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9+ years
Having studied psychology alongside microbiology and the biological sciences, Felix brings a dual lens to AP Psych — particularly in units like biological bases of behavior and sensation-perception, where his science training makes neurotransmitter pathways and neural signaling click rather than fee...
University of Chicago
Associate in Science

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Sherry
A psychology and linguistics degree from the University of Chicago means Sherry didn't just survey the AP Psych curriculum — she studied the underlying science of language, cognition, and behavior at a research university where the field's foundational theories were developed. That linguistics train...
University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree in psychology and linguistics

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Matthew
Matthew's pre-med track at Yale pairs biochemistry with philosophy — a combination that pays off in AP Psychology, where the biological bases of behavior unit demands real science fluency and the free-response section rewards precise, logically structured arguments. His hands-on work with tools like...
Yale University
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Todd
Todd's Master of Social Work gives him direct clinical exposure to concepts that dominate AP Psychology's abnormal psychology and social psychology units — diagnostic frameworks, group dynamics, cognitive-behavioral models — all material he's applied in practice, not just studied in a textbook. His ...
University of Chicago
Master of Social Work, Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
University of Chicago
graduate

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Martha
Martha's PhD research at Michigan sits at the intersection of culture and self-concept — the exact territory AP Psychology's social psychology and personality units cover, except she's generating original data on it, not just reviewing textbook summaries. That active research background, built on a ...
Duke University
Bachelors, Psychology
Duke University
Current Grad Student, Global Health
Duke University
BS in psychology

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Tashina
Tashina earned her PhD in Psychological and Brain Sciences, so the AP Psych curriculum — from operant conditioning to the intricacies of the DSM — is territory she's navigated at the research level, not just the introductory one. Her statistics expertise is particularly useful for the research metho...
Johns Hopkins University
PHD, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Barnard College
Bachelor in Arts, Psychology

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Emerson
A psychology major at the University of Chicago with a neuroscience specialization, Emerson lives and breathes the material that shows up on the AP Psychology exam — from Piaget's developmental stages to action potentials and neurotransmitter pathways. He connects textbook concepts to the actual res...
University of Chicago
Bachelor of Science, Biology and Psychology

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Adam
Cognitive science at Rice meant Adam studied the AP Psych curriculum from the inside out — perception, memory, language processing, and the neural underpinnings of behavior were core coursework, not elective reading. That training makes him especially sharp on the cognition and biological bases unit...
Rice University
Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Sciences (minor in Spanish)

Certified Tutor
6+ years
William
Linguistics at Yale trains you to analyze how language shapes thought, perception, and social interaction — concepts that map directly onto AP Psychology units like cognition, memory, and social psychology, where understanding how people process and communicate information is half the battle. Willia...
Yale University
Bachelor in Arts, Linguistics

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Brian
Brian's economics training at Caltech — heavy on behavioral models, decision theory, and statistical reasoning — gives him a quantitative angle on AP Psychology that's especially useful in the research methods unit and anywhere the exam tests concepts like heuristics, framing effects, or rational ch...
University of California-Santa Cruz
PHD, Technology & Information Mgmt (Indef. deferred)
California Institute of Technology
Bachelors in Economics and Computer Science
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