Tutoring

BIO 130 | Emilia

Professor Abarca
Emilia is available  by appointment and for review sessions (information available through the course Moodle page).

Emilia (she/her) is double-majoring in biological sciences and psychology. She harbors a strong interest in plant ecology, fungal biology, and genomics, which she pursues through her research on mycorrhizal fungi in the Bellemare lab and as a curatorial assistant and conservation intern at the Smith College Botanic Garden.  She has taken BIO 122/123, BIO 130/131, BIO 202/203, BIO 206/207, BIO 232, BIO 364/365, and BIO 390, in addition to pre-college coursework in computational biology, AP Environmental Science, and AP Biology. Though she is knowledgable about a range of biological fields, the bulk of her experience is in biodiversity, ecology, and conservation.

BIO 132 | Anika

Professors Derr and Gersony 
Anika will hold drop-in hours in McConnell 102.

BIO 200 | Anna and Tejas

Professor Mangiamele
The tutor will hold drop-in hours in McConnell 104.

Anna is a senior BCH major and is the BIO 200 tutor. She has taken Anatomy and Physiology at her previous college, BIO 200, BIO 202, BCH 252, and NSC 300 (neurophysiology). She can help with anything physiology related :)

BIO 202 | Nora D. and Riko

Professor Scordilis
The tutor will hold drop-in hours in Seelye 306.

BIO 232 | Jacey

Professor Katz
Jacey will hold drop-in hours in McConnell 102.

Karenna (she/her): I am a junior biochemistry major with a love for molecular biology and organic chemistry. I've taken CHM 111/222/223/224, BCH 252, and all of the associated labs. I am excited to help with any of your organic chemistry questions (and also share photos of my cat Mars)!

CHM Lab Writing Support

Lab Report Appointment Guidelines:

1. Use the links below to make an appointment with the lab writing tutor at least 24 hours ahead of the anticipated need for feedback.

2. Send the draft of your lab report at the time you make the appointment—at least 24 hours ahead so they have enough time to read it.

3. Allow 24 hours notice if you need to cancel so another student may have your slot.

Appointment Sign-Up:

• CHM 111 Lab: Email Molly for lab writing tutoring. 

• CHM 118 Lab: Sign up to meet Cece for lab writing tutoring.

• CHM 223 Lab: Email Lily for lab writing tutoring.

CS TAs are available to help with CSC courses. To see who can help with what course, see their descriptions below the schedule.

Room 241

Room 342 (Primarily CSC 110 and 120 help)

CSC Tutors

• Ashby (she/her) is a junior CS and GOV double major. She has taken 110/120/210/250/231 and MTH 153. She can assist with 110, 120, and 210, as well as Python, Java, and Github.

• Ashley (she/her) is a junior CS major. She has taken CSC 120/210/231/249/250/251/252/262 and can help with related in-class material and things related to data development. 

• Casey (they/them) is a senior CSC and SDS double major. They have taken CSC 111, CSC 212, CSC 231, CSC 240, CSC 249, CSC 250, and CSC 252, as well as MTH 153. They can help with coding in Python, Java, C, and Git.

• Chris (she/her) is a junior CSC and EGR double major. She has taken CSC 120, CSC 210, CSC 231, CSC 250 and CSC 252. She can help with CSC 110, CSC 120, and CSC 210, as well as Python, Java, and Git.

• Elaine C. (she/her) is a junior CSC major. She has taken CSC 110, 120, 210, 249, and 250. She can assist with Java and Python. 

• Elaine D. (she/her) is a senior computer science and mathematics double major. She has taken CSC 212 (now CSC 110, 120, and 210), CSC 223, CSC 231, CSC 249, CSC 250, CSC 251, CSC 256, and CSC 274 and can help with most of these courses. She can also assist with Python, Java, and Github.

• Emma (she/her) is a senior CSC major and an SDS minor. She has taken CSC 111 and 212 (now 110, 120, and 210), and CSC 231. She can help with Python, Java, C, x86 Assembly and GitHub.

• Fernanda (she/her) is a junior CSC major with a minor in SDS. She has taken CSC110, CSC120, CSC231, CSC210. She is happy to help with any questions you have!

• Jade Lili (she) is a junior CSC major. She has taken CSC 210, 231, and 250. She can help with x86 Assembly, C, C++, C#, git, and Java.

