Douglas's tutor profile

Hi, I'm Douglas! VERY RESPONSIVE

I'm a UniMelb student studying Arts.

$120

Per hour

2020

Started uni

In these challenging post-pandemic times, I want to help you to improve your writing assignments and enable you to realize your academic potential. I can edit and proofread in any academic field and provide more substantial content assistance in humanities fields, especially writing, literature, history, philosophy, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and film studies. I have an Ivy League graduate degree, much experience teaching university writing (including at an Ivy League institution), and background as a professional proofreader and editor. I have worked extensively with the most common referencing styles, especially MLA and APA. I am very punctual and work quickly to fit with your deadlines. I can work any day of the week. My prices are affordable, starting at $12.50 per page or we can work by the hour. I welcome theses for editing or proofreading or editing. I can help you develop and refine your research skills in locating relevant sources and accessing pdfs of them. I can also show you how to work effectively with AI platforms without getting caught in the strange world of "hallucinations" and fabricated information, including with ChatGPT, Deepseek, Claude, and Grok. While chatbots can produce grammatically correct sentences, they are notorious for producing bland writing that lacks a distinctive perspective or voice. I can help your writing to stand out amidst this sea of sameness among your peers who are using AI badly. I am happy to meet in person (around Melbourne Uni or RMIT or the State Library of Victoria are each ideal) or to work with you online over Zoom, Skype, Facetime or the like. From you I simply need an assignment prompt, an electronic copy of your draft, and access to any required readings. Virtual editing works very well via Google docs or by exchanging a document with track changes. It's worth knowing that universities in Melbourne often don't pay their sessional staff enough to respond to your assignments properly, which is why you'll often receive little or no feedback on your written work, which itself makes it harder to learn. You can read more about this situation by googling for this ABC News article from October 2021: "University of Melbourne staff doing unpaid work to give students feedback, tutor says" (direct links aren't allowed here). My goal is not just to help you get better marks, but to help you to learn more and develop durable skills for the future.

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English

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Douglas was incredibly helpful and was able to provide a lot of feedback and constructive advice on how I could improve in certain areas to further strengthen my points. He was also always willing to explain any doubts that I had when going through his feedback. He is very responsive with emails and very easy to communicate. Highly recommended!

P, StudentVIP member
since September, 2021

Douglas is arguably one of the best tutors that I have ever had the privilege of working with. With his help in a subject that I was not too confident in, I was able to average a H1 for a whole semester. I HIGHLY recommend Douglas for ANY of the subjects that he tutors

AK, StudentVIP member
since November, 2020

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Subjects I tutor

AHIS90005
History and Philosophy of Museums

ATS3860
After The Death Of God: Continental Philosophy Of Religion From Nietzsche To Today

EDUC90079
English and Globalisation

EDUC90494
Teaching Shakespeare

EDUC90495
Shakespeare in Classroom and Community

EDUC90496
Shakespeare and Dramatic Pedagogy

ENGL10001
Modern And Contemporary Literature

ENGL10002
Literature And Performance