — with a structu...

Reading a novel and reading it critically are two different skills, and Jacob's training in both psychology and theater gives him an unusual lens for unpacking character motivation, narrative structure, and thematic argument. He teaches students to build interpretive claims from textual evidence — t...

Between his background in American and comparative literature and his experience coaching college essays, John treats English as an integrated skill — reading critically, building arguments, and writing with clarity all reinforce each other. He's particularly sharp at teaching students to analyze an...

Alyssa's strength in English comes from the analytical side — constructing clear arguments, organizing evidence, and revising drafts until every paragraph earns its place. Her experience writing research papers and lab reports at ASU's biomedical engineering program sharpened her ability to teach th...

Reading dense anthropological texts and writing research papers across two graduate disciplines gave Amanda an unusually sharp eye for how argument structure, evidence, and style work together. She brings that cross-disciplinary lens to English tutoring, whether a student is analyzing a novel's narr...

Balancing a Biochemistry degree with an English minor, Julia reads and writes across genres constantly — analytical lab reports one day, literary essays the next. That range makes her especially effective at teaching students how to build a thesis, organize supporting evidence, and adapt their voice...

Running seminar discussions and editing freshman essays at Barrett Honors College gave Madeleine a sharp eye for how argument, evidence, and sentence-level clarity work together. She tackles English assignments by first making sure students understand what a prompt is actually asking, then walks thr...

Engineering coursework demands precise, structured writing — skills Nitesh applies directly when teaching grammar, sentence construction, and paragraph organization. His experience with college essays and essay editing means he can break down what makes a thesis statement work and how to build an ar...

Teaching English abroad to non-native speakers and tutoring American students through standardized tests gave Gabrielle two very different lenses on the same language — one focused on clarity and communication, the other on analytical precision. She pulls from both when tackling reading comprehensio...

Most students don't associate a computer science major with English, but Ken's honors coursework at Barrett demands rigorous analytical writing and close reading across disciplines. He teaches students to build arguments the way he builds programs: with a clear thesis, logically ordered evidence, an...