• Jessica (she/her) is a junior CSC and music double major. She has taken all of the core CSC courses (110/120/210/231/250) and CSC 252 and 256. She can help with class content, GitHub, and coding in Python and Java.

• Lan is  a junior double major in computer science and studio art. She can help with CSC 110, 120, 210. She can also help with Python, Javascript, Java, Git. 

• Larissa (she/her) is a senior CSC and THE double major. She can help with CSC 110, 120, 210, 231, 240, 249, and 250 . She also can assist with Java, Python (including pandas), Javascript, C, C++, C#, and some assembly. Java is her best language! She can also assist with GitHub, setting up IDEs, graphics, and more! 

• Skye (they) is a senior CSC major. They have taken the intro classes, 151, 231, 240, 250, 251, 252, and 262. They can help with any of those classes, but truly enjoy helping with 250 and 252. They also enjoy robotics, pedagogy, and documenting their code. Skye supported CSC 252 in the fall. 

• Sophia D. (she/her) is a senior SDS and CS double major. She has taken SDS 192, SDS 291, CSC 111, CSC 212, CSC 250, CSC 231, CSC 240, CSC 252. She can help with class content as well as R and GitHub.

• Zhirou (she/her) is a senior CS and Psychology double major. She has taken CSC111, CSC210, CSC230, CSC250, CSC231. She can help with Java, coding, and GitHub.

• Zihan is a senior Computer Science and Neuroscience double major. She has taken CSC 110/120/210/231/250/256; STAT 515, and COMPSCI 389 Machine Learning from UMass. She can help with coding (Python/PyTorch/Java/MATLAB/R/C/Swift), GitHub, scientific writing, and class content.

ECO 150/153 | Evelyn and Sophia R.

Professors Miller, Haas-Wilson, Schmidt, Mahdavi, Sharma
The tutors will hold drop-in hours in Neilson 108F in the Learning Commons in Neilson Library.

Sophia (she/her) is a junior with a quantitative economics and Middle East studies double major. She has taken ECO 150, ECO 153, ECO 220, ECO 250, and ECO 214. She can help with specific class content or talk more generally about ECO 150/153 concepts. 

ECO 220 | Lucia

Professor Winichakul

Drop in Hours

ECO 240 | Trang 

Professor Zapryanova

Drop in Hours

Trang (she/her) is a senior from Vietnam majoring in quantitative economics and SDS with a global finance concentration. She has taken ECO 250, 253, 220, 240. She loves econometrics and is willing to help with any econometrics or STATA questions

ECO 250 | Ally 

Professor Sayre
Ally will hold drop-in hours in Seelye 208.

Ally (she/her) is the ECO 250 tutor and also an intern at the Conway Center. She is a senior studying quantitative economics with a minor in government and concentration in global finance. You can email her for an appointment!

ECO 253 | Zorina 

Professor O’Sullivan
Zorina will hold drop-in hours in Seelye 208.

Engineering Tutoring is available for many of the core courses.

See listing of tutors below if you’re looking for support for a particular course, tutoring is located in Ford 022/024 (Playground).  

Engineering Tutors

• Arden (she/her) is a senior EGR major interested in sustainability and environmental engineering. She can help with the core classes, as well as EGR 100ee Energy and the Environment, EGR 312, EGR 325, and EGR 326. She can also help with coding (R, Java, Python), CAD, physics, and calculus.

• Arisha (she/her) is a junior engineering major and landscape studies minor with a passion for urban planning. She can help with any of the core engineering requirements including MTH 111, 112, 212; and EGR 220, 270, 290. Show up for a chat, she loves to meet new people. 

• Elliot (they/he) is a junior engineering and Spanish double major. They can help you with EGR 100, EGR 110, EGR 220, EGR 270, and EGR 375. Outside of class, he enjoys bouldering and playing on LunaDisc, Smith’s club ultimate frisbee team!

• Hellen (she/any pronoun if you like) is a junior engineering major and can help with EGR 374, EGR 270, EGR220, EGR100&110. She loves mechanical engineering and physics and is happy to help with anything about course content, homework or lab!

• Jiayi (she/her) is a senior double major in engineering science and physics. She has taken all engineering core classes and some other science classes like CSC 212, SDS 192, PHY 210, PHY 215, MTH 212, MTH 353. She could help with EGR homework and coding. 

