About Adina
Dr. Adina M. Yoffie is a tutor, teacher, and writer living in Manhattan. She has five years' experience teaching history and writing, both one-on-one and in larger groups, to college students at Harvard and New York Universities. She has also tutored private clients for the SAT and ACT and in subjects such as History, Writing (including college-essay writing), German, Hebrew, and Latin.
Adina is a dynamic and versatile tutor who specializes in explaining complicated concepts simply. She firmly believes in the importance of building a relationship both with a student and with that student's family. After a consultation with a student, she personalizes her lesson plans and strategies based on that student's needs and strengths.
Adina received a Ph.D. in European History from Harvard University (2009), a Master's in History from Harvard (2005), and a Bachelor's in History from Princeton, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2002). She minored in both German Studies and Jewish Studies at Princeton. She has published in the leading journals of her field and received numerous prestigious fellowships, such as a Fulbright to Germany in 2006-07 and an American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellowship in 2010-12.
Adina is a dynamic and versatile tutor who specializes in explaining complicated concepts simply. She firmly believes in the importance of building a relationship both with a student and with that student's family. After a consultation with a student, she personalizes her lesson plans and strategies based on that student's needs and strengths.
Adina received a Ph.D. in European History from Harvard University (2009), a Master's in History from Harvard (2005), and a Bachelor's in History from Princeton, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2002). She minored in both German Studies and Jewish Studies at Princeton. She has published in the leading journals of her field and received numerous prestigious fellowships, such as a Fulbright to Germany in 2006-07 and an American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellowship in 2010-12.
