I strongly encourage you to come to our office hours to ask questions about the class material, work on your homework problems, discuss connections between different concepts, or to get to know us and your classmates. I plan to have different office hours for help with homework, review of material, and informal virtual get-togethers.
Brown University is committed to full inclusion of all students. Please inform me early in the term (by email, office hours, after class, or by appointment) if you may require accommodations or modification of any of course procedures. If you need accommodations around online learning or in-classroom accommodations, please reach out to Student Accessibility Services (SAS) for their assistance (seas@brown.edu, 401-863-9588). Undergraduate students in need of short-term academic advice or support can contact an academic dean in the College by emailing college@brown.edu. Graduate students may contact one of the deans in the Graduate School by emailing graduate_school@brown.edu.
Working with others in the class can be a tremendous resource: it helps with homework assignments, builds community, and allows you to see the material from different perspectives and viewpoints. Please form study groups and work together if you are comfortable with this. I facilitate finding peers in the class with whom you could work in small study groups.
One of my biggest worries about learning and teaching remotely or virtually is that it may be more difficult to build community. I plan to use Slate (which is similar to Slack) as a way to get in touch with each other in an informal and supportive way. We will also hold informal virtual coffee/tea hours. Please reach out to me if you need any support or feel you do not belong!
Academic Tutoring in the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Association of Women in Mathematics (Brown Student Chapter)