Phillip Sudderberg

Mr. Sudderberg worked at the University of Illinois Chicago for two years. He taught ninth grade writing courses and did marketing work at the Institute for the Humanities.

What makes you excited about your subject, and why do you like teaching it?

“Reading and writing obviously teach great critical life skills, but then they also do this cool other thing, which is teach you how to be critical of those critical life skills, or how to think outside of those boundaries and frameworks as well.”

What is one thing that students should know about you?

“I play music. I think at this point, I almost played a show in all 50 states, just about there. I play drum set.”