Standardized testing at the level Kevin performed — a 35 ACT and 1590 SAT — requires tearing through reading passages about historical movements, political rhetoric, and social change under serious time pressure, which builds a surprisingly sharp instinct for what matters in a historical text. He br...

Kelsey's Latin degree and MFA in English give her an unusual double lens on history — she can trace ancient and medieval contexts through original sources while also teaching students to write the kind of sharp, thesis-driven essays that history courses demand. She's especially strong on ancient and...

Addison's liberal arts background at Rice University — spanning kinesiology, film studies, and the humanities — trained her to analyze historical events through multiple lenses, from social movements to economic forces. She teaches students to build arguments from primary sources and connect cause-a...

Evan's computer science and art background might seem unrelated to history, but game design is built on world-building — understanding how political systems, cultural movements, and technological shifts interact across time periods. That same instinct for tracing how one change ripples through an en...

Diana's Political Science degree and her Certificate in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Transformation give her an unusually rich lens for teaching history — she connects events to the political structures, social movements, and power dynamics that drove them. Rather than treating history as a list of ...

As a biomedical engineering student who also tutors literature, essay editing, and college essays, Matthew sits at an unusual crossroads of scientific reasoning and close reading — both of which show up in history coursework more than students expect. He teaches students to treat primary sources lik...

A Master of Divinity means Logan has spent years doing exactly what history courses demand — reading primary texts closely, situating ideas within their political and cultural moment, and building arguments about why people believed what they believed. His theology and philosophy training is especia...

Reading history well means learning to ask why a source was written, not just what it says — a skill Benjamin sharpened across two humanities degrees. He teaches students to analyze primary documents, identify historiographical arguments, and build evidence-driven essays that treat history as an ong...

While history isn't Sasha's core specialty, her analytical mindset translates well to evaluating sources, constructing cause-and-effect arguments, and organizing essay responses under time pressure. She's a strong fit for students who need help with the reasoning and writing side of history coursewo...

Two English degrees mean Anthony has spent years doing exactly what history courses demand: close reading of complex texts, building thesis-driven arguments, and marshaling textual evidence to support a specific claim. He's particularly sharp on essay structure and persuasive writing — the skills th...