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Biorn M.

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I am an experienced teacher in the social sciences, politics and government, history, English, writing, and English as a Second Language. I tutor students from the primary school level to advanced graduate students. Although I am a published scholar, I am approachable, easy-going, and adaptable. My job is to help my students help themselves quickly and easily in a way that makes learning the material interesting and fun also. I have a multi-cultural background and am comfortable speaking...

I am an experienced teacher in the social sciences, politics and government, history, English, writing, and English as a Second Language. I tutor students from the primary school level to advanced graduate students. Although I am a published scholar, I am approachable, easy-going, and adaptable. My job is to help my students help themselves quickly and easily in a way that makes learning the material interesting and fun also. I have a multi-cultural background and am comfortable speaking in 5 different languages (I'm native in English). I can help any student catch up with a course, pass an exam, prepare a paper, or learn why their coursework is interesting and important. I can help prepare and edit a Ph.D. dissertation also, if the student requires it. I've done all of this successfully, both in my own life and with my students. I am happy and comfortable to work with learners of all ages. I work with individuals, small groups, and classes and am enthusiastic about innovative approaches to learning. Please get in touch with me soon, because my schedule tends to fill up, and we'll work together to meet your goals in a way that you will find very rewarding.

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Education

Harvard
History
Johns Hopkins - SAIS
Masters
Columbia College Columbia University
PhD

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  • Hourly Rate: $85
  • Rate details: I am open to reasonable discussion, but this is my standard rate.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 5/26/2015

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American History

American History

I graduated in history from Harvard College and have social sciences degrees from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (MA, international relations) and Columbia University (Ph.D., comparative politics). All of my scholarly and teaching work has been closely related to history. I've been a teacher and professor for over 20 years. I have written on the histories of people all over the world, including the USA. My special strength is to help students understand the importance of history, how it relates to their lives, and how to organize the sometimes overwhelming amount of details involved in historical study. For me, memorization is not the key. Understanding and finding the logic to history is the most worthwhile approach because this makes it much more interesting and fun to learn.
English

English

Whether you are needing work on your writing, sentence structures, grammar, or vocabulary, I can help you improve your English skills. I am an experienced teacher as well as a published writer. Developing your skills requires some work, but having a strong English foundation will serve you well both in school and in professional life. I will tailor your tutorial so that we can together attain your goals efficiently and quickly while having fun in the process.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have taught ESL/ESOL for over 20 years. I have a multi-cultural background myself, and am conversant in 5 languages, so I am familiar with the challenges of learning languages. I always tailor my tutorials to the specific needs of my students and aim to help them learn quickly, efficiently and in an interesting way. Language learning requires some work, but it should also be fun and inspiring as it opens up doors to new people, ideas, experiences, and places.
Geography

Geography

The world made more sense to me after I studied geography. Why were certain areas colonized by people from the outside? Why did cities come into being in certain places and not others? Why do large areas remain uninhabited while others have high concentrations of people? The relationship between our natural world, its geography, its climate and human society has never been more important to understand as we all face climate change and its multiple impacts. I take a multi-disciplinary approach to geography, helping my students make sense of it in an intuitive, logical way. When students realize the important relationships between geography and humankind, it is much easier to understand and enjoy learning about it. In my tutorials on geography, my goal is to help my students understand its logic: something important for us all.
Government & Politics

Government & Politics

With a Ph.D. in comparative politics from Columbia University, a Masters from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in international relations and economics, as well as experience teaching and researching in the USA, South America, and Africa, I have the background to help students, at any level, achieve their goals: from the primary school level to advanced graduate students. I like to work with students to find the best ways to help themselves in working through government and politics questions. The goal is to assist students to become intuitive, insightful, and to focus on that which is most important. Then study of politics becomes interesting and fun as well as clearly related to other aspects of the student's life and studies.
Portuguese

Portuguese

Although I am a US citizen, I am a specialist in Brazilian studies and the Portuguese language. I have taught in the Brazilian University system, at six different universities, and have lived in Brazil for over 10 years. All of my teaching, while in Brazil, was in Portuguese. I publish in Portuguese. Here, in the Boston area, I teach elementary and intermediate Portuguese. I also teach advanced conversational Portuguese. I am also a highly skilled translator from Portuguese to English and can help any student interested in creating Portuguese to English translations.
Social Studies

Social Studies

My education is all about social studies: history major as an undergraduate (AB at Harvard), international relations and economics major as a Masters student (at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies), and comparative politics major as a Ph.D. student (at Columbia University, with expertise in Latin American and Middle Eastern politics). I tutor social studies knowing the interaction between history, politics, economics, and culture. My tutorials are designed to attend to my students' goals while orienting them toward the interdisciplinary world of the social sciences. I work with students of all ages and levels. Though social studies can be challenging, I am successful with my students because I help them to understand social studies as interesting, relevant, intuitive, and fun to study.
World History

