Teaching at UT

in 2025 I worked with the UT Center for Teaching and Learning to revise the curriculum for GRS 097, making it more relevant for PhD students in the College of Natural Sciences

in 2024 and 2025 I received the Frank Gerth III Teaching Excellence Award (for my work in 2023 and 2024)

in 2024 I completed the STEMx Concentration in Teaching and Mentoring

GRS 097: Fundamentals for Teaching Assistants

Instructor of Record

Semester: Fall 2025

Course Description: "This course prepares PhD students in the College of Natural Sciences to effectively lead lab and discussion sections in a college setting.  In this research-based course on pedagogy, graduate students learn to establish a productive classroom environment, design lesson plans, develop and grade assessments, use active learning strategies, and lead engaging lab sessions that promote student learning. ...TAs will receive personalized support for and feedback on their teaching to become more confident and effective instructors." (GRS097 Syllabus)

M 310P: Effective Thinking in Mathematics

Assistant Instructor (co-teaching with Dr. Michael Starbird)

Semester: Spring 2025

Course Description: "Some people view mathematics as a set of formulas to be applied to a list of problems at the ends of textbook chapters. Toss that idea into the trash. Formulas in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus are incredibly useful. But, in this course, you will see that mathematics is a network of intriguing ideas—not a dry, formal list of techniques. It is creative, powerful, and even artistic.

Mathematics uses penetrating techniques of thought that we can all use to solve problems, analyze situations, and sharpen the way we look at our world. This course emphasizes basic strategies of thought and analysis...If you can conquer infinity and the fourth dimension, then what can’t you do?" (M310P Syllabus)

GRS 097: Fundamentals for Teaching Assistants

Instructor of Record

Semester: Fall 2024

Course Description: "This course prepares PhD students in the College of Natural Sciences to effectively lead lab and discussion sections in a college setting.  In this research-based course on pedagogy, graduate students learn to establish a productive classroom environment, design lesson plans, develop and grade assessments, use active learning strategies, and lead engaging lab sessions that promote student learning. ...TAs will receive personalized support for and feedback on their teaching to become more confident and effective instructors." (GRS097 Syllabus)

M 408C: Differential and Integral Calculus

Assistant Instructor (co-teaching with Dr. Ishraq Al-Awamleh)

Semester: Summer 2024

Course Description: "UT's standard introduction to the theory and applications of differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable. It is directed at students in the natural and social sciences and at engineering students. The emphasis in this course is on problem solving, not on the presentation of theoretical considerations. Topics include limits, continuity, differentiation, the mean value theorem and its applications, integration, the fundamental theorem of calculus, and transcendental functions." (M408C Syllabus)

M 310-HON: Honors Linear Algebra with proofs

Teaching Assistant

Semester: Spring  2023

Course Description: "This is an introductory Honors course to linear algebra. The material

will cover sets, the basic theory of vector spaces, linear transformations, determinants, inner products and Euclidean geometry emphasizing the coordinate free point of view and constructions over an arbitrary field. The course will proceed to more advanced material on multi-linear algebra, tensor products and duality." (M341-HON Syllabus)

M 325K: Discrete Mathematics with proofs

Teaching Assistant

Semester: Fall 2023

Course Description: "The course provides a transition from the problem-solving approach of Mathematics 408C and 408D to the rigorous approach of advanced courses. This is a course that emphasizes understanding and creating proofs of mathematical theorems. Successful students will leave this course with an understanding of introductory discrete techniques, as well as an ability to use the language and techniques of proof writing in a discrete context. Topics include logic, set theory, relations and functions, combinatorics, and graph theory and graph algorithms." (M325K Syllabus)

What about before 2023?

During my first year at UT Austin, the Dean's Strategic Fellowship allowed me to focus on passing prelims rather than splitting my time between studying and teaching.

As an undergrad at Grinnell College, I spent two semesters leading discussion sections for proof-based linear algebra and two semesters as a grader for computer science courses.