Few tutors come to the classroom with a decade of hands-on instructional experience before graduate school. As a military instructor and training manager, I designed and delivered curriculum from the ground up -- building material, managing learning outcomes, and adapting to meet students where they were. That experience taught me something I have yet to find elsewhere: how to actually teach, not just know, a subject.
Since transitioning to academia, I've earned my Master's in English...
Few tutors come to the classroom with a decade of hands-on instructional experience before graduate school. As a military instructor and training manager, I designed and delivered curriculum from the ground up -- building material, managing learning outcomes, and adapting to meet students where they were. That experience taught me something I have yet to find elsewhere: how to actually teach, not just know, a subject.
Since transitioning to academia, I've earned my Master's in English Literature, and I'm preparing to begin my PhD. Along the way, I've guest lectured in undergraduate literature courses and built an informal writing center through a Military and Veterans' Affairs office, working one-on-one with students on everything from paragraph structure to polished final drafts.
My approach tends to be conversational and quasi-Socratic. I don't normally hand students answers, I instead ask the questions which may help them find their own. For writing, that means talking through ideas before a word hits the page, and treating revision as thinking, not just correction. For literature, I help students read actively and argue confidently, whether they're tackling a close reading or an AP exam.
I work well with high schoolers navigating AP English or college applications, undergraduates in writing-intensive courses, and really anyone who wants to become a clearer, more confident writer and reader.
