Teaching

I recently completed a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor of mathematics at Furman University, a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. Prior to Furman, I lectured at UC Irvine.

My goal in the classroom is to guide students to an understanding which comes from within themselves. I believe that by working through the logic of a problem in a way that makes sense to one’s self, a material will be learned and retained on a deep level. Furthermore, this type of learning has the potential of making mathematics friendly, rather than intimidating, a result that I have seen countless times in my students to great success.

Some materials used

Here is a selection of teaching materials that I have created and used throughout the years.

1. Quick guide to power series
2. Quick guide to derivatives
3. Quick guide to \(\mathbb{C}\)omplex numbers
4. 25 practice problems for derivatives and their solutions
5. A recent differential equations final with an especially challenging problem #13

Teaching activity

• Furman University
  • Taught: Finite mathematics, calculus I & II
• UC Irvine
  • Teaching highlights: Pre-calculus, derivatives, integrals, linear algebra & infinite series, differential equations
  • Assisting highlights: Derivatives, integrals, multivariable calculus, Boolean algebra & logic, explorations in functions and modeling, introduction to abstract math / proof-writing, upper-division linear algebra, real analysis, topology, graph theory
  • (2012-2013) Co-taught special sessions to advanced high school mathematics students, under the Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) NSF Grant DMS-1044150
  • (2012) Outstanding Mathematics Teaching Assistant Award
  • Full list of teaching here.
• Colby College
  • Teaching assistant for honors calculus