Fun Facts

I am a volunteer with the public domain free audiobook creation site Librivox.org. The summer before I started college, I began a Teen Book Club at my local library and assisted the Children’s Librarian with events. At my undergraduate college, I made the Dean's List three times and became a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, the first year academic honors society.

About Me

I have just completed my first year of graduate school, where I am earning my MA in English (Literature). I graduated cum laude from dickinson-college">Dickinson College in 2012 with an English major and a double minor in History and Medieval & Early Modern Studies. After earning my degree in May 2014, I plan to continue on into a PhD program.

*Freshman English Teaching Fellow/Instructor (Loyola Marymount University) August 2012-Present: Granted faculty member status and instructed two sections of English 110 (College Writing) in Fall 2012 and two sections of English 140 (Intro to Fiction) in Spring 2013, with all the responsibilities and duties required of a tenure-track professor (grading, office hours, conferences, etc.).
*Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (South Hadley, MA) June-August 2011: Assistant taught the Middle Ages class for gifted and talented students in grades 5-6.
*Teacher, The YWCA After School Homework Club (Carlisle, PA) February 2010-April 2011: Provided homework assistance and supervision for grades K-5.
*English Tutor, Private January – June 2007 Tutored a homeschooled 6th grader with learning disabilities twice weekly.

I believe that the goal of a tutor is not to just give the student the correct answer but should be to help the student obtain the necessary tools to understand the material. Sometimes this means using a variety of approaches, giving examples, finding other ways of explaining concepts, etc. The most important step is making the student comfortable and creating a safe space where they feel they can take academic chances and make mistakes in order to learn.