Ben C. Email & Phone Number

Oakland, CA, US

Learning coach for middle and high school students

Taught and designed classes for grade levels 10-12 in Bay’s Humanities department, an interdisciplinary department that tackles subjects in government, history, literature, philosophy, and religion. During my tenure at Bay, I collaborated on all core courses and course teams for 10th and 11th grades and designed four upper-level elective courses, two for.

Lafayette, California

Taught and designed classes at all grade levels in Bentley’s English department. During that time, he served as faculty lead for Bentley’s gay-straight alliance, its diversity and social justice club, and its feminism club. Ben also spent two years co-facilitating Bentley's peer counselor program, a program that mentors selected upperclasspeople in making.

Summer Bridge

In partnership with the UC Berkeley's College Writing Program, Ben taught immersive "step-up" classes designed to aid academically underprepared students for the challenge of college composition. He collaborated with the college writing team to create course content, and he taught, coached, and graded incoming students' writing while mentoring.

Ben was the teacher on record for two entry-level writing classes at UC Berkeley. One class—The Essay Form—explored famous essays and essayists. Another— Apocalyptic Writing—surveyed narratives of apocalypse, both fictional and real. Ben was also the TA for three, upper-division undergraduate English courses.

Berkeley, California

Ben co-taught a two-unit English course ("Other Voices) in which he and seven undergraduate colleagues developed course content for a semester of weekly discussions on topics surrounding underrepresented groups in literary studies. In September 2006, he became one of two co-coordinators for "Other Voices" and was responsible for recruiting, hiring, and.

Berkeley, California

Ben was one among a select group of writing tutors who mentored new writing tutors hired by the Student Learning Center at UC Berkeley. In this role, Ben coached new tutors in monitoring impact, growth, and rapport with their students.

UC Berkeley

Ben tutored writing to underclasspeople and English language learners throughout his undergraduate experience at UC Berkeley's Student Learning Center.

City College Of San Francisco

Throughout his time at City College of San Francisco, Ben tutored student recipients of EOPS benefits in basic literacy and remedial writing.

Masters In Counseling Psychology

Ph.D. Candidacy, American Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair of English Graduate Association, Graduate Representative for Graduate Program Committee, Outstanding.

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters, Minor In Education

Associate’S Degree, General Education

Activities and Societies: Extended Opportunities Programs and Services