As an English and history major, I have four years of undergraduate coursework in English literature and composition, as well as a Master of Letters degree from the University of Aberdeen in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Literature. My past studies have included a wide variety of literary cultures and time periods, such as medieval, Victorian, and modern European authors; multicultural voices in American literature; the Japanese Noh theatre; early Irish hagiography; and the works of several Classical authors. As such, I have an appreciation for world literature and am practiced in critical approaches to written texts.

Over the course of my academic career, I have had the opportunity to study several languages, which has helped me develop a firm understanding of grammatical structures and compositional techniques. I have experience with academic writing and am able to work with students to produce high-caliber research papers.

Additionally, I have over four years of experience as a teacher and tutor for students of all ages, from primary school to adult learners. As a Peace Corps volunteer, I taught English as a foreign language to Ukrainian students in grades two through seven. I have also tutored students in primary school and high school in introductory Latin and led a tutorial for college students in introductory Attic Greek.

I taught extra-curricular remedial courses in composition and reading comprehension for grades six through eight and was responsible for submitting weekly progress reports to parents and teachers. I have also tutored adult learners who were studying for their Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or learning English as a second language.