• Kira (she/her) is a junior EGR major and math minor. She can help with EGR 110, EGR 220, EGR 270, EGR 290, along with any R, physics, and calculus questions.

• Lilies (they/them) is a junior EGR major. They can help with EGR 110, EGR 270, EGR 220, and is currently taking EGR 290. Lilies can also help with Calc 1, 2, and 3.

• Rachel (she/her) is a junior EGR major. She can help with EGR 110, EGR 270, and EGR 290, in addition to R, Python, Java, physics, and calculus questions.

• Sylvia is a senior CSC and EGR double major and has taken EGR 100, EGR 110, EGR 220, EGR 270, EGR 290, EGR 374, EGR 324. Sylvia can help with any in class content and coding.

Mathematics courses have drop-in hours as listed below.

In addition to the drop-in hours available, you can get help:

• from meeting with the Calculus Counselor
• Requesting help by sending an email to qlctutor@smith.edu. Include your course number and professor.

Daytime Hours 

Daytime tutoring is held in Seelye 207, the Spinelli Center. Most tutors can help with MTH 111 and MTH 112. See listing of tutors below if you’re looking for support for a particular course.

Open Office Hours

This linked Google calendar contains the office hours and drop-in sessions of course TAs and instructors. The instructors listed are happy to help students in the courses listed even if the students are not in their section of that particular course.

Evening Hours

Evening tutoring is held in the Math Forum, Burton Hall, third floor. Most tutors can help with MTH 111 and MTH 112. See listing of tutors below if you’re looking for support for a particular course.

Mathematics Tutors

• Arisha (she/her) is a junior Engineering major and Landscape Studies minor with a passion for urban planning. She can help with any of the core Engineering requirements including MTH 111, 112, 212; and EGR 220, 270, 290. Show up for a chat, she loves to meet new people. 

• Cecily is a senior math major. She's taken MTH 111, 112, 153, 211, 212, 238, 280, and 281, and can help with those classes. She can also help with Overleaf/LaTeX, knows some R and Python, and is happy to try to help with any math or math-adjacent problem!

• Elinor (she/her) is a senior math major. She has taken MTH 111, 112, and 153 and is currently taking 211 and 212. She is most comfortable with 111 and 153 but she is happy to try anything :) 

• Gab  (she/her) is a sophomore Math and Physics double major. She has taken MTH 111, 112, 153, 212 and 255 (although some were taken at a different school). Gab has also taken physics through PHY 215 and is happy to help with any problems!

• Julia (she/her) is a sophomore double majoring in math and dance. She has taken MTH 111, 112, and 211 and is currently taking 212 and 153. She’s most comfortable with MTH 111 and 211, but is happy to try anything!

• Kira (she/her) is a senior double majoring in engineering and math. She can help with MTH 111, 112, 212, and 153, along with LaTeX and engineering classes.

• Leila is a Mathematics and Physics major. I have taken MTH 111, 112, 153, 211, 212, and 233. I can help with homework material from those classes during open tutor hours through the Spinelli Center. 

• Lilies (they/them) is a junior EGR major. They can help with EGR 100, EGR 270, EGR 220, and is currently taking EGR 290. Lilies can also help with Calc 1, 2, and 3.

• Lauren (she/her) is a senior majoring in Mathematical Statistics and minoring in Economics. She has taken MTH 211, MTH 212, MTH 246, MTH 264de, and MTH 280, and she is especially comfortable with MTH 212 and MTH 246. 

• Maisy (she/her) is a senior double majoring in math and theatre. She has taken MTH 112, 153, 211, 212, 238, 255, and 281. She's most comfortable tutoring early calc and discrete maths, MTH 111, 112, 153, and 238, but is happy to try any problem!

• Sylvia (she/her) is a junior biochemistry major. She has taken MTH 111 and 112. She is most comfortable with 111 but is happy to try anything.

• Sofia Z. (she/her) is a sophomore engineering major and landscape studies minor. She is a QM tutor and has taken MTH 111 and 112 and is most comfortable helping out with those classes. She can also help with introductory engineering classes and python. 

• Sophia M. is a math major. She has taken MTH 111/112/211/212/238/280 and was a TA for math 153. 

