"Hello there! My name is Abby.

I graduated summa cum laude with a Master's degree in English (concentration in Creative Writing). During my graduate program, I worked as a tutor in my university's Writing Center for two years. My duties involved reviewing student papers and advising students on how to improve their writing. During these appointments, I often found that talking through the student's ideas/things they were struggling with helped just as much as the time spent talking about structure and grammar. As for those two things, looking at examples was a big help when it came to reinforcing ideas about how to organize a paper.

As a Teaching Assistant, I also taught English Composition for the last two semesters of my degree. After I graduated with my master's last year, I taught professionally at the university for two semesters - Comp 1 in the Fall and Comp 2 in the Spring.

In the summer of last year, I also picked up a part-time tutoring position in the Athletic Academic Services department. In this position, I tutor student athletes for English Comp, various literature courses, and general writing assistance.

Tutoring and teaching have provided me with different challenges and learning opportunities, but the core principles are the same: to me, the most important thing is giving students the tools they need to succeed. I hope that the students I work with take away not only what they need to know in order to do well on this assignment or this paper, but also take away knowledge that they can carry with them further in their education and career.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or to schedule a session!" less...