MEET THE TUTORS

Meet the Spring 2012 Learning Center Tutors!

 

Awa

Tutors: Psychology, Basic Math, German, and Writing

Awa is a senior Psychology major.  She hasn’t decided what she wants to do after she graduates, but she is most interested in developmental psychology.  She loves cats and laughing.

 

Barbara
Tutors: Psychology, Writing and Reading
Barbara is a senior Psychology student minoring in Biology, and she is particularly interested in Neuropsychology. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano, reading, riding her bike and hiking.

 

Bonnie

Tutors: French, Writing, and Literature

Bonnie is a senior History major with minors in literature and French.  She loves seeing new places, reading children's stories, and cooking with friends.  Her favorite thing to do is read in the sunshine.

 

Elizabeth

Tutors: Writing, Art History, Literature, and Humanities Courses

Elizabeth is in her first year of the MFA/ MA program in Visual Arts and Art History. She holds a BA from Brown University, where she double-majored in Visual Arts and Religious Studies. Lizzie also took a number of literature courses at Brown, and studied Poetry for 5 semesters at the Sarah Lawrence College Writer's Institute. Lizzie also trained in theater (acting) at the William Esper Studio in NYC, and taught high school art for a number of years. Lizzie completed a post-Baccalaureate certificate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. She is passionate about art, art history, poetry, performance, Buddhist studies, and teaching/ learning.

 

Ella

Tutors: Writing and Art History

Ella is a sophomore Art History major.  She is excited to be a tutor this semester.  In her free time, she enjoys reading, sewing, and riding her bike.

 

Freddie

Tutors: Writing, Creative Writing, and Reading

Freddie is a senior Creative Writing major (in fiction).  Read some of her work at The Leaf Unturned.  If you need someone to help organize and structure an essay, she can help!  In addition to her job at the Learning Center, Freddie is Co-President of the Cheese Club.

 

Jesse

Tutors: Writing

Jesse is a senior Sociology major who sometimes drinks iced coffee even on cold days.  His last meal on earth would involve an avocado.  He loves writing and is eager to help you with your papers.

 

Kate

Tutors: Spanish, Writing, ESL, and Literature

Kate is a senior Spanish Language and Culture major who loves to travel with nothing but a backpack and a sturdy pair of boots.  She loves grammar and believes she can make anyone see how fascinating (and fun!) it is in just a few minutes' conversation.  She plans to teach ESL abroad after graduation and dreams of seeing the U.S. become an officially bilingual country within her lifetime.

 

Lena

Tutors: Behavioral Statistics

Lena is a second semester junior and is studying Psychology.  She transferred here in the Fall of 2010 and has since become very involved with several clubs on campus, including Hillel, Taekwondo Club, and Anime Club.

 

Matt

Tutors: Music Theory and Music History

Matt is a junior Composition major at the Music Conservatory.  He has been involved with music since he was very young, and has experience organizing and performing in concerts in New York City.  He aspires to teach composition at a University. 

 

Melissa

Tutors: Precalculus, Calculus, and Basic Math

Melissa, a junior from Long Island, is a Math/Computer Science major with a minor in Arts Management.  She likes seeing how the arts and business worlds intersect, and she also enjoys studying martial arts.

 

Nick
Tutors: Writing, Creative Writing, Reading and Literature
Nick is a senior Literature major, active writer and suspected Frenchman. He has been tutoring writing since high school and has worked as a teaching assistant for College Writing at Purchase. He is currently working on a senior project that examines how video games can be analyzed with complex literary theory and reading techniques.

 

Nina

Tutors: Spanish

Nina is a sophomore Foreign Language and Culture student.  She has studied Spanish for nine years and has also taken courses in Latin, German, Russian, and Italian.  She hopes to incorporate her passion for foreign languages and traveling into her career.  In her free time, she enjoys listening to strangers who are speaking a foreign language and trying to figure out which it is.

 

Rick

Tutors: Experimental Psychology Lab Reports

Rick is a senior Psychology major pursuing a career in research and clinical psychology.  He is currently studying unconscious fear processes with Paul Siegel and vocal performance intonation perception with Meagan Curtis.  He lives in Manhattan and works as an audio engineer.

 

Sofia
Tutors: Italian
Sofia is a junior Psychology major.  She is half-American and half-Italian, and lived in Rome for over twelve years before moving to the United States for college.  She looks forward to being of service to anyone needing assistance in Italian.  She is unsure of what career path she will choose, but she is exploring her interests and options for now.  In her free time, she enjoys singing, listening to music, cooking and swimming.

 

 


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