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...

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...

Most students think of English as subjective, but Callie treats it like a discipline with learnable skills: constructing an argument, supporting claims with evidence, and revising for clarity and precision. Her scientific training at Duke sharpened her ability to think analytically about texts, and ...

Between her work at Duke's student newspaper and a genuine love of reading and writing, Natalie approaches English as both a craft and an analytical discipline. She digs into close reading techniques — identifying tone, tracking an author's argument, pulling apart figurative language — and then show...

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...

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...

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 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...

Studying history and religious studies at Duke, then diving into ancient history at Yale, meant Justin spent years doing one thing constantly: reading complex primary sources and writing persuasive arguments about them. That training in close textual analysis translates directly to English tutoring ...

Between literature analysis, essay editing, and college essays, Devanshi has spent her Duke career living inside written arguments. She teaches English as a craft — unpacking how authors build tone through diction and syntax, then showing students how to mirror that analytical thinking in their own ...

Reading a text carefully and building a clear argument about it are two distinct skills — Gregory teaches both. His theology training sharpened his ability to dissect dense passages and construct layered interpretations, and he brings that same rigor to everything from close reading and thesis devel...

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...

A lifelong reader of classic literature, Jordan brings genuine enthusiasm to English that pairs well with his analytical training in biochemistry and medicine. He teaches students to build arguments from textual evidence — pulling apart an author's tone, structure, and word choice the same way he'd ...

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...