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Experienced tutor with significant university level teaching experience. Available for essay writing and test preparation help in multiple subject areas including English, politics, philosophy, legal
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I am an experienced university-level teacher and teaching assistant who is committed to helping students achieve their greatest academic success. I will work closely with you at every stage of the writing process, from finding appropriate academic sources to writing a high-quality paper. I understand the challenges of writing academic papers and will provide you with the tools and strategic planning required to be successful.
As an experienced teacher, I have a wide range of tools and strategies to help you succeed in taking exams. I will give you the coaching you need to take any exam with confidence.
Background
Currently completing a doctorate degree in Political Science with specializations in comparative politics, international relations, food politics, and environmental politics.
Holds a masters degree in Public Policy and Administration and an undergraduate degree in Arts and Contemporary Studies (Honours), with a minor in Law.
Rates
- Academic English
- Literature
- Essay writing
- Resume / Cover letter writing prep
- Dissertation and thesis writing preparation
- Writing
- All Levels
Amanda's Resume
Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, with specializations in Comparative Politics and International Relations.
Areas of expertise include agricultural trade, food security, water management, climate change, environmental philosophy, and rural development.
Recipient of the 2016 Australian Endeavour Scholarship.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contract Instructor (Introduction to World Politics)
Carleton University, Ottawa June 2018- August 2018
Developed and taught first-year course in world politics. The course examined some of the dominant theoretical approaches to understanding world politics; particularly realism, liberalism, political economy, Marxism, post-colonialism, and feminism.
The course explored current and central issues in world politics including international conflict, challenges to American hegemony, socialist challenges to international capitalism, migration crisis’s, and environmental threats.
Teaching Assistant
Carleton University, Ottawa September 2013-June 2018
Teaching assistant for courses in food politics, political economy, public policy, comparative policy, and law.
Leading tutorial groups; discussing a wide range of policy-related issues, teaching course material, leading group activities, and teaching university-level writing and critical thinking skills.
Guest lecturer on subjects related to my own research (agriculture and international trade agreements, agriculture and climate change, and environmental policy).
Working individually with students; offering guidance on assignments and marking papers.
Research Assistant/ Project Manager
Carleton University, Ottawa April 2014-December 2017
Contract Instructor (Global Politics of Food)
Carleton University, Ottawa January 2017- May 2017
Designed and taught third-year course on the global politics of food. The course highlights the significance of food systems in understanding power dynamics in the 21st century; particularly relations between the north and south, men and woman, ethnic and racial groups, and between people and their environments.
Topics in the course include; the financialization of the food economy, the politics of worker migration in the agricultural sector, tensions between democratization and corporate concentrations of power, social movements for sustainable agriculture, animal welfare, fair trade, food security and food sovereignty.
Trade Policy Analyst (EC -Economist- level 02)
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), Ottawa October 2011- May 2013
Employment Insurance Benefits Officer (PM -Project Manager- level O2)
Service Canada, Yonge & St. Clair, Toronto May 2009–September 2011
EDUCATION
Doctoral Candidate in Political Science (PhD)
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
GPA 11.0 (12 point scale) Sept. 2013- Present
Successfully completed specialization in Comparative Politics and International Relations.
Completed five months of extensive fieldwork in rural Australian farming communities.
The doctoral research project focuses on the role of discourse in shaping water management decisions in farming communities in the Murray Darling Basin region of Australia.
Awards:
Recipient of the Australian Endeavour Scholarship 2016.
Recipient of the Isabel Baber Travel Award 2016.
Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2016/17.
Master’s in Public Policy and Administration (MPA)
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
GPA 3.73 (4 point scale) Sept. 2009-May 2011
Honours Bachelor of Arts and Contemporary Studies (BA.Hon)
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Minor in Law
GPA 3.668 Sept.2003-May 2007
Achieved Dean's List and Honour Roll status every semester
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet applications
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Some French and Italian
TRAVEL
Traveled within South Africa, Australia, England, Italy, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, United States, Mexico and extensively within Canada
The 5 reviews on Amanda
Perfect! Amanda adapted very well to my academic needs. She has great energy and is very knowledgeable about her subject. She is also very professional and respectful, I recommend Amanda 100%
Benjamin is an enthusiastic and hard-working student. He shows a strong commitment to his learning and is a pleasure to teach.
Perfect! Amanda wasted no time honing in on where we needed to work on in the writing process and for me, this was the beginning. With her many years of TA experience (helping all levels of undergraduate), she quickly adapts and transitions through lessons to fill in gaps of knowledge when they appear - and this is so important. She will not follow her own agenda, but focuses on your needs at that moment. Her methodology and wonderful manner have been so successful for me and my writing, that I now see her every week (and sometimes twice!)
Bridget is an enthusiastic and motivated student. Relatively new to academic research, she worked really hard to learn how to construct well researched and well-written papers. Her years of practical experience in her field really helped her to bring her own voice to her writing and to make compelling and interesting arguments. It is a privilege to be able to work with Bridget and see her develop into an adept researcher.
3 recommendations
Amanda is a thoughtful, helpful and patient professor. She is knowledgeable about what she teaches and creates a positive learning environment where students feel comfortable to ask questions, create dialogue and learn to the best of their ability. Amanda is flexible and creative in her assignments and content, which makes learning more enjoyable and catered to the students' unique interests and strengths. Overall, Amanda is very approachable and I would enthusiastically enroll in another one of her classes. I would highly recommend her and believe she could be helpful in supporting me through many areas my studies.
I had the pleasure of taking The Politics of Food with Professor Shankland at Carleton University in my fourth year. I sincerely enjoyed the class. Each week the class explored different themes including: animal rights, genetically modified organism, accessibility to food, etc. I particularly appreciated her ability to draw connections between these themes each week which was evident in her facilitation of a class discussion following the lecture each week. I would definitely recommend Prof. Shankland as a tutor as her patience when explaining complex material would help any student achieve their academic goals!
Amanda is a fantastic individual and IS one of the best teachers who is genuinely there for student success.. She helps students by going above and beyond in order to ensure everyone meets and exceeds standards. When you have Amanda, you will quickly learn her passion for helping students be better writers, more critical researchers and more scholarly researchers, is second to none. Her research on climate change adaptation in terms of food policy, is as interesting as it is rigorous. With an affinity for teaching, Amanda shares her passion with students and makes it hard not to do well. Highly reccomended.
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