"Jay is a published author and editor with a Ph.D. in philosophy and over twenty years of teaching experience. He has taught dozens of disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses and has extensive experience working one-on-one with students and scholars on research, writing, and editing.

Jay enjoys working one-on-one with motivated high school, undergraduate, and graduate students to develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills that are essential to success at the undergraduate and graduate levels, but rarely explicitly taught at any level.

As an experienced course instructor, published author, and book editor, Jay has extensive experience in all phases and aspects of writing process from brainstorming and conceptualizing projects to reference formatting and proofreading.

In his spare time, Jay enjoys coaching youth soccer, playing guitar and ukulele, camping, hiking, biking, surfing, skateboarding, and other outdoor activities." less...