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Directed Reading Program
Directed Reading Program
I am an instructor for the Math Directed Reading Program (DRP) at the Univeristy of Michigan. Details about DRP@UMich can be found here.
As a DRP mentor, I partner with a motivated undergraduate to explore an advanced topic beyond the standard classroom scope. I guide them in selecting a specialized topic and text, then provide structured support through weekly progress meetings. The mentorship concludes with the student delivering a brief presentation or a written summary of their learnings.
Here is a list of my previous DRP semesters, students, and projects.
Fall 2025, Austin Min-Seok Moon, Projective Geometry.
Spring and Summer 2026, Anish Manda, Hyperplane Arrangements and Matroids.
Spring and Summer 2026, Greyson Magley, Symmetric Functions.
Courses
Courses
My teaching experience can be found below.
My Roles
The University of Michigan has a long history of formatting intro-level math courses, such as Calculus I and Calculus II, in the spirit of Inquiry Based Learning (IBL). A class of ~20 students form groups of 4 to 5. In an 80-minute class meeting, the instructor gives an interactive lecture which involves asking the students to test ideas or compute examples in groups in the middle of a lecture so that the students are learning actively. More details can be found here.
As an instructor for Calculus I and II, I roughly spend 40~50 minutes lecturing and 30~40 minutes facilitating group work.
As a teaching assistant for Calculus III, I lead lab sessions each week. The labs involve guiding the students to use MATLAB and Desmos to experiment on ideas they learned in class, holding (IBL-based) lectures on extended materials, and holding review sessions before exams.
As an instructor for the Math Learning Center, I help students in courses ranging from Pre-Calculus to Linear Algebra. I also lead study group sessions for Calc 1 through Calc 3.
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