Neuroscience trains you to think about why people do what they do — how fear, reward, and social pressure shape decision-making — and Benjamin brings that same lens to historical analysis, particularly when students need to unpack the motivations behind political movements or wartime decisions. Livi...

Treating history as a collection of dates to memorize misses the point entirely. Emma approaches it as an exercise in argument and evidence — teaching students to analyze primary sources, identify cause-and-effect chains, and write document-based responses that demonstrate genuine historical thinkin...

A medical school student with a master's in bioethics, Hyerin naturally gravitates toward the ethical and scientific dimensions of history — debates over public health policy, the politics of medical experimentation, or how economic pressures shaped social reform movements. She teaches students to p...

A math degree might seem like an odd fit for history, but Patrick's training in logical argumentation — building proofs step by step from premises to conclusions — maps directly onto constructing thesis-driven historical essays. He teaches students to treat a DBQ prompt the way you'd approach a proo...

Teaching college-level chemistry means Jennifer spends every day doing what history courses actually test: walking students through complex, interconnected systems and asking them to explain *why* something happened, not just *what*. She brings that same cause-and-effect rigor to historical analysis...

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 e...

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 su...

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 ...

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...

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 campu...

I am a junior Mechanical Engineering major at Yale, and I hope to become a Naval Aviator after college. I am also a varsity sailor, and enjoy playing music with friends when I can get some free time. I have been tutoring my fellow students throughout my entire academic career, and I would best descr...

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 tut...

I am proud to be a part of Varsity Tutors! I am originally from San Antonio, TX; I completed my undergraduate education at Rice University in Houston where I received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Currently, I am in my second year of medical school at Baylor College of Medici...

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received ...

I am an aspiring applied mathematician, with particular interest in image processing and climate science. I graduated in May 2017 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in physics and mathematics, and am beginning a PhD program in September 2017 at the University of Chicago in Com...