Ciaran O.
Private tutor in Limerick, Ireland
Education
M.A. in Sociology (Youth, Community and Social Regeneration) at University of Limerick, Ireland. 2013-2015, graduated with a 1.1 First Class Honours Degree. B.A. in English and History at University of Limerick. 2009-2013, graduated with a 2.1 Second Class Honours Degree.
Experience
Tutoring: - Have tutored undergraduate sociology students over the past year and a half, teaching across 4 modules: Introduction to Sociology 1 and 2; Sociology of Media; Sociology of Media Audiences. Have experience in assessment of course material. - Also tutored with the Disability Services in University of Limerick. Worked with 5 different postgrad and undergrad students of varying backgrounds and requirements across Sociology, English, History, Politics and Public Administration modules. Work involved one-to-one meetings discussion and planning essay structure, content and writing. Sociology: - Have taken courses and written papers on Social Exclusion, Social Change, Sociology of Youth, Sociology of Urban Regeneration, advanced Qualitative Research Methods 1 and 2, and wrote my Master thesis on how Irish print media has portrayed Irish Traveller men 2011-2014. English: -undergraduate major, studied and wrote essays on modules including: Academic Writing, Critical Practice: Renaissance Literature, Restoration Literature, Victorian Literature, Gothic Literature, American Literature, Irish Literary Revival, British Literature, Feminist Theory, Postcolonial African Literature, Postmodern British Literature. - Have also tutored undergraduate students in some of these subjects History: - undergraduate major, studied and wrote essays on modules including: 16th Century European history, Central / Eastern European history, Industrial Revolution, 18th Century Irish history, Revolutionary Irish History, Pre- and Post-Independence Irish History, The Holocaust. Additional Information: - Highly active volunteer with the International Society on campus, welcoming and helping thousands of international students to university life in Ireland each year. Excellent experience with intercultural communication across language divides! - In April 2015, I gave my first lecture to a class of nearly 300 Introductory Sociology undergraduates!
Subject Expertise
American Literature, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP World History, British Literature, CLEP English Literature, CLEP Introductory Sociology, European History, GRE Subject Test in Literature in English, History, Sociology, World History