Adrian

I have BA's in Political Science and Classics from The Ohio State University, and an MA in Classics from Cornell University. In each of these degrees, I have studied a wide variety of literature--philosophy, tragedy, ancient and modern novels, and even a bit of graffiti. I work in three languages--English, Latin, and (my favorite) Ancient Greek. I evaluate these various kinds of literature using Black feminist theories, which allows me to reveal their complex depictions of race, gender, enslavement, and other important social issues. As a tutor, my goal is to help students connect literature to the forces that shape their own experiences as readers, whether those forces are a zeal for opposing racism, a desire to read for fun, a combination of these, or something else entirely. Every text has endless implications, and I'm excited to help students identify and unpack them.

Reading both fiction and nonfiction, watching film (especially animated ones), indoor gardening, playing video games, and studying languages.