Brook S. Email & Phone Number

United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

Currently I tutor high school students. My subject areas are general English, AP Literature, AP English Language and Composition, the college application essay, and study skills.

New York City Metropolitan Area

I began in this role by creating a training program for prospective essay coaches and advisors. Eventually I became responsible for the day-to-day management of our staff. I interviewed applicants; trained new hires; conducted performance reviews; maintained open lines of communication between students, teachers, parents, and staff; ensured timely.

Greater New York City Area

In this role I mentored hundreds of college applicants via written responses to their writing. I and other essay advisors used a feedback priority system I helped develop.

New York City Metropolitan Area

As part of the learning-experience team, I wrote, co-wrote, and edited student-facing guidebooks, and helped develop educational video scripts. I also supported the sales staff by tracking the services used and needed by our institutional clients, which were public schools, private schools, nonprofits, and philanthropic corporate entities.

New York City Metropolitan Area

As an on-site instructor, I led one-hour to multi-day immersive seminars to teach students, teachers, and administrators the company's proprietary approach to college-application essays. My mandate was to inspire and empower applicants to write honestly, memorably, and successfully.

New York City Metropolitan Area

As a one-on-one coach, I connected with students via online video and guided them through the process of crafting authentic and winning application essays. I nutured ongoing mentor/student relationships based on trust, honesty, confidentiality, and openness. For many students this process involved frequent sessions throughout the duration of the.

I wrote assessment instruments on the subject of expository writing for this free, online, open-source university affiliated with the Constitution Foundation

New York City Metropolitan Area

I assembled online resources and composed informative summaries that addressed questions, of every sort, posed by Wonder's clients.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

During almost a decade at Rutgers, I taught a range of nonfiction writing courses designed to foster general and academic literacy. I helped students acquire the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills essential for informed participation in public debate about complex global issues.I assisted in the early development and rollout of hybrid online.

Conducted market research.Led the company's transition to the Salesforce platform and provided sales team with Salesforce training.

Ithaca, New York Area

As Graduate Fellow in this PhD program, completed coursework and conducted research in the fields of German history (1800-1945) and modern European intellectual history.

Ithaca, New York Area

Independently developed and taught semester-length expository writing seminar on the topic of existentialism.

Palo Alto, CA

Tutored primary and secondary school students facing special challenges relating to reading and writing.

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for SGML coding and photocomposition of legal reference works. Team member for the layout redesign of Moore's Federal Practice. Won the Times-Mirror Prize for Innovation.

M.A., A.B.D., Phd Program: Modern European Intellectual History

Activities and Societies: Goethe Prize Finalist, Edith Bowmar Graduate Fellowship, John M. Olin Graduate Fellowship, D.A.A.D. Recipient.

Ongoing German Language Study (Professional Proficiency Attained By 2004)

Full-immersion German language study. I resided in Berlin and conducted research in archives and libraries.

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Commended for excellence in scholarship. Authored undergraduate thesis. B.A., Philosophy

Continuing Education:, German, European Intellectual History

Education record

Certificate In The Teaching Of Writing (Nonfiction), “Teaching Writing Across The Disciplines” And “The Teaching Of Writing”

Overview of pedagogical theories and methods as they pertain to teaching student writing at the college level.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy

Non-Degree, Holocaust And Related Studies

Activities and Societies: School of Criticism Colloquium Intensive summer study in Peter Novick's classic seminar "The Holocaust as.