• Una is a sophomore SDS major. They're most comfortable helping with MTH 111 and 153, SDS 192, 291, and 100, introductory stat, and coding in R. They may also be able to help with LaTeX/Overleaf, econometrics, introductory econ, and GIS.

Help is available for PSY 201, SOC 204, and GOV 203.

You can see the Data Counselor for help, or you can request help via email to qlctutor@smith.edu (include the words "SOC 204" or “GOV 203” or “PSY 201” in the subject line and allow 24 hours for us to get back to you).

SOC 204 | Grace

Professor Whittier

Grace will hold drop-in hours in Seelye 211 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7–8 p.m.

All hours are held in Sabin-Reed 301.
SDS tutors are available to help with the core SDS courses: 192, 201/220 and 291. Many of the tutors can help with other courses—see their descriptions below the schedule.

Schedule

SDS Tutors

• Amber (she/her) is a sophomore majoring in SDS and Psychology. She has taken SDS 100/192/220, CSC 110, MTH 111/153, and is currently enrolled in SDS 290 and MTH 211 this semester. She is happy to help with any of these courses, as well as questions about coding. 

• Cindy (she/her) is a senior majoring in SDS and has completed most of the SDS courses, including SDS 100, 192, 201, 270, 290, 291, 293, and 300. She is currently enrolled in SDS 235 and 410 this semester. She is happy to assist with course content and related skills such as coding in R, Python, SQL, as well as GitHub issues.

• Dayana (she/her) is a junior majoring in SDS with a minor in Economics. She has completed courses such as SDS 192, 220, 270, 291, CSC 110, and MTH 211, and is currently enrolled in SDS 290 and 235. She’s happy to help with any of these courses this semester!

• Evelyn G. (she/her) is a junior SDS and CS double major. She has taken SDS 192/291, CSC 111/212/223/240/250/252, MTH 153/211. She can help with class content as well as R, Python, and GitHub.

• Leylani (she/her) is a junior ECO and MST double major. She has taken SDS 192, SDS220, SDS270, CSC110, MTH 211, and is currently enrolled in SDS 291. She is happy to help with SDS 220, SDS 192, and SDS 270 this semester!

• Linh (she/her) is a senior majoring in SDS with a minor in CSC. She has completed SDS 100, 192, 220, and 291, along with CSC 210 and 240, and is currently enrolled in SDS/CSC 235 and SDS 290. Linh is available to assist with class content and coding in R, Python, SQL, as well as troubleshooting GitHub issues.

• Nora Z. (she/her) is a junior majoring in SDS and Psychology. She has taken SDS 100, 192, 291, 270, 290, CSC 110, and MTH 211. She is currently taking SDS 237, CSC 120, and MTH 212. She can help with these courses, as well as SDS 201/220.

• Patrizia is a junior double majoring in PSY and SDS. She can help with core SDS courses, as well as SDS 237 and 271. She can also help with statistical writing, coding, and class content.

• Quinn (she/they) is a junior PSY and CSC double major. She has taken SDS291, SDS100, CSC120, CSC210, CSC250, MTH153, MTH211. She is currently taking SDS192 as well, so she can help with class content as well as R or java programming.

• Robbie (she/her) is a junior CSC and SDS double major. She has taken SDS 100/192/220/291/293 and MTH 153/211. She is currently enrolled in SDS 235. Robbie is happy to help with class content and coding with R/Python/Java.

• Rya  is a sophomore SDS major. She has taken SDS 100, SDS 192, SDS 220, CSC 110, and MTH 153. Currently, she is taking SDS 290, MTH 211, and CSC 120. She is happy to assist with problem sets, class content, and coding (R, Python, and Github). 

• Sarah  (she/her) is a senior SDS major and SOC minor. She has taken SDS 100, SDS 192, SDS 220, SDS 270, SDS 290, SDS 291, and SDS 293 and can help with any class content and R questions you may have. 

• Una  is a sophomore SDS major. They're most comfortable helping with MTH 111 and 153, SDS 192, 291, and 100, introductory stat, and coding in R. They may also be able to help with LaTeX/Overleaf, econometrics, introductory econ, and GIS.

• Yuzhang (she/her) is a junior majoring in SDS and Linguistics. She has taken SDS 100/192/270/271/291/293. She can help with class content, statistical writing, and coding (R, Python, Java, SQL).