Trained in theater with a double BA that included heavy literary analysis, Amber reads texts the way a director reads a script — attending to subtext, character motivation, and structural choices that most readers skim past. She teaches students to build close-reading arguments around specific passa...

Reading a novel and analyzing a novel are two very different skills, and Patrick bridges that gap by teaching students how to trace motifs, interrogate narrative point of view, and build interpretive arguments grounded in textual evidence. His dual background in English Literature and Linguistics at...

An avid reader and writer outside her science career, Karann approaches literature by teaching students to build arguments about a text — tracing how imagery, structure, or narrative voice creates meaning — rather than just summarizing plot. Her analytical training in biological sciences translates ...

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills, and the gap usually shows up when students try to write about theme or symbolism without a clear method. Sophie teaches literary analysis as argument-building: identify a pattern in the text, gather evidence, and expl...

Living in Lhasa, rural Japan, and suburban Paris gave Sarah a lens for reading literature that most tutors simply don't have — she instinctively connects texts to their cultural and historical contexts. Whether a student is unpacking symbolism in a novel or analyzing a poet's use of imagery, she tea...

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills. Maddy teaches students to dig into literary devices — symbolism, narrative structure, point of view — and then translate those observations into arguments that hold up in essays and class discussion. Her approach trea...

Reading a novel and analyzing a novel are two very different skills, and the second one requires practice with close reading, identifying literary devices, and building arguments from textual evidence. James's political science training at Penn was built on exactly this kind of analytical reading — ...

An avid reader and writer outside the classroom, Richard approaches literature by teaching students to trace how themes develop across a text — identifying motifs, analyzing narrative structure, and building interpretive arguments grounded in evidence. His background in both English and Spanish mean...

A philosophy and biology background gives Madeline an unusual lens for literature — she reads for argument, evidence, and the assumptions buried beneath a text's surface. She teaches students to unpack themes, analyze narrative structure, and build interpretive claims that go beyond plot summary.

An avid reader and writer outside the classroom, Michael approaches literature as a physicist might — by asking what's actually happening beneath the surface of a text and why the author built it that way. He teaches students to move from plot summary into real literary analysis, breaking down how n...

Reading a novel and analyzing a novel are two different skills, and the gap between them is where most students struggle. Jacob breaks down literary analysis into concrete moves — tracking motifs, unpacking symbolism, connecting a character's arc to a broader theme — so students can write about text...

Holding degrees in English Literature, Comparative Literature, and Classical Greek, Jonas reads texts the way they reward being read — across traditions, time periods, and languages. Whether a student is unpacking imagery in a Shakespeare sonnet or tracing themes in a contemporary novel, he teaches ...

Reading literature closely means learning to ask better questions about a text — why an author chose this metaphor, what a structural shift signals, how tone shapes meaning. Shona's wide-ranging interests in writing, books, and the performing arts give her a rich frame of reference for discussing ev...

Reading a novel closely means asking better questions — not just "what happened" but "why did the author structure it this way?" Dylan brings an analytical mindset sharpened by his political science coursework, where dissecting arguments and identifying rhetorical strategies is daily practice. He ap...

Studying both Biology and English at UW-Madison means Miriam reads literature the way a scientist reads data — looking for patterns, testing interpretations against textual evidence, and questioning assumptions. She's especially sharp at teaching close reading skills: how to unpack a passage's tone,...