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Colleen L.

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I am a public health professor at Liberty University who enjoys helping students one-on-one to craft their best research articles, master theses, and doctoral dissertations. As someone who has been published hundreds of times, I earned my current mastery through thousands of hours of research, analysis, and evaluation. I can now provide you with the benefits of my efforts. Need someone who knows thematic analysis and coding, program planning and evaluation, statistical modeling, survey...

I am a public health professor at Liberty University who enjoys helping students one-on-one to craft their best research articles, master theses, and doctoral dissertations. As someone who has been published hundreds of times, I earned my current mastery through thousands of hours of research, analysis, and evaluation. I can now provide you with the benefits of my efforts. Need someone who knows thematic analysis and coding, program planning and evaluation, statistical modeling, survey research and design, and quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research? I CAN HELP!

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Education

Mount Holyoke College
Biological Sciences
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Masters
Brandeis University
PhD

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Career Development

Career Development

While in graduate school, I began preparing to seek employment upon graduation. I took several courses that taught me how to present myself in an interview, answer difficult interview questions, and ask pertinent questions. In addition, I have taken several resume preparation courses to continually improve my own resume. I have tutored dozens of persons in revamping their resumes and preparing for job interviews. In addition, I have tutored those same persons on the differences between a job and a career interview--something few people recognize as being different. My methods include: (1) showing students how to brush-up on the business or organization with which they will be interviewing; (2) interviewing them myself (on-camera); and (3) thinking through their experiences to present the best resume possible.
Computer Programming

Computer Programming

I learned computer programming in BASIC more than 25 years ago. While I have had two courses in C++, I cannot say I am adept at all types of programming in C++, I am well versed enough to be able to solve problems and teach others how to solve their syntax problems. I am more well-versed in BASIC and can program just about anything in BASIC. I have worked in and with EXCEL, SPSS, and LISREL (5+ years with LISREL). I am currently learning R and SQL.
English

English

I have always been interested in English (probably because I love to write). During my senior year in high school, I recognized I might be missing some key English skills so I joined the grammar club at school. The club consisted of mostly seventh and eighth graders. I was a little embarrassed but it turned out to be the best thing I could have done. I had missed some key grammatical skills (such as mapping sentences). Despite this lack, I always did well in English classes in high school. During college, I did incredibly well in English classes writing essays and longer term papers. English is one of my favorite subjects and I tend to express that when helping my students prepare for tests, write essays, or develop theses and dissertations.
Macintosh

Macintosh

MacIntosh refers to use of Apple hardware such as the MacBook Pro. I, myself, have a MacIntosh product and have been using it for several years. I am proficient in all Office Products on the MacIntosh platform. These include Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Apple hardware also has proprietary software on it and I am familiar with those as well. To teach students about such products, I have them bring their laptops, tablets, or other Apple products and show them, physically, how to use them. I have taught students basic computing, Excel, R, and PowerPoint. The methods I have used have varied from creating PowerPoint presentations and then going through the presentation with the student to developing exercises that the student needs to complete in order to gain a certain level of understanding with the product. The exact method I use to teach computers and computer-related activities varies depending on the student, his or her needs, and their learning styles.
Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel

Excel is a powerful tool! It is a data application in the Microsoft Platform. It makes it easy to crunch numbers and make graphs. It is a highly sophisticated program which will allow you to do something as simple as a budget sheet or something as complicated as a multiple regression. I have done both on Excel and many things in between. My ease with Excel comes from nearly 15 years of experience with it. I am sure I can help you with your Excel needs.
Soccer

Soccer

I have been a soccer fanatic since I joined the soccer team in high school. I played right fullback for the first two years of high school and goalie for the remaining two years. I know the rules and regulations regarding soccer. I can teach the student how to play each position to the best of their abilities. I have exercises to increase their dexterity with the ball. I believe the ideal soccer player should have equal dexterity with both their right and left feet. While I do not currently play soccer, I am well-versed in the rules and regulations, position characteristics and needs, and team dynamics. I follow both men's and women's professional soccer. I believe it is the greatest sport on earth.
Softball

Softball

As a former high school varsity softball player, I am intimately aware of the needs, rules, regulations, and aspects of each position on the field. I played for four years in high school; I played right field and catcher. As a team leader (when playing catcher), I was very successful in bringing the team together and helping team members to improve their skills. While not presently on a softball team or managing one, I am still very much into the sport. I am cognizant of the many rules and regulations associated with softball.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I received my doctorate from Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Welfare. I am well-versed in the art of study skills. I have general study skills as well as subject-specific skills. For example, I study differently for a qualitative course than I do for a quantitative course. I also have different activities for test preparation in each type of course. Most students have trouble with time management. I incorporate time management into my study skills. I do this to automate the study process and it has worked well for me throughout my educational career. Of course, I have had to make alterations throughout my educational career based on educational level, time availability (I worked two jobs both during my college and masters programs), and course load. I would love the opportunity to teach you study and time-management skills.
Swimming

