Teaching

In Spring 2012 I will be the TA for Discrete-Event Simulation.  Please see the course web site for details.

Courses I have taught with full responsibility are:
  • STOR 112 -- Decision Models for Business (3 times).  STOR 112 is a freshman-level introduction to optimization models, including linear and integer programming and differential calculus.  It is primarily intended for Business majors. 
  • STOR 155 -- Introduction to Statistics (1 time).  STOR 155 is a first course in descriptive statistics and single-variable inference.
I have served as the teaching assistant for
  • STOR 465/762 -- Discrete-Event Simulation (3 times).  STOR 465/762 is a simulation course for undergraduate majors and first year graduate students in Operations Research.  I graded homework and programming projects (including those using Arena simulation software) and consulted with students to help them complete their course projects.
  • STOR 112 (2 times).
For my effectiveness in teaching STOR 112, I received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research.

I enjoy teaching, and 100% of students who filled out a course evaluation in one of my classes agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, "The instructor showed enthusiasm for teaching in this course."  Student comments on course evaluations have included:
  • "I don't enjoy math but I enjoyed the course [STOR 112]"
  • "I'm not the best at math but he ... didn't make you feel stupid"
  • "I learned a lot from this class [STOR 112] that I found interesting and relevant"
  • "[he] simplified difficult problems and made techniques easy to learn"
  • "awesome teacher ... made me want to wake up for 9:00 am"
  • "class time [was] enjoyable and engaging"