...I do my best to make my classes interesting and engaging and focus strictly on student learning. In my free time I enjoy spending time with family, friends, and, yes, my dog. I love to be outside and I can't wait for winter to enjoy the snow. (read more)
...I also worked with students a few nights a week at a local Salvation Army - Ark of Learning Center. Here I was given the opportunity to work with students of all ages in all subject from the surrounding school districts. I was able to help students not only in completing their work for class bu... (read more)
...James earned his Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin in the CSEM (Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics) program. Most of his work there was supported by a prestigious CSGF (Computational Science Graduate Fellowship) from the U.S. Department of Energy. (read more)
...And now I'm working on civics and social studies, geared mostly at special ed students, but I'm familiar with a wide range of historical topics as well. My academic experience in biology, ecology, and biostatistics means that I'd be more than qualified to tutor those subjects at the undergraduat... (read more)
...Through my experience as both a student (college & graduate school) and as a father (tutoring my daughter), I believe in practice, practice and more practice to become better at any one subject. I believe in positive reinforcement techniques whereby the student is shown the proper procedure or t... (read more)