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We are a cooperative of thinkers––physicists, historians, computer scientists, economists, literary critics, lawyers, linguists, biologists, poets, mathematicians, and so many more--who provide exceptional one-on-one tutoring and academic support to our students.
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Peter K.
Peter is a PhD student in German at Columbia University. Prior to grad school, he earned a BMus in Musical Arts with distinction from Eastman, and, simultaneously, a BA in German Studies from University of Rochester.
Emma Zc.
Emma holds a PhD in French Literature from Harvard University. Previously, she earned her BA and BM, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her doctoral dissertation examined the representation of music as a tool of social critique in the modern French novel.
Jimmy
Jimmy is a PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard. He holds a JD (Harvard) and BA in English and Social Studies (Harvard). Currently, he is a Lecturer on Law at UCLA Law and a pro bono attorney.
Paul C.
A graduate of Vassar College and Wits University in Johannesburg, Paul completed his PhD in African Studies and Anthropology at Harvard University in 2024. He is a Fulbright-Hayes Program alumni.
Sam D.
Sam is a med student at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BS in Neurobiology & Philosophy (Cornell). Prior to medical school, Sam was a fellow in the NIH Department of Bioethics.
Rehana
Rehana holds a PhD in Mathematics (Wesleyan). She has been faculty at several institutions, including Olin College and Harvard, where she recieved the Mentor of the Year Award from the Harvard Graduate Women in Science & Engineering.
Amulya M.
Amulya is an Anthropology PhD candidate at Harvard University. She earned her Bachelor's in Anthropology from University of Chicago, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Tarek
Tarek is pursuing his PhD in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard, where he has received the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning four times.
Troy
Troy graduated from Yale with a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. After serving in Teach for America, he attended Harvard Law. Currently, Troy works for an education technology startup focused on preparing students for college.
Julia Cr.
She completed a PhD at Harvard, specializing in Japanese Buddhism (and Buddhist art). Her academic path continued with prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at Yale and Stanford, where she crafted and taught intimate seminar courses for undergraduate and graduate students, presented at international conferences, and published. In addition to her teaching, Julia has served as an editor for university professors and bilingual publications, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in the US and Asia, and authored several peer-reviewed articles.
Naama
Naama holds a BA in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations from Harvard (magna cum laude), an MPhil from Oxford in Oriental Studies and an MFA in Acting from DePaul. She has over three decades of tutoring experience.
Tim L.
Tim holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's in English and Classical Languages from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Charlie T.
Charlie earned a BA in Political and Social Thought and English from UVA. Next, he earned his master's degrees in English and in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He is now a PhD candidate in English Literature at Harvard.
Trinh T.
Trinh holds a BA in Political Science from Yale and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. She is an incoming JD candidate at Yale Law School.
Hollis P.
Hollis holds a BA in Rhetoric and a BS in Environmental Economics and Policy from UC Berkeley. He is presently an MA Candidate in Architecture at Harvard University.
Emily F.
Emily is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Utah Tech University, specializing in philosophy and religious studies. After living abroad for several years post-college, she returned to New York - her home state - to earn her PhD in Philosophy of Religion at Columbia University. During that time, she served as a Teaching Scholars Fellow at Columbia and taught several courses in the Philosophy and Critical Thought department at SUNY Purchase.
Smriti K.
Smriti is currently a PhD Candidate at Harvard studying Buddhist philosophy of mind and epistemology. While pursuing her PhD, she has consistently scored above divisional average on overall instructor quality and has earned several Certificates of Distinction in Teaching.
Katie M.
Katie graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a double major in Political Science and Philosophy. Now, she is pursuing a Master of Public Policy degree at the Harvard Kennedy School, a program which focuses on empirical skills like economics and statistics for the purpose of applying them to creating effective public policy.
William N.
William is a PhD candidate at NYU, writing a dissertation on the philosophy of logic. He previously majored in political science and film production at the Macaulay Honors Program at Brooklyn College, he. His thesis film, “Sugar Packet”, was selected to screen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and won two awards.
Liz P.
