Current Courses at Boston University:
I will be on sabbatical during Summer and Fall 2025. I will be teaching MA 775 (graduate ODEs) in Spring 2026.
Past Courses at Boston University:
Some of the webpages of my past courses are still live and are listed here:
Spring 2025: MA 512, Introduction to Analysis II
Fall 2024: MA 511, Introduction to Analysis I
Spring 2024: MA 301, Writing in Mathematics
For information about other courses I have taught in the past, including MA 776 (graduate PDEs), MA 775 (graduate ODEs), MA 771 (graduate Discrete Dynamical Systems), MA 717 (Functional Analysis), MA 713 (graduate Complex Analysis), MA 711 (graduate Real Analysis), MA 573 (advanced undergraduate ODEs), MA 561 (undergraduate PDEs), MA 412 (undergraduate Complex Variables), KHC 401 (Process of Discovery), MA 242 (Linear Algebra), MA 230 (Honors Vector Calculus), MA 225 (Multivariate Calculus), and MA 124 (Calculus II), please email me.
PROMYS Advanced Seminar:
Summer 2024: Discrete Dynamical Systems course notes and problem sets
These course notes are an introduction to discrete dynamical systems that were written for a 6-week advanced seminar as part of PROMYS in Summer 2024. They are somewhat different from most introductory notes in this area in that they do not assume any background in calculus, analysis, or topology. Instead, it assumes a familiarity with abstraction, notions of proof, and uses of symbolic notation.
Letters of Recommendation:
I will do my best to support my students with letters of recommendation to the extent possible. To help facilitate that, if you would like me to write you a letter of recommendation, you must:
Ask me via email at least four weeks in advance of the earliest deadline.
Complete this Letter of Recommendation Request Form at least four weeks in advance of the earliest deadline.
Thanks very much to Chad Topaz for suggestions on how best to handle requests for letters of recommendation.
Teaching-related presentations I have given:
Slides from the presetation "Writing in Mathematics Courses" that I gave at the Teaching Conversations Seminar (virtual) hosted by Kennesaw State University in 2024.
Slides from a presentation on "Social factors and underrepresentation, with a focus on women in STEM" that I gave at the WISE@Warren seminar at BU in 2021. I've given similar presentations at a BU Kilachand Honors College co-curricular and the 2016 Summer@ICERM REU Program.
A three hour minicourse on "Stability of nonlinear waves: pointwise estimates" that I gave at the 3rd Bremen Winter School and Symposium in March 2015.
A four lecture minicourse on "Linear stability theory" that I gave at the workshop "The stability of coherent structures and patterns" in June 2012.
Teaching-related resources I have found helpful:
Ungrading: Ungrading is sometimes also called de-grading or going gradeless. This is in reference to the body of evidence that suggests that grading, as it is traditionally implemented, actually functions in opposition to learning. If you would like to read more about this, I recommend the work of Jesse Stommel, Susan Blum, including the book Ungrading, and Alfie Kohn.
Inclusive teaching: Comprehensive resources from Brown University, a syllabus rubric from University of Virginia, and an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Mathematicians from whom I have learned: This list is necessarily incomplete, but I wanted to highlight the folks whose websites and thoughts I regularly return to: Debbie Borkovitz, Li-Mei Lim, Björn Sandstede, Francis Su, and Chad Topaz.