Teaching

Selected Teaching-related Awards/Honors

• 2019-2020 Collegiate Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Iowa

• Recognized by the graduating classes of 2016-2024 as a UI faculty member "making a positive difference in their lives during their time at UI," published in The Daily Iowan

• Best Teaching Assistant Award, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong

• Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, 2012, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong

Instructor at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Iowa, from August 2014 to May 2023

A roadmap for UI actuarial students: [PDF]

ACTS:4010/4160 Actuarial Exam IFM Preparation (1-credit): Spring 2020 [Course Syllabus], Spring 2019

ACTS:4130 Quantitative Methods for Actuaries: Fall 2022 [Course Syllabus], Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
(Contrary to the course title, this course is essentially an introductory life contingencies course covering Chapters 2 to 6 of Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks (3rd edition).)

ACTS:4380 Mathematics of Finance II: Spring 2022 [Course Syllabus], Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 

STAT:4510 Regression, Time Series, and Forecasting: Fall 2017, Fall 2016

STAT:4560 Statistics for Risk Modeling I: Fall 2022 [Course Syllabus], Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019

STAT:4561 Statistics for Risk Modeling II: Spring 2023 [Course Syllabus]

Teaching assistant at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, from September 2010 to May 2014

STAT2805 Credibility Theory and Loss Distributions: Fall 2013, Fall 2012

STAT2807 Corporate Finance for Actuarial Science: Spring 2012

STAT3316/6010 Advanced Probability: Fall 2011, Fall 2010

STAT3821 Financial Economics II / STAT6006 Stochastic Calculus with Financial Applications: Spring 2014, Spring 2011