World History

I have been an enthusiastic student of world history since my grandmother read me history books as a child! Since then, I have lived abroad for many years and acquired a strong curiosity about what has made the current world in which we live. This led to my becoming a history major at Harvard and a student of international relations and politics at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (MA) and a student of world politics at Columbia University's political science department (Ph.D.). I read about and publish on contemporary world history and am familiar with many of the important history debates. It is always a pleasure to teach world history to help students understand the past as a vibrant world which is the foundation of our present.
Writing

Writing

I have taught writing for over 20 years. I have also published books and articles and edited the work of my peers in colleges. Writing is among the most important skills that a student may develop, not only to pass his or her courses but to become a professional in virtually every field. When tutoring my students, I adapt and tailor my teaching to the student's particular needs. Writing well is challenging. Yet there are essential approaches to written expression that truly allow writers succeed at their task. These approaches are what I help my students to master. College applications are also an area where I can help students put their best foot forward, going over their writing, organizing their thoughts, and making the best essays possible. I am open to students wanting to work on their writing who are at any level: from primary school to graduate school.
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It is great working with you! Onat has been really enjoying the lessons and learning a lot. Definetly, he made a lot of progress working with you and it is great to see that he is now more confident with his answers and talks. We hope to see this continue! Thank you.

Dilek, 31 lessons with Biorn

Extremly helpful, kind, intellegent, and honest.

Biorn is the best tutor I could have hoped for! His help with my college application essays and personal statement allowed me to express myself much more profoundly and organically than in my drafts; all while maintaining the same content. He supported me throughout the application process and made me feel confident in writing. Now I'll get into the college of my dreams!

Kateryna, 1 lesson with Biorn

Knowledgeable, patient, understanding and professional

I learnt the right way. He helped me to understand what I wasn’t able to grasp in class. He really broke it down for me in layman’s language and that was extremely helpful. Thank you

Martha, 1 lesson with Biorn

Amazing!

Biorn was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable in helping my son in his writing assignments. My son didn’t have much time and just in a few lessons we achieved our goal 100%. He is a true subject matter expert and a pleasure to deal with. We are planning more lessons with Biorn and will definitely ask for help with my other kids.

Anna, 10 lessons with Biorn

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Biorn was very knowledgeable, resourceful, and patient with my son. Biorn knows his history! Highly recommend Biorn. Grateful to have met him for my son's tutoring needs.

CheriAmour, 3 lessons with Biorn

Columbia/Harvard Genius

I just started working with Biorn, and what I would say is that I would trust him with every academic paper I write for the rest of my academic career. He is one of the three smartest people I have ever met and has all the career accomplishments to back it up. He is honest when he needs to be, and critical when is necessary, but never in way that never comes across as mean. If you get the chance to work with Biorn, you are lucky. I could not be more grateful to have found Biorn, and fundamentally believe he can bring out the best in any student. Thinking he can be an incredibly mentor for the years to come. Go Lions!

Alex, 11 lessons with Biorn

Superb and helpful tutor/proofreader

Biorn has been a revelatory tutor for me while I have been in the midst of writing proposals in order to gain admission into a PhD program. This is a very difficult process and I was lacking a lot of knowledge in terms of organizing my proposals and making them more scholarly. Before working with Biorn, my process was scattered, unorganized and below par of what is required to operate at the PhD level. However, with his proofreading assistance, I have gone from 1-2 fruitless, dead opportunities to 8-9 very auspicious opportunities where potential PhD supervisors across the world are hoping to work with me. I truly was on the verge of giving up, but with Biorn's guidance and assistance I have been given a new lease on the PhD life. Biorn will tell it to you straight when it is necessary, but he will also express his appreciation and approval when that is due as well. It goes without saying that Biorn is incredibly knowledgeable and has a huge amount of experience in academia. Biorn is also very easy to get along with and I would consider him not only a tutor/proofreader who helped me greatly, but also a friend. So, if you need assistance with anything he focuses on, spanning levels from grade school to grad school, you will be very pleased if you hire him.

Ari, 26 lessons with Biorn

Knowledgeable and helpful

Our seventh grader is very fortunate to have Dr Biorn M. as his history tutor. Dr Biorn M. is knowledgeable and kind. He inspires his student to think as a historian and helps his student build up confidence through discussion and writing. We look forward to more lessons with Dr Biorn M.!

Michelle, 8 lessons with Biorn

Passionate tutor

My son had his first lesson with Biorn, it was amazing! Biorn was able to make him connect all the missing dots of 1800 American History and gave him a clearer picture of causes and effects. My son is looking forward to working further with him to deepen his knowledge in History while having fun debating current events.

Beatrice, 14 lessons with Biorn

Knowledgeable and helpful!

Biorn is a great tutor! He knows what he is talking about and is fantastic at relaying his knowledge. I was assigned a particular comparative politics essay, and he very easily helped me understand the material and complete the assignment. I am definitely going to continue to use Biorn as a resource, and I feel confident he could help me in any academic arena!

Aoife, 2 lessons with Biorn
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