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ESL instructor with a background in SLP research
Dominick D.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Dominick D., and I can help you or your child with your next challenging class or project! My approach to mentorship and tutoring is to pinpoint your biggest obstacles, explain the information in a way you can understand, and give helpful tips that you can use beyond the session. Each learner has a unique journey and learns best with a sharp-eyed tutor who tailors lessons to fit the student. I strive to be that tutor!

I teach adult learners of English as an ESL instructor for...

Hi, I'm Dr. Dominick D., and I can help you or your child with your next challenging class or project! My approach to mentorship and tutoring is to pinpoint your biggest obstacles, explain the information in a way you can understand, and give helpful tips that you can use beyond the session. Each learner has a unique journey and learns best with a sharp-eyed tutor who tailors lessons to fit the student. I strive to be that tutor!

I teach adult learners of English as an ESL instructor for community colleges, and I mentor students at levels, primarily those in SLP programs taking classes on research methods or adult neurogenic disorders. Previously, I taught public speaking to high school and college students at BCCC as well as biology labs and anatomy/physiology at Penn State. I have 3 years of experience as an NIH-contracted data analytics lead focused on improving technology for health research. My education includes a biology BS, math BA, neuroscience MS, and a dual-title PhD with a specialty in speech-language pathology. Overall, I touch on topics in many disciplines, including biology, computer science, language, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, thesis writing, and statistics. I also speak Spanish and Italian, and I am adept at programming and coding, such as with Python, Java, MATLAB, HTML, and LaTeX.

Helping students means more than helping you or your child pass a test. As a mentor, I assist students who wish to develop professional skills, such as presentation skills or time management skills, in addition to content mastery. As a mental health advocate and a volunteer for STEM outreach, I provide guidance on how to navigate disability and neurodiversity in school or at work. Finally, coming from a lifelong learner who continues to learn new things, whether it be a new language or a new software tool, my ultimate goal is to cultivate students' confidence and independence so that you or your child can tackle any new subject that comes your way. I look forward to our next session!


Education

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Biology, Math
Pennsylvania State University
Masters
Pennsylvania State University
PhD

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Computer Science

Computer Science

I worked at a software company for 3 years as a data scientist and later a data analytics lead. During this time, I primarily worked with SQL databases and Jupyter notebooks, and I helped onboard and train new employees. I have also taken many high school and university courses for computer programming as well as graduate coursework in computational modeling, machine learning, and network science. At school, I completed multiple research projects with MATLAB, and I tutored and taught other students.
Data Science

Data Science

I worked at a software company for 3 years as a data scientist and later a data analytics lead. During this time, I primarily worked with SQL databases and Jupyter notebooks, and I helped onboard and train new employees. I have also taken many high school and university courses for computer programming as well as graduate coursework in computational modeling, machine learning, and network science. At school, I completed multiple research projects with MATLAB, and I tutored and taught other students.
Linguistics

Linguistics

I was an adjunct speech instructor at a community college as well as a graduate instructor on the anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing at Penn State, where I received my dual-title PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders & Language Science. I have taken multiple linguistics classes, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, including a graduate course on Phonology. As a graduate student, I participated in a linguistics research project through the Penn State Center for Language Science.
MATLAB

MATLAB

I have almost a decade of experience with MATLAB. After taking high school and college classes in computer programming, I first learned MATLAB as part of undergraduate biomathematics research project. I would continue to use MATLAB in my graduate research, studying computational models of brain regions involved in post-stroke aphasia. During this time, I had multiple tutoring, mentoring, and teaching experiences, including training my labmates on how to use MATLAB software.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I once taught a fundamentals of speech communication class at a community college, where I helped high school and college students with their public speaking skills. In this course, I built from my experiences of public speaking at multiple scientific conferences. For about 10 years, I have presented dozens of talks and posters at professional conferences and various school events.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I have experience with honors, master's, and doctoral theses for STEM research. While studying in a Penn State aphasia lab, I assisted fellow lab members with their theses and completed my own master's thesis and doctoral dissertation on computational modeling for the neurobiology of language. I also previously wrote an honors thesis during my undergraduate degrees in biology and mathematics at UMBC, when I performed biomathematics research on cell motility using experiments and simulations. My skills in thesis writing include typesetting equations in LaTeX as well as formatting captions, citations, figures, and tables in APA and MLA formats.
Biology
Psychology
Spanish
Statistics
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