Liz has been a professor at Harvard College (English) and Bates College (Theater and Dance). She holds a PhD and MA in English from Harvard University and a BA in English and Dramatic Art from UNC (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Larisa
Larisa received her BA in philosophy and psychology from Simmons College, an MA in philosophy from Tufts, a PhD in philosophy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and she was a postdoctoral scholar at OSU. Larisa was recently a Lecturer in the Brandeis University Philosophy Department. She is currently working on a book project about responsibility and forgiveness after traumatic wrongdoing.
Penelope
Penelope attended the University of Chicago, where she graduated with a major in Comparative Literature. She then completed a Master 1 at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Comparative Literature. She is currently a PhD candidate in Romance Studies - French at Cornell University.
Tarika
Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.
Brandon H.
Brandon currently teaches at Georgetown University. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton, a JD from Georgetown University, and an MA and BA in Latin American Studies from UT at Austin.
Michae O.
Michael holds a BA in Mathematics and American Studies at Wesleyan University, and a PhD in American Studies at Harvard University. His studies focus on 19th century US history and the history of the life sciences.
Connor M.
Connor is a PhD Candidate in Religion at Columbia University; his dissertation focuses on the relationship between religion, science, and technology in contemporary America. He also holds an MPhil and MA in Religion from Columbia, an a BA in Religion from Vassar College.
Kendall G.
Kendall is a doctoral candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford with a specialization in political theory. Before moving to the United Kingdom as a Marshall Scholar, Kendall attended Tulane University, where she graduated summa cum laude in two degrees – a BA in Political Science and a BSM in Legal Studies in Business.
Isaac Jf.
Isaac is a doctoral student at Yale University in the Departments of African-American Studies and American Studies. His research interests include black studies, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and sound studies. Previously, Isaac earned his BA from Columbia University in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, graduating cum laude.
Alex S.
Alex holds a PhD in English Literature and an MA in English from Rutgers. Previously, he graduated from Rice University with a BA in English, magna cum laude. He is now an assistant teaching professor in the English Department at Rutgers.
Zachary L.
Zachary attended Wesleyan University, where he received a BA with honors from the College of Social Studies. He then received his PhD in Ancient Judaism from New York University, where his thesis focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Benny S.
Benny received a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. After graduation, he was awarded a Fulbright to study at Yunnan University before completing his PhD in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University.
Nate O.
Nate attended Harvard College before completing a five-year Fellowship appointment in the Harvard Department of Philosophy, where he developed a research-backed method of teaching logical reasoning skills to high school and college students.
Kate K.
Kate holds a BA in Biology and Philosophy from Williams College. After working with Minds Matter Boston and Clarion Healthcare, she is currently an associate director in corporate development at Relay Therapeutics.
Tom S.
Tom earned master’s degrees in economics and statistics from the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Previously, he completed four undergraduate degrees in mathematics, economics, statistics, and philosophy at Indiana University.
Jackson C.
Jack studied Physics and Philosophy at Yale, graduating with distinction in the major, magna cum laude, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He is now a PhD Candidate in Physics at the University of Washington.
Maryam
Maryam graduated summa cum laude with a BA in History and a Minor in Arabic from Princeton. After her Master’s in Early Modern European History at Oxford, she went on to pursue her PhD in in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. She is now an Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University, where she teaches the history of the Middle East.
Ian M.
Ian is a third-year student at Yale Law School. He previously graduated from Stanford University, where he studied Philosophy, History, and South Asian Studies. He graduated with Distinction, Honors in the Program in Ethics in Society, membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and received the Stanford Alumni Association’s Award of Excellence.
Jesi
Jesi received her BA in Humanities from Yale University, and her MA and PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves as the Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of Washington Bothell.
James F.
James holds a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, an MPhil in History from the University of Cambridge, and an MPhil in Classics from Trinity College. He is the co-founder of the Institute for the Study of International Expositions.
Sam J.
Sam earned his MBA from the Yale University School of Management, and his BA in Philosophy & Psychology from Wesleyan University as a member of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. He is currently working as a private business consultant.
Emily Sc.
Emily holds a BS in Biology and a BA in Anthropology from Brown University. She received the Fulbright Fellowship to conduct pediatric oncology research in the Netherlands. She then earned her Master's of Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, and has since returned as a medical student.
Jt
JT graduated magna cum laude from Yale with distinction in his major of Ethics, Politics, and Economics, alongside a certificate in Statistics and Data Science. Currently, he is a Master’s student at the University of Oxford studying Criminology and Criminal Justice on a Rhodes Scholarship.
