Emmanuel's English tutoring draws on the reading and writing demands of graduate-level medical education, where synthesizing complex texts and communicating ideas clearly are daily requirements. He tackles everything from thesis development and paragraph organization to reading comprehension strateg...

Between his work on college essays, AP English Language, and literature, Eric approaches English as an interconnected set of skills: reading critically, building an argument, and revising until the writing is sharp. His background as a tutor for first-generation college students in Puerto Rico taugh...

Between a Dartmouth history degree, an M.Ed. from Boston College, and ongoing law school at Duke, Jennifer has spent years doing the exact work English courses demand: close reading, constructing arguments from textual evidence, and revising drafts until the reasoning is airtight. She's rated 5.0 by...

Between International Relations and Environmental Studies, Simon spent his undergraduate years writing research papers, policy analyses, and argumentative essays across very different disciplines. That range makes him particularly effective at teaching thesis development and textual analysis, whethe...

Anastasia's behavioral science training at Duke sharpened her ability to break down how readers process arguments, tone, and structure — skills she applies directly when teaching close reading and analytical writing. She earned a 1480 SAT with particularly strong verbal performance, and she brings t...

Reading critically and writing persuasively were daily demands of Julie's dual-major coursework, from analyzing French literary texts to composing research papers in neuroscience. She tackles English skills — close reading, thesis development, evidence integration — as transferable tools rather than...

Between his writing-intensive sociology coursework at Duke and a near-perfect SAT score, Zhong tackles English from both the analytical and the creative side. He digs into how to build a coherent argument, interpret complex texts, and develop a writing voice that sounds like a real person — not a fi...

Between devouring memoirs and modern classics like Catcher in the Rye, Eric developed a genuine reader's instinct for voice, structure, and argument — skills he now applies when teaching reading comprehension, thesis development, and textual analysis. His engineering background at Duke adds an unexp...

Reading critically and writing persuasively are skills Tammy sharpened across two very different worlds — literary analysis in her arts coursework and scientific writing in her biochemistry and medical training. She teaches students to dissect an author's argument, identify rhetorical strategies, an...

Between her psychology training and professional writing experience, Frances brings an unusual combination to English instruction: she can teach a student to analyze a character's motivation in a novel and then turn around and sharpen the thesis statement in their essay about it. Her 35 ACT composit...