I am an English professor, and I lecture to MIT undergraduate students every day.
It takes a knowledgeable and avid reader of books to convey how passages or dialogue from a work of fiction, more specifically, should be read. I read with the right amount of emphasis; the right intonation; the right pitch; the right pace.
PhD in English Language & Literature from the University of Virginia
BA in English Language & Literature from Dartmouth College
High School Diploma from Erasmus Hall High School for Performing Arts.
Microphone: Rode NT1000
Editing Software: Adobe Audition 3
I have taught rhetoric and public speaking to undergraduate students for one year, and I know exactly what it takes to command attention and draw a crowd of listeners.