I teach a wide variety of courses in mathematics, statistics, and computer computer science at the undergraduate level, and I have further experience teaching applied and discrete mathematics and atmospheric science to secondary students. My courses are structured around students working together to build on their existing knowledge and on exploring multiple approaches to ideas.
Undergraduate-Level Teaching
Teaching Assessment
During the 2019-20 school year, I was a Teaching Assessment Fellow through the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning. I worked with the teaching and development team for the Columbia CTL's Inclusive Teaching MOOC, doing quantitative and qualitative analysis on pre- and post-course survey data. I am again a Teaching Assessment Fellow for the 2020-21 school year, assessing the redesign of a mechanical engineering laboratory course and supporting quantitative analysis by other TAFs.
K-12 Teaching
I have taught at MIT Splash/Spark and Columbia Splash for several years. These are one-hour classes for middle and high school students, providing an introduction to a variety of topics. In Spring 2020, I taught for Rainstorm, a virtual Splash, where I taught thirty-minute versions of two of these courses. In Summer 2020, I taught an extended version of A Brief Tour of the Stratosphere for Wave Learning Festival. Courses I have taught have focused on the topics below, with particular course titles following:
I have been a teaching assistant/grader at Art of Problem Solving since Summer 2012. Courses I have TAed or graded include:
Undergraduate-Level Teaching
- Fall 2021-present: Assistant Professor, Fitchburg State University. Courses include MATH 1250 Functions, MATH 1600 Informal Mathematical Modeling, MATH 1700 Applied Statistics, MATH 1900 Discrete Mathematics, MATH 3900 Math Seminar, MATH 4200 & 4250 Probability & Statistics I-II.
- Fall 2020: Adjunct Lecturer, MAC 286 Data Structures, LaGuardia Community College.
- Spring 2020: Adjunct Lecturer, MAC 281 Discrete Structures, LaGuardia Community College.
- Fall 2019-Spring 2020: Graduate Teaching Assistant, APMA E2000 Multivariable Calculus for Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University.
- Summer 2020: Instructor, Introductory Statistics, Columbia University Academic Success Programs Summer Bridge.
Teaching Assessment
During the 2019-20 school year, I was a Teaching Assessment Fellow through the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning. I worked with the teaching and development team for the Columbia CTL's Inclusive Teaching MOOC, doing quantitative and qualitative analysis on pre- and post-course survey data. I am again a Teaching Assessment Fellow for the 2020-21 school year, assessing the redesign of a mechanical engineering laboratory course and supporting quantitative analysis by other TAFs.
K-12 Teaching
I have taught at MIT Splash/Spark and Columbia Splash for several years. These are one-hour classes for middle and high school students, providing an introduction to a variety of topics. In Spring 2020, I taught for Rainstorm, a virtual Splash, where I taught thirty-minute versions of two of these courses. In Summer 2020, I taught an extended version of A Brief Tour of the Stratosphere for Wave Learning Festival. Courses I have taught have focused on the topics below, with particular course titles following:
- Mathematical Modeling. Introduction to Mathematical Modeling, Population Modeling, Disease Modeling.
- Graph Theory. Bridges, Maps, and Networks: An Introduction to Graph Theory, How to (Mathematically) Guard an Art Gallery.
- Atmospheric Science. A Brief Tour of the Stratosphere, Understanding Weather Data.
- Ballet History. From Swans to Spartacus: Ballet in the Soviet Union, History of Ballet, History of Ballet: 1900 - Present.
- Foreign Language. Introduction to Azerbaijani Language, Introduction to Hungarian Through Song.
I have been a teaching assistant/grader at Art of Problem Solving since Summer 2012. Courses I have TAed or graded include:
- Prealgebra I and II
- Algebra A and B
- Introduction to Counting & Probability, Intermediate Counting & Probability
- Introduction to Number Theory, Introduction to Number Theory for Teachers
- Introduction to Geometry
- Middle and high school competition math preparation courses (AMC8/Mathcounts through AIME)
- Introduction to Programming in Python