I have 30 years of teaching and tutoring experience with a B.A. in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, specializing in American history. I enrolled in a PhD program in Political Science at same university. I taught more than 25 courses in the department, mostly Introductory American Government. I completed all the requirements for the degree except the dissertation. I left to work as a freelance writer in American history for one year, and it turned out to be 5 years. I c...