Award-Winning Economics Tutors
serving Knoxville, TN

I'm a 24 year old student of life that graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2014. My first experience with tutoring came 5 years ago when I opened a branch of ACT prep tutoring for Revolution Prep. At that time, I taught small classes of 5-9 students and also worked as a private tutor. I absolutely love to learn and am fulfilled by guiding students to reach their maximum potential.

Leanna's Cognitive Science degree at Vanderbilt included rigorous coursework in behavioral economics and decision-making theory — the psychology behind why people respond to incentives, misjudge risk, and deviate from what classical models predict. She pairs that behavioral lens with her business studies to teach micro and macro concepts, making topics like consumer choice and market failures feel grounded in how people actually think. Rated 4.9 by students.

Pursuing a PhD in economics after Vanderbilt means Jacob is deep in the weeds of economic thinking right now — working through the same micro and macro frameworks his students are encountering for the first time. His math double-study sharpens how he teaches the quantitative side, especially when courses pivot from intuitive concepts like comparative advantage into the graph-and-equation work that defines intermediate micro. Rated 5.0 by his students.

Pursuing a PhD in Economics at Vanderbilt means Zeeshan is deep in the weeds of economic research right now — actively working with the models, data, and theoretical frameworks that undergrad and high school students are encountering for the first time. His public policy master's from the University of Maryland adds a applied dimension, especially when it comes to unpacking how government intervention, market failures, and incentive structures play out in actual policy debates. That combination of current academic immersion and policy training lets him teach microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts with unusual depth and relevance.

Grant earned his bachelor's degree in Economics, which means concepts like supply and demand curves, GDP calculation, and monetary policy aren't abstract textbook ideas — they're frameworks he's internalized and can explain from multiple angles. He connects economic theory to real-world markets and current events so the logic behind models actually clicks. Rated 5.0 by students.

I'm currently a student at Northeastern University. Originally from Tennessee, I attended an all-male boarding and day school for high school, and was given a lot of opportunities to pursue advanced coursework and opportunities that weren't available to 99% of students in the area. As a result, I've joined Varsity Tutors as an effort to give back and try to help students get excited about learning various subjects, employing many of the methods that allowed me to succeed. While I tutor a wide range of subjects, I am most passionate about standardized test prep, math (all levels), writing, and economics.

Supply and demand curves are just the starting point — economics gets interesting when students apply models to real markets, trade policy, or financial crises. Ryan's business administration background, including his current MBA work at Vanderbilt, means he can connect textbook concepts like elasticity, comparative advantage, and monetary policy to actual business decisions and global events.

Currently pursuing an Economics major at the University of Michigan, Monitha breaks down concepts like supply-and-demand shifts, elasticity, and market structures using real-world examples that make the logic behind models click. Her coursework in data science also means she can walk students through the graphs and quantitative reasoning that often trip people up in introductory econ courses. Rated 5.0 by students.

An MBA and JD give Matthew an unusual lens on economics — he sees supply and demand curves not as abstract graphs but as the logic behind real contracts, regulations, and business decisions. He breaks down concepts like elasticity, market equilibrium, and comparative advantage by tying them to concrete scenarios students can actually reason through.

I am currently a Junior at The University of Alabama pursuing degrees in both Mathematics & Economics. After I graduate, I intend to stay at Alabama to get an M.A. in Economics. I have been tutoring both Math and ACT Prep since I was a Sophomore in High School. After 4 years of experience, I continue to enjoy tutoring these subjects, and the constant challenge of improving my abilities and techniques. I get a great sense of satisfaction in helping those I tutor improve their grades, test scores, and overall understanding of the subjects I am teaching them. Not only do I focus on the subject matter being taught, but I also focus on helping students develop the study skills and habits that are imperative to success later in their academic careers. Through my four years of tutoring, I have developed the ability to mold my tutoring style around however the student learns best whether that be visually, through examples, etc. This allows me to provide an individualized tutoring session to each person I tutor. I believe no two students should be tutored the same was; every student has different learning methods and I view it as my responsibility to modify my tutoring style to fit each individual student.

Jorge is finishing his economics degree at UCF while covering both micro and macro — so topics like fiscal policy, market structures, and opportunity cost are part of his daily coursework, not distant memories. His background living and studying abroad adds a practical dimension when tackling international trade concepts or comparing economic systems across countries. Rated 5.0 by students.

