PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS
While I love working with students, due to time constraints I am not currently able to take on new freelance teaching or tutoring of any kind. Watch this space in case things change!
STUDENT FEEDBACK
“Laid back feel, felt comfortable and able to work”
“Great atmosphere and easy to speak up”
“Well-structured and democratic seminars … I always enjoy them!”
“There has never been a lull in class discussion. Jamie is engaging, professional and always interesting.”
Enthusiasm in research feeds directly into my enthusiasm as a teacher and lecturer. My teaching style is student-based; there is something extraordinarily exciting about the exchange and exploration of ideas. Seminars that I teach are extremely democratic but also meticulously focussed. As much as possible, we work with texts.
I have held positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of Exeter, the University of Bristol, Middlesex University, and the University of Suffolk. In addition, I’ve taught on a freelance basis or upon invitation at multiple institutions, academic and non-academic I have taught students of all ages and levels, on modules including:
The Novel (from Daniel to Defoe to Alison Bechdel)
Beginnings (early English literature)
Modernism and Interwar Women Writers
Crime and Punishment (detective fiction from Edgar Allan Poe to Stieg Larson)
Literary Analysis
Language, Literature, and Writing
Identities and Global Literature
Genre Fiction
Advanced Crime Writing
English Literature and Community Engagement
Dissertation (supervision and moderation)
PhD Creative Writing (external examiner)
PhD English Literature (external examiner)
PhD English (supervision)
I have strong tutoring experience, from GCSE to post-PhD level, in the fields of English language and literature, business studies, religious studies, and editorial skills.
JC Bernthal 