Alice Ha.
Alice received her BA in Philosophy and Music from Wake Forest University, where she was a Stamps Scholar and graduated summa cum laude. She is currently an MSt candidate in Music attending University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. After Oxford, Alice has committed to attending the University of Chicago Law School.
Victor W.
Victor holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize for fiction. He also earned an MA in philosophy from the University of Miami where he was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, along with the Martha S. Weeks Graduate Excellence Award, and the Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award in philosophy.
Gianna
Gianna graduated summa cum laude from Rowan University with a double major in Philosophy and International Studies. She's currently a 3L at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Eduardo L.
Eduardo is currently a faculty member in the Minnesota State system, where he teaches interdisciplinary composition, writing, and literature courses in the English department. He has previously worked as a high school English Language Arts teacher in New York City, in the English department at CUNY Queens College, as a business consultant in the Human Capital practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and as a consultant and tutor for students of every age and ability. He holds an MA and PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, a BA in English literature, summa cum laude, from CUNY City College of New York, and an MA in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.
Gabriela
Gabriela holds an MA and PhD in English from Stanford. She is currently a Lecturer at Stanford University for Structured Liberal Education, or SLE, the liberal arts program offered to exceptionally motivated first-year students.
Andrew E.
Andrew holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. His stories and essays have since been published by the nation’s leading literary magazines. He has also worked as a freelance editor and ghost writer for various book projects.
Devashish
Dave holds a BA in Political Science and Public Policy from Hunter College and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. As a Rhodes Scholar, Dave is presently pursuing his MPP at the University of Oxford.
Jenne
Jenne completed a double major in history and mathematics, a senior thesis in European intellectual history, and a PhD dissertation at Princeton in the history of mathematics.
Karl B.
Karl is a published author and has worked as a public policy consultant and policy analyst for a wide range of organizations. He holds a PhD in Sociology from UC Davis and a BA in Philosophy from San Francisco State University.
Jordyn
Jordyn graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in American History and minors in Political Science and Urban Education. After teaching English in Spain on a Fulbright for the 2022-2023 academic year, she began pursuing her EdM and instructional certification in social studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Michael W.
Michael earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, where he double-majored in history and political science and graduated summa cum laude. He is a PhD Candidate in History at Yale University, where he is researching migration and labor in the early English Empire.
Louise
Louise is a recent graduate of the University of Oxford, where she read for a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics as a Rhodes Scholar. She previously earned a BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University, summa cum laude, where she was named the College of Science’s Top Graduating Student.
Elaine
Elaine graduated from the University of Florida with a dual BA in Linguistics and Spanish Language and Culture and a minor in Russian Language and Culture. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, she received a Fulbright English Teaching Award and a Critical Language Enhancement Scholarship. She holds an MA in Russian Literary Translation and a PhD in Slavic Languages from Columbia University.
Leah
Leah holds a BA in Literature and History from Bennington College, an MFA from Columbia University, and and MA from California State University.
Gregc
Gregory holds a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Amherst College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an Msc in Mathematics from Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University.
Annesophie
Anne-Sophie earned her BA in Comparative Literature from Stanford, her MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne, and her MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. Her short films, Cherubs and Dog Lover, earned awards like Brooklyn Film Festival’s Best New Director and a spot in CAA’s Moebius Showcase.
Saml
Sam holds a First Class Degree in Philosophy and Modern Languages from Oxford University and an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He has been a full-time lecturer at UC Irvine, NYU, Bard College, and Rhode Island School of Design, teaching courses in composition, literature, philosophy, multi-disciplinary writing and studio practice.
Elliot
Elliot received his BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2017, his MPhil (with distinction) in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 2018, and his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2024.
Josh A.
Joshua received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis in Political Science and American Cultural Studies (summa cum laude), before starting graduate school at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He recently completed his JD at Yale Law School. Currently, Joshua is PhD Candidate in History and African-American Studies at Yale.
Patrick D.
With 17 years of experience teaching various high school subjects in Brooklyn, NY, Patrick has seen it all. He holds a BA in Philosophy from NYU and an M.Ed from Long Island University.
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