Sasha M.
Private tutor in Somerville, MA
Education
I am currently an doctoral student in Anthropology at Brandeis University. I received a BA at UC Berkeley and an MA in Anthropology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis. I also have a background in book publishing--academic and fiction works (I interned at Wiley Blackwell in Malden and in City Lights in San Francisco, CA, amongst other publishing engagements).
Experience
I am currently a teaching fellow for the anthropology department at Brandeis University. This work not only requires a knowledge of anthropology as a discipline, but also of critical reading and analysis, writing, and academic advice. I have been tutoring for about 3 years now. This work has included workshopping essays, understanding complex academic ideas, and advising students how to shape and craft applications, as well as resumes and cvs. I am also actively involved in my own research involving infertility, gender, and womanhood, as well as other professional projects with colleagues in the social sciences using an anthropological lens. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I was employed by the university as a note taker for the Disabled Students Program. I created extensive notes for and improved understanding of course material for disabled students in numerous classes. Fun fact: while interning at City Lights Bookstore and Publisher in San Francisco, California I assisted in proofreading Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons, The Corrected Centennial Edition. I also helped create the index for Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie’s Blues on InDesign. While studying abroad at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, I also volunteered as a student teacher and tutor in the townships. Every Thursday, I taught English to and led “life skills” workshops to children of grades 7-8. Every Wednesday, I taught English, music and art in the Manenberg township to grades 2-3. I taught art at the Nectar Home Orphanage, home to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Odumase Krobo, Ghana. While there, I also spearheaded a project that inspired students to sell artwork, the proceeds of which went back to the students in the form of art materials for the class.
Subject Expertise
4th Grade Reading12th Grade Reading12th Grade Reading1st Grade Reading1st Grade Reading2nd Grade Reading3rd Grade Reading2nd Grade Reading4th Grade Reading5th Grade Reading3rd Grade Reading6th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading7th Grade Reading8th Grade Reading5th Grade Reading9th Grade Reading6th Grade ReadingReading7th Grade Reading8th Grade Reading9th Grade ReadingArt4th Grade Writing10th Grade ReadingAnthropologyIB Social and Cultural Anthropology HLIB Social and Cultural Anthropology SLEnglish10th Grade Writing11th Grade Writing12th Grade Writing1st Grade Writing2nd Grade Writing3rd Grade Writing11th Grade Reading5th Grade Writing6th Grade Writing7th Grade Writing8th Grade Writing9th Grade WritingHandwritingExpository WritingFiction WritingWriting10th Grade Reading
Availability
Weekends at any time, Monday in the evening, Tuesday in the evening, Thursday in the evening, Weekdays in the morning
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Writing and reading. Slam poetry. Visual art, ranging from encaustic to painting to drawing to mixed media. Traveling. Singing. Backpacking/portaging. Cooking. Photography.
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