Education: Sue Gail received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University and her M.A. from George Washington University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Experience: Sue Gail worked as a librarian for National Public Radio, National Cathedral School, and Norwood School. At National Cathedral, Sue Gail and a colleague created a nationally recognized search engine designed specifically for students, wrote English and History research units in collaboration with teachers, and contributed to the school’s website development. At Norwood School, Sue Gail was Head Librarian/Library Media Specialist, award-winning Model UN sponsor, lead eighth grade advisor, and a member of the school’s diversity committee. Her Norwood Visiting Author Program brought such children’s literary luminaries as Brian Selznick, Jacqueline Woodson, Rick Riordan, Eloise Greenfield, Jerry Pinkney, Jack Gantos, Rita Williams Garcia, and Ellen Oh to the school. In 2010, Sue Gail traveled to Tanzania to set up the first ever library in the village of Mwika and to supply books to underserved children in Kenya. She currently runs a charity that has provided books, school supplies, solar panels, and a greenhouse to a school for Maasai children in northern Kenya. Prior to working in schools, Sue Gail researched and wrote foreign policy reports for Congress through the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. While at Vanderbilt, Sue Gail briefly sang backup for Johnny Cash.

Specialties: Sue Gail specializes in the Humanities. She teaches deep reading, literary analysis, and the basics of writing successful literary essays with a clear thesis statement, strong claims, and carefully selected quotes that support the thesis. For History classes, Sue Gail guides students in finding and assessing valid research sources and in techniques for using school databases as well as how to organize notes into a cohesive paper with proper citations. She supports students in AP Language, AP Literature, AP World History, and AP Government classes. Sue Gail also works with college students wanting writing support, as well as students preparing college and graduate school admission essays. Thanks to her time attending the University of Madrid as an undergraduate student, she also teaches Spanish grammar. Sue Gail’s overriding goal is to provide support that will help students feel confident and accomplished in their work since nothing motivates like success.