Swimming

Swimming contains the ability to move, in an organized fashion, from one point in the water to another. The organized fashion is usually via a common swimming stroke such as freestyle, backward, breast or butterfly. Swimming, in contests (called meets), can consist of small yardage swims of 25 yards or as much as 1600 yards. Swimming strokes rely on both hand and feet movement. In general, both hands and feet work in tandem in all four strokes. Swimming can be done by individuals or teams. A common way of swimming all four strokes is by swimming what is known as an individual medley--typically swum by doing the backstroke first, then butterfly, breast, and free. I have been swimming since age 4 when I was on a recreational team. I upgraded to a AAU team at age eight and prepared for the junior Olympics (although I never went). I was a backstroke and breaststroke expert and have swum in countless meets. At one point, I had the fastest backstroke time in the AAU. I had fast times in freestyle as well.
Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport in which two players, separated by a net, try to hit a tennis ball with a racquet in such a way as to get their opponent to: (1) miss the ball, (2) have the ball hit the ground more than once, or (3) hit the ball into the net. The court consists of a large rectangular box separated by a net in the middle. On each side of the net is a rectangle and two squares. The squares are known as the "ad" and "deuce" courts. This is important when serving the ball to your opponent. Scoring is done as follows: 15-30-40-game, set, match. The first person to six games wins the set. Typically, women play three set matches (professionally) and men play five (but there are always exceptions). Beyond singles play there is doubles play where two players are on each side of the net. Scoring is the same as in singles games except a doubles match usually consists of three sets. All you need to play tennis is a court, tennis racquet and tennis balls. Some people where goggles but other than that there generally is no safety equipment. However, some people do where support tape when they have a weak or hurt ankle, knee, finger, wrist etc. I have played tennis for more than 10 years---mostly singles. Having torn my Achilles tendon and Meniscus, I wear protective and supportive equipment but continue to play at least once a week.
Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport where two teams of six players each are separated by a net. The object of the game is to have the volleyball hit the ground on the other team's side of the net. The server (everyone takes turns serving depending on their position on the floor) can serve overhand or underhand (depending on their ability). Scores generally go to 21. Safety equipment for volleyball usually includes knee and elbow pads (and can also include goggles). The sport can be played on a court or on the sand. I have played volleyball for six years. I have played in all positions and love the sport. More than that, I have played on intramural teams in graduate school.
Writing

Writing

Writing is one of my favorite things to do. As an undergraduate student I studied sociology which required a great deal of writing. The writing included short essays to longer term papers. As a graduate student, I wrote both a thesis and a dissertation. I have written a variety of types of documents whether simple descriptions, analyses, policy analyses, etc. Writing involves clear steps prior to the actual writing of the document. At the most basic is a topic outline which tells you what idea or ideas are going to be written about in each paragraph of the paper. This allows the writer to stay on topic and to include all the necessary items he/she identified in the topic outline. There are a variety of other tools that are extremely helpful in writing. I am well-versed in the use of these tools and have used all of them at some point during my career. I have particular expertise when it comes to public health and mental health.

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The best tutor I've had the pleasure to work with

Collen was able to go through my work to improve my overall confidence progressively; she was also able to explain to me the direction that would allow me to enhance my research abilities. I am more than happy with the progress that she has been able to help me with THE BEST TUTOR TO WORK WITH FOR ACADEMIA AND SHE IS VERY THOROUGH

Gilbert, 2 lessons with Colleen

Qualitative research methods

Knowledgeable, friendly, offers advice and suggestive for qualitative research. Help talk through methodology and data analysis. Very friendly and easy to understand.

Eric, 3 lessons with Colleen

Colleen is great. Very patient and understanding

We were able to figure out some of the technical challenges I was having because I need to upload certain apps. I am scheduled to go to Apple Store to get apps needed for Colleen and me to proceed. thanks.

Karen, 2 lessons with Colleen

Best tutor

I appreciate the manner in which Colleen helps me by allowing me to figure things out on my own while still being there if I get to a point where I do not understand just how to fix things.

Catherine, 54 lessons with Colleen

Felt more confident

I was really grateful that Dr. Colleen agreed to meet with me on short notice. I made me for confident that I would get the help I need with my research proposal.

Marchell, 4 lessons with Colleen

Felt more confident

I was really grateful that Dr. Colleen agreed to meet with me on short notice. I made me for confident that I would get the help I need with my research proposal.

Marchell, 4 lessons with Colleen

Wonderful tutor!

She is a knowledgeable and patient tutor. She has been very helpful with my graduate level thesis paper. She is great to work with. She has been patient teaching research skills which has been very helpful for me to successfully complete my paper so far.

Anju, 9 lessons with Colleen

EXCELLENT TUTOR!!

Colleen is an excellent teacher! She is very knowledgeable, patient, and very intelligent! She was extremely helpful, punctual, and prepared for our lessons. I found her to be very accessible for questions, and she explained the subject well so it was easy to understand. You will see great results. I highly recommend her!

Student, 167 lessons with Colleen

Great Tutor

Colleen stimulating my thinking and brought out the best in me. After meeting with her I had a full understanding of the subject matter. I would definitely recommend her.

Tricia , 4 lessons with Colleen

Knowledgeable and Clear

My sessions with Colleen has been great! We will continue to meet so that I can complete my thesis this semester. Her feedbacks are very helpful. It is much more helpful than the ones my professor has given me. In addition, Collen even set up expectations for me. It's great since I am a huge procrastinator. I look forward to my next session with Colleen.

Sary, 21 lessons with Colleen
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