College-level tutoring services
Do you hate writing research papers?
Contact me before starting your next writing assignment.
I provide a number of different tutoring services at the collegiate level in the Philadelphia area, including teaching college students how to do the research and writing necessary to compose research papers. I can also proof-read and copy-edit writing assignments, as well as provide instruction in information literacy and research methodology. I show students how to navigate through libraries so that they can find the information they need for writing research papers.
I provide one-on-one guidance for my clientele.
Rates: $1.00 a minute. Payment options include Zelle, Cash App, Venmo, and PayPal.
I have spent most of my career working as an archivist and research librarian. My academic credentials include:
a BA in history from Ohio University.
a MA in history from Wright State University.
an MBA from Baker University.
an MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
In my career I have worked for the following institutions:
The Virginia Historical Society,
the Kansas Historical Society,
the New London County Historical Society,
the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary, and
Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
I also have emeritus status with the Academy of Certified Archivists.
With a background like this, I have seen the research environment from the points of view of the student, the librarian the archivist, and the professor.
In my work as an academic librarian, I could see that a lot of college students are ill-prepared to write research papers. Seeing the problem, I developed an extensive power point program that shows students how to navigate libraries, engage in college-level research, develop a thesis question or a thesis statement, quote and footnote sources, write at the university level, and develop bibliographies. This lesson made a tremendous difference in the success of the students I tutored. Students who were on academic probation got off probation. Average students became honor roll students. Many were able to raise their GPAs to qualify them for scholarships that previously had eluded them.
Without exception, every student I have ever worked with made the same remark: “This makes so much sense! Why didn’t anyone ever teach me this before! It would have made things so much easier!”
