About Dr. K

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After more than 20 years teaching English, creative and expository writing, journalism and French in the District of Columbia public high schools, I established my tutoring business. I now serve a broad range of students on an individual basis.

Having earned a Ph.D. in Human Sciences from the George Washington University, I am familiar with all aspects of dissertation and thesis writing. I enjoy coaching Ph.D. students through all aspects of the process, from the initial proposal to the final edit of the finished project. I also enjoy helping students with personal statements for college, graduate school and law school admissions. Because I am also a French and English as a Foreign language teacher, I specialize in helping students whose first language is not English.

 
 

Qualifications

  • Certified in English, English as a Second Language, and French

  • Professional Certificate in Consecutive Interpretation and Translation.

  • More than 20 years experience teaching and tutoring English, Creative and Expository Writing, Journalism, and French

  • Ranked Highly Qualified and Highly Effective by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education and the District of Columbia Public Schools

  • Founded and advised journalism programs at five different high schools while working with the Washington Post Young Journalists Development Program

  • Nominated for the National Teachers’ Hall of Fame by Principal David Pinder of McKinley Technology High School


Education

  • The University of Maryland, College Park

    • Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation

    • Professional Certificate in Interpretation and Translation

  • The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

    • Ph.D. in Human Sciences. Dissertation, The Politics of Knowledge: Public Schools in the Nation’s Capital published by Peter Lang, New York, 2003

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and the Teaching of English

    • Chelsea School for Boys, London, England (Ethnically diverse, inner-city public school)

    • Student teaching under the direction of Anthony Burgess, London Institute of Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    • Bachelor of Arts Degree, with honors, in French and Secondary Education
       

  • Université de Rouen, Rouen, France

    • Baccalaureate Degree awarded upon admission

    • Studied French Literature and Comparative Education

 

Specialized Training in French Language and Culture

  • La Petite Classe. Semur, France. July 22, 2018 to August 11, 2018.

  • Centre de Linguistique Appliqué. Besançon, France. July 31, 2017 to August 25, 2017.

  • Le Centre LSF de Montpellier. Montpellier, France. Sept. 5 to Sept 30, 2016.

  • Eurocentres. La Rochelle, France. August 31 to Sept. 25, 2015.

  • Langue Onze. Toulouse, France. Sept. 9 to October 4, 2013.

  • Centre International d’ Études de Langues de Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France. July 3 to Aug. 1, 2012.

  • Cavilam. Vichy, France. July 4 to July 29, 2011.

  • IFALPES Institut Français D’Annecy. Annecy, France. July 5 to July 30, 2010.

  • Centre International d’Antibes. Antibes, France. July 3 to July 29, 2009.

  • Institute de Touraine. Tours, France. July 3 to July 28, 2008.