From Contemporary Literature and Literature of the Sea at Loomis Chaffee to fiction workshops at Washington University, Erinrose has taught literary analysis across genres and centuries. She digs into how a novel's formal choices — point of view, structure, imagery — create meaning, and she's especially sharp on modern and contemporary fiction. Her PhD work at the University of Denver keeps her immersed in the field daily.

Reading literature closely is a lot like solving a proof: you notice patterns, question assumptions, and build an interpretation from evidence. Zofia's liberal arts education at Brown exposed her to a wide range of texts, and she teaches students to dig into authorial choices — symbolism, narrative structure, tone shifts — with precision. That analytical rigor makes literary analysis feel less like guesswork and more like discovery.

Reading literature well means learning to sit with ambiguity — asking what a text is doing, not just what it's about. Tara's graduate work in museum studies sharpened her ability to analyze cultural artifacts and narratives in context, and she brings that same interpretive lens to poetry, novels, and drama. She teaches students to build arguments from the text itself, connecting theme, structure, and language with precision.

Reading literature well means learning to ask questions a text doesn't answer directly — about motive, symbolism, narrative structure, unreliable narration. Lacey's graduate work in Classics trained her to do exactly this kind of close interpretive reading across genres and historical periods. She teaches students to build arguments from textual evidence rather than defaulting to plot summary.

Reading a novel for class is one thing; constructing an original argument about symbolism, narrative voice, or historical context is another skill entirely. Alicia's history degree and deep background in American literature mean she can show students how to move from surface-level plot summary to the kind of close textual analysis that earns top marks.

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two different skills, and the gap between them is where most students struggle. Melissa teaches close-reading techniques — tracking symbolism, identifying narrative perspective shifts, connecting a text's structure to its themes — so students can build arguments about literature rather than just summarize plot.

An avid reader and writer with a sociology degree, Lena approaches literature through the lens of social context — examining how class, identity, and power shape characters and narrative structure. Whether the assignment involves close-reading a Shakespeare soliloquy or writing a thematic analysis of a modern novel, she teaches students to build arguments grounded in textual evidence rather than plot summary.

An avid reader herself, Emma approaches literature by teaching students to dig into character motivation, theme, and narrative structure rather than just summarizing plot. Her theatre background at Denver School of the Arts sharpened her ability to analyze how language creates emotion and meaning on the page. She's particularly effective at making literary analysis feel like a conversation instead of a chore.

A philosophy and religion background changes how you read — Seth teaches students to dig into a text's argument, not just its plot. Whether it's tracking symbolism in a novel or unpacking the rhetorical moves in a poem, he treats literature as something to interrogate rather than summarize.

Reading literature closely means learning to ask better questions — why does an author choose this metaphor, what's the effect of shifting point of view, how does historical context reshape a passage's meaning. Cory teaches students to build arguments from textual evidence and articulate interpretations clearly, skills he sharpened through writing-intensive coursework at Cornell.

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different tasks, and the gap between them is where most students lose points. Rosemary unpacks literary devices — symbolism, unreliable narration, shifts in point of view — by tying them back to what an author is trying to make the reader feel or question. Her science background gives her an unusually structured approach to close reading that appeals to students who find English class abstract.

Reading a novel closely and writing about it persuasively are two different skills, and Katie addresses both. She teaches students to identify literary devices like symbolism, unreliable narration, and structural choices, then translate those observations into clear, evidence-driven arguments. Her writing background across multiple disciplines gives her a practical sense of how to build a thesis that actually says something.