Teaching

Course Instructor

At Carthage, my main teaching responsibilities include teaching math courses required for the physics major, in addition to several math major and general education courses. I teach the following classes regularly.

• • Calculus II

  • Multivariable Calculus

  • Differential Equations

  • Math for Scientists and Engineers (advanced "mathematical physics" course)

  • Discrete Structures

  • Senior Research in Mathematics

  • Applied Contemporary Mathematics (general-education "quantitative reasoning" course)

Advisor/Mentor

In addition to teaching, as a professor I also act as an advisor for student research and student groups.

• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program at Carthage

  • 2017: Ising model research project with team of four students

  • 2015: Temporal networks research project with team of three students

• Senior Thesis Research (advising year-long individual student projects)

  • 2019-20: Three student theses

  • 2018-19: Six student theses

  • 2017-18: Eight student theses

  • 2016-17: Ten student theses

  • 2015-16: Eight student theses

  • 2014-15: Five student theses

  • 2013-14: One student thesis

• Academic Advisor

  • Math majors: providing guidance in choosing courses and academic planning for many students each year

  • Pre-engineering students: helping students navigate the requirements of our dual-degree program and facilitating transfer applications

• Extracurricular Advisor

  • Carthage Curling Club (2016–present)

  • Student Competition Using Differential Equation Modeling (2017, 2018)

  • Carthage Student Engineers (2015–17)

  • Wisconsin Math Modeling Challenge (2015, 2016)

Previous Experience

• Northwestern University

  • Primary Instructor

    • First-Year Foundations Workshop. Director of program in its inaugural year, intended to help incoming students transition to graduate-level coursework. Instructor for MATLAB and LaTeX introductory courses.

    • Calculus III, EXCEL / BioEXCEL Program. Designed and taught course in multivariable differential calculus to diverse group of incoming freshmen.

    • Advanced Calculus Review Sessions. Taught graduate students in preparation for preliminary exams.

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Honors Calculus for Engineers

    • Integral Multivariable Calculus

    • "Engineering Analysis 4" (Differential Equations with MATLAB)

• Trinity College

  • Teaching assistant for Engineering Materials

  • Grader for Calculus II & III

Teaching Professional Development

• Project NExT Fellow, Gold '14. National program for new math professors, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.

• PIC Math program, “Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences,” facilitating student research with industrial partners, including preparatory workshop, spring research class, and conference presentations.

• Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program at Carthage College.

• Mastery-Based Testing Workshop at MAA MathFest 2017

• Inquiry-Based Learning Workshop, sponsored by AIBL 2017

• Writing Across the Curriculum workshop. Workshops on improving student writing through feedback and revision at Carthage College.

• Graduate Teaching Certificate Program participant. Year-long program promoting course design based on student outcomes, at Northwestern University.

• Advanced Professional and Presentation Skills Course participant. Workshops focused on public speaking skills, at Northwestern University.