Reading is Alex's favorite hobby, and that genuine love for language comes through in how he teaches English — whether it's close-reading a novel for theme and symbolism or walking through the revision process on a student's essay. His graduate work in theological studies sharpened his ability to an...

Engineering reports and technical documentation demand a kind of writing most people overlook — every sentence has to be precise, logically sequenced, and free of ambiguity. Earnest's chemical engineering training at both the bachelor's and master's level drilled that discipline into his writing, an...

Reading a novel and actually analyzing it are two very different skills, and the gap between them is where most students struggle in English class. Ify teaches students to build arguments from textual evidence — identifying tone, tracking character development, and constructing thesis statements tha...

Reading a novel and analyzing a novel require completely different skills, and Isabel bridges that gap. She teaches students to identify literary devices like motif, unreliable narration, and tonal shifts, then turn those observations into thesis-driven essays. Her background in both literature and ...

Between an anthropology degree heavy on analytical writing and years of crafting research papers in graduate and medical school, Morgan brings real mileage to reading comprehension and written expression. She tackles everything from paragraph organization to close-reading strategies, adapting her ap...

Between crafting college essays and editing academic writing, Jack has spent serious time inside the revision process — the part of English where most students actually improve. He tackles everything from thesis development to close reading of literary texts, breaking arguments into clear, logical s...

Years of volunteering with K–8 reading programs and writing college-level research as an economics and data science major gave Rebecca range across the English skill set — from close reading and textual analysis to thesis-driven essay writing. She's especially skilled at showing students how to buil...

Reading comprehension and analytical writing share a common skill: figuring out what an author is actually arguing and evaluating whether the evidence holds up. Daiven's science training sharpened that exact ability — dissecting research papers taught him to read critically and construct tight, evid...

A physics major might seem like an unusual pick for English, but Gatlin's coursework in computer science and mathematics has sharpened his ability to build clear, logical arguments — exactly what strong analytical writing requires. He tackles grammar, thesis development, and close reading with the s...

Between crafting college essays and editing student writing, Madison has developed a sharp eye for what makes prose actually communicate rather than just fill a page. She digs into thesis development, paragraph structure, and how to use textual evidence persuasively — skills that carry across litera...

Shourya's college essay and literature experience gives him a practical edge in English — he knows how to teach close reading as an analytical skill and writing as an iterative process of drafting and revision. His approach leans on building clear thesis statements and supporting them with textual e...

Between writing college essays, analyzing literature, and drafting research papers for her pre-med and Spanish coursework at Michigan, Cailee developed a sharp eye for argument structure and clarity. She teaches students to read a passage for its central claim first, then trace how evidence and tone...

Reading a passage and knowing what it says is one thing; articulating a clear, evidence-backed argument about it is another. Srikavya tackles that gap by teaching students how to annotate texts for rhetorical moves and structure thesis-driven paragraphs, drawing on her experience with both essay edi...

Traci has been dissecting stories since childhood, and she channels that instinct into teaching students how to analyze literary devices, identify themes, and build text-supported arguments. Whether a student is working through a novel unit or preparing a persuasive essay, she emphasizes close readi...

Between her communication studies minor and her role at UNC Charlotte's University Center for Academic Excellence, Kelsey reads and critiques a lot of student writing. She teaches close reading strategies for pulling meaning from dense texts and walks through thesis development and paragraph organiz...