Teaching

I am an experienced and dedicated teacher who has taught a wide range of classes in a variety of formats. This includes

    • Service Courses like Business Calculus, and Mathematics for Mechanical Engineers

    • General Education courses like Introduction to Mathematical Modelling, A Mathematical World, and Ideas in Geometry

    • Upper level courses like Real Analysis, Differential Equations, Probability, and Introduction to Proof Writing.

This includes courses involving active learning, and the use of computers. I use the skills honed in these classes to enrich the other classes I teach.

I enjoyed teaching many lecture-based courses, which combine clear explanations with opportunities for the students to interact with the ideas of the course.

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While at Bucknell University, I have taught

    • Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III,

    • Topics in Calculus, a business calculus course,

    • Introduction to Mathematical Modelling, a course introducing non-math majors to the beauty and power of mathematics and how it can describe the world around us,

    • Differential Equations,

    • Probability, and

    • Linear Algebra.

While at SUNY Geneseo, I taught

    • Introduction to Proof-writing,

    • Real Analysis,

    • Differential Equations,

    • Calculus I, Calculus II.

In Fall 2014, I taught Math 2085 (Linear Algebra) at Louisiana State University.

In 2010, I was awarded the UIUC Department of Mathematics Brahana TA Instructional Award in recognition of my "exemplary teaching", an award given to 2 TA's each year. I was also named to UIUC's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent on 8 occasions. I also helped revise the coursenotes for an "Ideas in Geometry" class.

While a graduate student at the University of Illinois, I had the pleasure of teaching several courses in the Merit program, an active learning based approach, which targets students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields.