"Hi, I’m Riley. I’m a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology and an experienced university tutor who helps students master statistics, research methods, academic writing, and Spanish. My approach is supportive and highly practical: we translate tough ideas into clear steps, then practice until the skill feels ingrained and comfortable. I’m fluent in Spanish after two years of immersion in Chile and continued professional use, including providing therapy and academic support in Spanish.

Most students find me for Spanish language assistance or quantitative help. I work across intro through advanced statistics, R and the tidyverse, and structural equation modeling with lavaan. I’m comfortable with measurement and invariance testing, reliability (including omega), APA-style reporting, and turning messy results into clean prose, tables, and figures. I also tutor core psychology courses—cognitive, social, abnormal, personality, and counseling—always grounding concepts in real examples so they stick. If you’re working on a thesis or dissertation, I can help plan analyses, troubleshoot code, interpret output, and polish writing along with general editing.

My teaching style blends structure with warmth. We begin by clarifying your goals and deadlines, then build a focused plan with checkpoints. During sessions we work live on your data, drafts, or problem sets, and you leave with annotated notes or scripts to reuse. I offer online sessions and limited in-person meetings around Jersey City and NYC. Whether you need a short sprint before an exam or steady support across the term, I’ll meet you where you are and help you finish with clarity and confidence." less...