Alan's approach to literature leans on close reading and argumentation — breaking down how an author builds a theme through structure, diction, and imagery rather than just summarizing plot. His years teaching at both four-year and community colleges gave him practice walking students through texts at varying levels of complexity.

Though his degrees are in math and physics, Maxwell brings an analytical framework to literature that surprises students — breaking down how an author constructs an argument through imagery, structure, and point of view the same way you'd dissect a proof. He's particularly effective with students who consider themselves "math people" and need a way into close reading that doesn't feel foreign.

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills. Jane teaches students to dissect literary devices — symbolism, unreliable narration, shifts in tone — by annotating passages together and building interpretive claims from textual evidence. Her background in both science and education gives her an analytical, structured approach to texts that resonates with students who don't consider themselves "English people."

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills — one requires following a plot, the other requires asking why an author made specific choices with structure, imagery, or point of view. Alyssa's linguistics training at the University of Vermont sharpens her ability to unpack how language itself creates meaning in a text. She digs into close reading techniques that make essays on everything from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison more precise and persuasive.

Reading literature analytically is a different skill than reading for pleasure, and Kevin treats it that way — teaching students to dissect how an author uses tone, symbolism, and narrative structure to build meaning. While his primary training is in engineering, his broad teaching experience across English and writing gives him a practical, logic-driven approach to literary analysis that resonates with students who find the subject abstract.

Reading literature well means doing more than summarizing plot — it means noticing how an author's diction, structure, or point of view creates meaning. Maria brings the same close-reading discipline she uses to parse dense scientific papers at Emory, breaking passages apart to uncover tone shifts, symbolism, and rhetorical moves that students often skim past.

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old electronics, playing Pokemon, or picking at my guitar.

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all subjects, I take a creative, inquiry-based and learner-centered approach, designing opportunities for each unique individual to meet their learning goals.

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant at Columbia University in my department and also have tutored graduate students and undergraduates privately as well. My primary areas of tutoring are math and statistics coursework in addition to math sections on standardized tests such as the GRE and GMAT. I am very passionate about helping students feel more confident and excited about math. In my spare time, I enjoy running, playing piano, and spending time with friends and family.

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults towards passing the US Citizenship Exam and taught English in India, where I lived for six months. Whenever I work with a student I personalize the lessons to fit their particular learning style, since I know every student is unique and having the right fit can make all the difference in making learning fun and effective. My strengths are tutoring the social sciences and humanities, as well as making math and standardized tests approachable to students that normally don't like those subjects. In my spare time I like traveling, spending time in the outdoors (climbing & backpacking), meditation, and playing soccer. Next fall I will be beginning my PhD in Education at Harvard University.

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campus); social sciences; and literature/writing.

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tutor for both Math and Spanish programs in high school and enjoyed the strides I made with students. I am willing to tutor any subject I have a background in, but am strong in mathematics, the sciences, Spanish, history, writing, and ACT prep. I enjoy teaching mathematics most due to the joy I can see in children once they master a topic and can answer even pointed questions meant to stump them, and maybe even put their knowledge to real world use. As a tutor, I like to give a strong foundation to orient my student, and then gradually grant them more freedom and independence until they can feel themselves grasp the concept, pointing out pitfalls or common errors along the way; teachers who used these methods on me always left the most lasting impressions. Outside of my studies, I really enjoy listening to music, both old favorites and new interests, reading classics, and gaming/playing basketball with my friends.