Teaching

My path to mathematics was highly nontraditional, and I believe this has made me an unusually clear and empathetic teacher of math to a wide range of students despite a system which generally selects only for a narrow subset of those who have thrived within it. 

Teaching-Related Awards:

• Distinguished Teaching Award, UMass Math and Stats (2026)

• Nominee, university-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, UMass Amherst (2026)

• CNS Teaching Fellowship, UMass Amherst (2026)

Here is a selection of courses I have taught:

• Linear Methods and Probability for Business (Fall 2026-- Primary instructor)

• Calculus I (Fall 2025-- Primary instructor) (Spring 2026 (RAP), Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2021-- TA)

• Honors Calculus 1 (Fall 2023-- TA and grader)

• Calculus II (Spring 2024, Summer 2022-- TA)

• Calculus for Life and Social Sciences (TA) (Summer 2026, Winter 2026, Winter 2025, Winter 2024, Winter 2023)

• Writing In Mathematics (Fall 2024-- TA and grader)

• Linear Algebra for Applied Mathematics (Summer 2023-- TA)

• Intro To Discrete Structures (Spring 2023-- Course Assistant; TA and Grader)

• Mathematical Modeling (Fall 2022-- Course Assistant; TA and Grader)

Courses I have graded:

• Fourier Methods (Spring 2023)

• Knot Theory (Fall 2025)

Other teaching:

• Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth Summer Program, Number Theory and Cryptology Teaching Assistant, July-August 2019

• Smith College/Bennington College, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant/Grader/Peer Tutor, Analysis, Calculus II,

Geometry, Various CS Courses (Python/C++), Sept 2018-June 2021

• I have taught many forms of dance, both recreationally and professionally, since I was 14 years old!