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In 2011 I graduated from Temple University with a Bachelors of Science in the field of Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, I became really active in research, more specifically; I started investigating the effects nicotine has on learning and memory. By the time I graduated from Temple I had helped publish two peer reviewed journal articles. Both articles were published in the journal of Behavioral Neuroscience.

Upon graduation, I was given the opportunity to teach classes on the research process and research ethics to undergraduate students. I also held workshops for these students on how to write a proper resume and personal statement for graduate school. This was only a six-week position but in that time my students conducted research in a laboratory on campus and wrote up their findings in a scientific research paper. At the end of the summer they presented their research at a conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I found it very rewarding to help my students go through this process in such a short period of time.

I moved to Portland in 2012 because I was admitted into the Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program at Oregon Health & Science University. After a year in this program, I realized that I missed working with and mentoring students and I decided to leave the program and pursue a Masters in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. I am currently a few months away from completing my masters degree and I am still living in Portland, Oregon (my degree is being completed online).

I am currently working as a classroom assistant for a blind student at Portland State University. I help this student in the classroom and I tutor him outside of the classroom as well. I really enjoy working for the disability resource center and am very passionate about helping ALL students succeed in their academic endeavors. I believe that students all learn differently and what really helps one student learn a concept may confuse a different student. As a tutor, I try to assess how my students learn best and work off of their learning style. I also believe in working off of students' strengths. For instance, if a student struggles with writing argumentative essays, I will start off by giving him or her an essay about a topic they are really passionate about. This way they can see that they can actually like the writing process. Once we establish that they can actually do the task I will ask them to write about something that they are not as familiar with or something that does not interest them as much. I think it is really important to not treat all students the same when it comes to teaching because everyone thinks differently!

I tutor a wide assortment of subjects: Elementary/Middle school level math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, College level Statistics, Middle School/High School/College level English, college writing, ESL Writing/Grammar, Neuroscience/Psychology, and High School and Middle School science. I really enjoy teaching students about Psychology and the brain because I personally find it to be fascinating! I also love to help students with writing because I find it rewarding to see their progression over time. It makes me really happy when I see students' developing more complex arguments after just a few tutoring sessions.

As far as my hobbies go, I am really interested in reading, writing, bowling, miniature golf, swimming and going to professional sporting events!

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Kristy’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: Temple University - Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience/Psychology

Graduate Degree: Kansas State University - Master of Science, Academic Advising

Hobbies

Reading, writing, bowling, miniature golf, swimming and going to professional sporting events!

Tutoring Subjects

10th Grade Reading

10th Grade Writing

11th Grade Reading

11th Grade Writing

12th Grade Reading

12th Grade Writing

5th Grade Math

5th Grade Reading

5th Grade Science

5th Grade Writing

6th Grade Math

6th Grade Reading

6th Grade Science

6th Grade Writing

7th Grade Reading

7th Grade Writing

8th Grade Math

8th Grade Reading

8th Grade Science

8th Grade Writing

9th Grade Reading

9th Grade Writing

ACT Writing

Adult Literacy

African-American History

Algebra

American Literature

Anthropology

Applied Mathematics

CLEP American Government

CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

CLEP Biology

CLEP College Algebra

CLEP College Composition

CLEP College Composition Modular

CLEP College Mathematics

CLEP Financial Accounting

CLEP History of the United States I

CLEP Human Growth and Development

CLEP Humanities

CLEP Introduction to Educational Psychology

CLEP Introductory Psychology

CLEP Introductory Sociology

CLEP Natural Sciences

CLEP Social Sciences and History

Clinical Psychiatry

College Biology

College English

College Essays

College Level American Literature

College Math

College Statistics

Elementary Algebra

Elementary Math

Elementary School Math

Elementary School Reading

Elementary School Science

Elementary School Writing

English

English Grammar and Syntax

Essay Editing

Evolutionary Biology

GED Prep

General Biology

Geometry

Graduate Test Prep

GRE Subject Test in Psychology

GRE Subject Tests

High School Chemistry

High School English

High School Level American Literature

High School Writing

History of Science

Homeschool

Human Development

IB Biology

IB Biology SL

IB Language A: Language and Literature

IB Language A: Language and Literature SL

IB Social and Cultural Anthropology

IB Social and Cultural Anthropology HL

IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science SL

IB Theory of Knowledge

Languages

Life Sciences

Literature

Math

Medical Ethics

Medicine

Middle School

Middle School English

Middle School Math

Middle School Reading

Middle School Science

Middle School Writing

Neurobiology

Neuroscience

Nursing

Other

Persuasive Writing

Pharmacology

Pre-Algebra

Probability

Psychology

Public Health

Public Speaking

Science

Social Sciences

Social Studies

Sociology

Sports, Exercise and Health Science

Statistics

Study Skills

Study Skills and Organization

Summer

Test Prep

TOEFL Prep

Vocabulary

Writing

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