GoogleHangout is the preferred method of contact for most online tutors.
All DU students have easy access and connection via Hangout with their DU email account. Some tutors are now also using Collaborate for sessions.
Jeff has been tutoring at DU since 2005. He holds a Masters of Accountancy degree and is also available for inseat tutoring at the Warren campus.
She holds an MBA with an emphasis in Accounting. She is a certifed online instructor and is presently teaching Principles of Accounting. Karen is also certified in Forensic Accounting and has a minor in Mathematics. She is available inseat for students in Grand Rapids and online for any student.
Concurrent to that, she worked for a writing curriculum company, WritingCity, as an Educational Learning Specialist and Conference Presenter on writing strategies. She was a Program Manager/Literacy Coach with Grand Rapids Public Schools after-school literacy program. Directly out of Michigan State University, she was hired by Caledonia Community Schools where she worked for 31 years teaching both learning disabled students and general education writing, reading, and speaking.
She primarily teaches Microbiology and Genetics, and has also taught Bio 101. She received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science B.S. from the University of Rochester and her masters degree in Environmental Engineering M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Throughout graduate school Amanda conducted research on community function of algae, solar virus inactivation, and biological contamination in Ghana. Her specialities include environmental biology, virology, and biochemistry. Lastly, Amanda is very passionate about pedagogy, especially metacognition (learning how to learn).
At Western she obtained two bachelor's degrees, biology and biochemistry, and a master's degree in biological sciences. She has experience teaching microbiology however she is very passionate about the scientific field in general and enjoys learning about how things work. Her current areas of tutoring include BIOL and CHEM courses, but her specialties include general chem, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, and genetics.
She has been tutoring at Davenport University since September 2013. Currently, she is in graduate school at Michigan State University and is expected to graduate in 2019. Her current areas of tutoring include: Mathematics through Calculus 2, Chemistry, Anatomy, Biology, Microbiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Statistics, and Biostatistic.
Debbie teaches both BITS 211 and CISP 111 at the Grand Rapids Lettinga campus. She can assist with BITS 211 and BITS 212.
Lee has a post graduate certificate in Strategic Management and a MBA in marketing from DU. DU teaching includes business and graphics courses since 2000. She is currently teaching BITS211 at the Livonia campus.
Available for sessions in the evenings and weekends only.
She is now completing her MBA with Davenport. Carolina also speaks Spanish fluently. She can assist with any ECON course, most FINC courses, and ACCT 201.
She has worked in accounting, banking, and financial aid. Experienced with personal finances, corporate (small business) finance and with money management (credit consulting), Dawn brings real-world views. Finance can be overwhelming to non-finance majors and one of her strengths is being able to help break the concepts and equations into smaller, more easily understandable parts.
She has over five years of coding experience at Spectrum Health and is available for tutoring online or in Grand Rapids, both by appointment.
Dr. Stephen Snyder teaches DATA 275 online and at the Grand Rapids Lettinga campus.
She teaches at Davenport University, as well as serving as a professional tutor at DU. She also teaches in the School of Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University, and serves as the Legal Studies Internship Coordinator at Grand Valley. Her law degree is from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and her undergraduate degree is in Interdisciplinary Studies in Public Policy from Michigan State University. Her legal experience includes externing for a prosecutor's office while in law school, clerking for a civil court judge upon graduation from law school, and practicing law in a large firm for a short time, then a small firm for many years, where she practiced in the area of business transactions and business litigation, advising businesses, individuals, and non-profits. She has also worked in house on contracts for a publishing company, and as a legal writer for a legal research company. She serves as a Board Member for Migrant Legal Aid, and for the Grand Rapids Film Festival.
He earned his bachelors degree in Paralegal Studies from Davenport University in 2013 . Luke worked as a legal assistant and office manager at a law firm for two years and has experience and knowledge in a wide variety of areas. He also provides his services to various legal classes as a teaching assistant.
Since that time, he has worked in various legal offices in West Michigan – in small or boutique practices as well as in larger firms as a Paralegal and Legal Assistant. Wil's areas of specialty are Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury, Family Practice, and Research and Writing. He has served in many leadership positions at the local and state levels of the association for legal professionals (NALS). He frequently speaks to Intro and Certification classes as well. Wil holds his undergraduate degree in Psychology and Communications from Calvin College and his Advanced Legal Professional (ALP) certification from NALS. Last Fall, Wil enrolled full-time at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School where he plans to focus on civil litigation and/or public policy.
She is a graduate from Wayne State University and received a Ph.D. in Education, Evaluation and Research, a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from University of Detroit Mercy and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Technology – Office Administration from Davenport University.
She has been an Adjunct Professor at Davenport University since May of 2015 and has taught Security Foundations, Disaster Recovery, Systems Analysis and Design, Requirements Planning/Development, and College of Technology Capstone. She also works at the State of Michigan as an Education Research Consultant.
Nichole's dream job and end goal was to some day end up in the Neonatal ICU (NICU). Opportunities arose and Nichole has happily accepted a position in the NICU! Nichole graduated in April 2018, and was an active leader in SNA and the peer to peer mentoring program at the Warren Campus. She looks forward to assisting nursing students as they embark on a journey toward a wonderful career!
He holds a BBA in Business Computer Systems from Eastern Michigan and a MBA - Management Information Systems Specialty from Davenport University. He is the Deputy Director of Information Services for the Michigan Senate and a Distinguished Adjunct Instructor at Davenport, with 18 years of teaching experience. Alan teaches most of the courses in IIAS, NETW, and the TECH 497 Capstone. He is knowledgeable in Visual Basic and C# programming, Microsoft Networking, Linux, virtual machines, troubleshooting hardware and software, information security, and project management.
He is knowledgeable in C#, Java, graphics design, and a variety of IT fields, particularly virtual machines (VMs) and troubleshooting hardware and software.