Studying accounting at Baylor means Jason lives inside the numbers that economic models produce — balance sheets, cost structures, tax implications — so he naturally anchors concepts like supply and demand or market efficiency in the financial mechanics that drive them. His experience tutoring and mentoring middle and high school students in Waco keeps him sharp at breaking down introductory topics like opportunity cost and trade-offs for learners encountering economic thinking for the first time.

I'm from New Jersey and of Italian decent, so I naturally love cooking and all things pizza. My favorite childhood book is The Giver by Lois Lowry, and favorite high school class was physics (rockets, easy winner). I enjoy playing guitar and ride my bicycle on a sunny day.

I'm a sophomore at Vanderbilt working toward a major in neuroscience with minors in chemistry and psychology. I was born and raised in Nashville, so middle Tennessee is definitely home for me. My main area of focus for tutoring is ACT Prep; however, Im proficient in many maths and sciences as well as grammar mechanics. In high school I took many ACT Prep classes and tutors. Because of my familiarity with the test, I have high confidence in my ability to drastically elevate my student's ACT scores.

Studying economics at Penn means Alessia encounters supply-and-demand models, game theory, and macroeconomic policy debates in her own coursework every week. That real-time engagement with the material makes her especially effective at unpacking concepts like elasticity, comparative advantage, and IS-LM analysis — she explains them the way she just learned to think about them, not from distant memory.

As a Cornell economics major, Tameem is still immersed in the coursework — working through the same models, problem sets, and exam formats that students are currently facing. That proximity to the material makes him particularly sharp on the foundational concepts that drive intro and high school economics, like how shifts in aggregate demand connect to unemployment and inflation or why price elasticity changes a firm's revenue strategy.

I am currently working in a Bronx Public School as a teaching apprentice in Algebra. I have four years of experience tutoring one on one with students of all ages.

Natalie's Health Care Management minor at Penn exposed her to microeconomic principles like supply and demand, cost-benefit analysis, and market structures — all through the lens of real industries. She breaks down economic models by connecting them to concrete examples students can actually picture, whether it's pricing decisions or how incentives shape behavior.

Studying both engineering and economics at Duke gave Natalie a quantitative lens on economic reasoning — she's comfortable moving between supply-and-demand intuition and the math behind elasticity, optimization, and equilibrium. She digs into the "why" behind each model so students can apply concepts to unfamiliar problems, not just textbook examples.

Public policy analysis at the University of Chicago meant Noel spent his undergraduate years dissecting how economic principles — budget trade-offs, incentive design, cost-benefit frameworks — actually drive government decisions. That training makes him especially sharp on the macro side of economics, where fiscal policy and public spending aren't abstract textbook topics but the real-world problems he studied daily. Rated 4.9 by his students.

As an economics major at Northwestern, Sarah digs into the same core principles — scarcity, opportunity cost, market equilibrium, elasticity — that introductory students encounter for the first time. She translates abstract models into concrete examples, making supply-and-demand curves and production possibilities frontiers feel intuitive rather than mechanical.

Co-authoring a published policy article for US News and World Report required Gary to translate economic data into clear, defensible arguments — exactly the skill economics courses demand. He tackles supply-and-demand analysis, market structures, and cost-benefit reasoning by grounding each concept in the political and policy contexts where these ideas actually get applied.

As an economics major at Duke, Eric tackles everything from supply-and-demand fundamentals to more advanced topics like game theory, market structures, and macroeconomic policy. He connects abstract models to real-world examples that make concepts like elasticity or comparative advantage intuitive rather than formulaic. Rated 5.0 by students.

As an economics major at Dartmouth, Mia engages with concepts like market equilibrium, elasticity, and game theory on a daily basis. She unpacks the intuition behind graphs and models so that supply-and-demand curves and GDP calculations actually make sense instead of feeling like abstract formulas to memorize.

Environmental Science and Public Policy intersects constantly with economics — cost-benefit analysis, externalities, market failures, trade policy. Ethan brings that applied perspective to economics tutoring, connecting abstract models like supply-and-demand curves or GDP accounting to tangible policy questions students can reason through. His strong quantitative background (36 ACT, AP Statistics and Calculus) means the math side of econ never becomes a bottleneck.

An MBA from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate economics degree mean David has encountered the full spectrum of economic reasoning — from microeconomic models of firm behavior to the macroeconomic policy debates that shape real markets. Running a startup gives him a founder's perspective on how concepts like pricing strategy, marginal cost, and competitive dynamics actually play out when you're the one making the decisions.