Charlotte Fiehn, Ph.D.
With more than 20 years of tutoring experience, Charlotte offers essay writing, literature and humanities learning support, exam prep, college admissions, mentoring and coaching. She supports students of all ages with both one-off sessions to address homework or last-minute assignments, and weekly tutoring, designed to provide long-term student support.
Charlotte is also a college professor, and can offer advice and guidance on managing college admissions, navigating the transition from high school to college, and handling advanced college-level writing projects such as term papers and dissertations.
Highlights
- Ph.D., M.A., University of Texas; B.A., M.A., University of Cambridge
- 20 years of experience as a tutor for middle through to college students
- Familiarity with both US and UK standardized tests
— EDUCATION —
Ph.D., English, University of Texas at Austin, 2021
M.A., Classics, CUNY Graduate Center, expected June 2026
M.A., American History, American Public University, expected December, 2024
Graduate Certificate, American History, American Public University, 2023
M.A., English, University of Texas at Austin, 2020
B.A. (Honors), English, University of Cambridge, 2018
— SELECTED PUBLICATIONS —
Books
The Voyage Out: Annotated Edition. Clemson University Press. Forthcoming 2025.
McFarland’s Companion to George Eliot. With Beverley Park Rilett. McFarland. Under contract and forthcoming, 2024.
George Eliot and Her Women. Lexington Books, Rowman, and Littlefield. Under contract and forthcoming, 2024.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Washington Irving’s Medieval Renaissance: Chaucer’s Influence on Irving’s Foundational Project.” English Studies. 2022.
‘“[A]s plain as water’s water”: the Symbolic Function of Water in George Eliot’s Romola’. The George Eliot Review, 2019, pp. 26-33.
‘“[P]assionate, magnificent prose’: Tracing the Brontës in the Friendship and Writings of Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield’. Katherine Mansfield Studies, 2019, pp. 132-144.
“‘[O]nly a psychological phenomenon’: Situating Tess of the D’Urbervilles in and out of Hardy’s Wessex’. The Thomas Hardy Journal, 15, 1, 2019, pp. 39-52.
“Two Janes: Jane Eyre and the Narrative Problem of Chapter 23.” The Bronte Studies Journal, 41:4, 2016, pp. 312-321
“Perception, Performance, and Community Spirit in George Eliot’s “Amos Barton”.” Global Journal of English Language and Literature. 2015.
“The Ordinary and the Common in the Writings of Virginia Woolf.” The Atlantic Review of Feminist Studies, 2.2. Nov. 2015.
“The Dichotomy of Cultural Perspective in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda.” East-West Cultural Passage, Journal of the “C. Peter Magrath” Research Center for Cross-Cultural Studies. Nov. 2015.
“Sure I shall never marry like my sisters”: The Measure of Marriage in Shakespeare’s King Lear.” Gender Forum, 49, Sept. 2014.
Book Chapters
“Privileging Toxic Patriarchy: A Critical Reading of George Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life.” George Eliot’s Unfortunate Men, Forthcoming 2023.
“Misogyny, Objectification, and The Suppression of Female Identity in An Introduction to Sally.” Elizabeth von Arnim and Identities. Forthcoming 2023.
“George Eliot: Behind the Mask.” Still Crazy About George Eliot After 200 Years. Bite-sized Books. 2019.
“Social Exile in Nineteenth-Century England.” European Writers in Exile. Lexington Books, Rowman, and Littlefield, 2018, pp. 1-15.
“Heart of Darkness and the Problem of Faith.” Critical Insights: Joseph Conrad. Salem Press/Greyhouse Publishing Inc. 2016, pp. 206-222.
“The battle of the sexes: D.H. Lawrence and the struggle for modern sexuality in Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”Critical Essays on D.H. Lawrence. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors. 2016.
“Henry James and the Dilemma of Young Americans.” American Writers in Exile. Salem Press/Greyhouse Publishing Inc. 2015, pp. 88-103.
“The Heart of a King.” Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric. Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield. 2014, pp. 3-18.
— TEACHING —
Six years of college-level teaching and course design experience, serving as instructor of record for lower-division and upper-division English courses, and first-year writing courses. Implementing a range of student-centered methods of instruction, including hybrid, flipped, and distance learning modalities, through the effective use of Blackboard, Canvas, and D2L/Brightspace learning management systems.
— TUTORING —
2023/24 General Tutor, Bank Street College of Education
2022/23 English and Humanities Instructor, ASAA
2022/23 HS English and College Essay Instructor, Bank Street College of Education
2022/23 English and Humanities Tutor, Sinica Education
2022 Beginner and Intermediate English Instructor, New Jersey English Center
2019-2022 English and Writing Tutor, Austin Community College
2019-2022 English and Writing Tutor, Austin Community College
2021 Austin Community College High School Program, TSI Camp Instructor
2019-20 ACES Enrichment Center
2018-19 English and Humanities Tutor, Austin Learning Center
2016-18 English, German, and History Tutor, Tutor Doctor, Cambridge
2014-15 English and German Tutor, Harrisburg Area Community College
— PROFESSIONAL TEACHING LICENSES —
2022 Level 3 TEFL Certificate, The TEFL Academy
2022 BPSS License for General Academic
— TEACHER TRAINING—
2020 Edx Certificate: Inclusive Teaching, ColumbiaX, Columbia University
2020 Quality Matters, Blinn College
2020 LinkedIn Certificate: Course Design and Instructional Skills
2020 Dickens Universe (Postponed), University of California, Santa Cruz
2020 Advanced Teaching Preparation Certificate, University of Texas
2019 Fundamentals for Teaching Assistants, University of Texas
2018 TA Preparation Course, University of Texas
— PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT —
2021 Certificate in Jewish Leadership for Educators, Northwestern University
2020 Cambridge Latin Course and GCSE Latin
2019 German Reading for Academics, University of Wisconsin-Maddison
2003 Arbeitspraktikum (Internship), Accuride International, Diez, Germany
— PROFESSIONAL WRITING —
Work Experience
2022-23 College Essay Consultant, Bank Street College of Education
2005-2018 Freelance Writer and Editing
2019-20 Graduate Peer Consultant, University Writing Center, University of Texas
Training
2016 Creative Writing Course, Lucy Cavendish College, UK
2005 News Writing Course, London School of Journalism, London, UK
2004 Internship, Leicester Mercury Newspaper, Leicester, UK
— LANGUAGES—
German, French, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek
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