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Annalese D.
Private tutor in Chicago, IL
Education
In 2006, I received my BA from Bethany College, West Virginia (Major: English Literature; GPA: 3.996). I have a certificate from the City University of New York's prestigious Summer Latin Institute, where I graduated magna cum laude in 2006. I went on to earn a Master's Degree from Harvard Divinity School in 2010 (Master of Theological Studies, Religion, Literature, and Culture; GPA: 3.93). Now, I'm a graduate student in the English Department at Northwestern University, currently finishing a dissertation on Lovesickness in Medieval Literature. (GPA:3.925)
Experience
Teaching is my favorite part of my graduate work at Northwestern, and I love tutoring because it is the most hands-on form of teaching! I've taught classes on British Lit, Medieval Drama, Shakespeare, the Bible as Literature, and Freshman Composition. I spend a lot of time working with my students to improve their understanding of literature and their writing. I also teach graduate-level classes on Medical Humanities at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine; I enjoy the challenge and rewards of translating my humanities training into a context that is understandable and interesting for people who come from a sciences-based background. I have done a lot of ad-hoc tutoring. As an undergraduate, I worked for the Student Resource Center, tutoring my peers in Philosophy and English Lit classes. While earning my Master's Degree, I worked for a tutoring company in Boston that primarily supported Korean students studying abroad in the area's prestigious private schools. There, I tutored students from 5th through 11th grades in writing skills, vocabulary, literature classes, and I helped students to develop their writing skills. Predating these two important experiences, I spent some time between high school and college in China teaching students English!
Subject Expertise
American Literature, Ancient and Medieval Heritage, British Literature, College Essays, English, Essay Editing, Introduction to Fiction, Introduction to Poetry, Latin, Literary Analysis, Literature, Medieval Literature, Reading, Shakespeare, Short Novel, Study Skills, Study Skills And Organization, Summer Tutoring, Vocabulary, Writing