Teaching & Service

Teaching Philosophy

Active learning and the integration of technology are two new pedagogical strategies that are currently sweeping through the mathematics education community. I enthusiastically embrace these ideas, and have worked to incorporate them into my courses. However, as with all things, I try to practice moderation. As such, students in my class can expect to have some structured guidance in the form of short lectures, opportunities to work through problems and discuss ideas, and occasions for experimenting via technology. All of this (ideally) comes together to create a dynamic, mulitsensory learning experience that creates multiple elaborations for students to form connections between concepts in the course content and applicable "real-world scenarios".

Recent Teaching History

Fall 2023

• Math 120 (Fundamentals of College Mathematics)

• Math 20/120E (Fundamentals of College Mathematics)

• Math 26/126E (Precalculus I)

Spring 2024

• Math 120 (Fundamentals of College Mathematics) - 2 sections

• Stat 152 (Introduction to Statistics)

• Math 381 (Discrete Mathematics)

Summer 2024

• Math 120 (Fundamentals of College Mathematics) - 2 sections

Fall 2024

• Math 26/126E (Precalculus I)

• Math 181 (Calculus I)

• Math 489 (Advanced Mathematical Topics - Modeling with Graph Theory)

Spring 2025

• Math 120 (Fundamentals of College Mathematics) - 2 sections

• Stat 152 (Introduction to Statistics)

• Stat 461 (A First Course in Probability Theory)

Summer 2025

• Math 120 (Fundamentals of College Mathematics) - 2 sections

Recent Service

• Math Assistant Professor Search Committee (AY 2021 - 2022)

• Guided Self-Placement Coordinator for NS First-Year Mathematics (Spring 2022 - Ongoing)

• Mathematics Program Semi-Annual Newsletter (Spring 2022 - Ongoing)

• Tutor Coordinator Search Committee (AY 2022 - 2023)

• Applied Stats Minor Coordinator (Spring 2023 - Ongoing)

• Nevada Faculty Association (NS Chapter) Vice President of Membership and Organizing (Summer 2023 - Ongoing)

• Mathematics Assessment Committee (Fall 2023 - Ongoing)

• NS Foundation Scholarship Review Committee (Spring 2024 - Ongoing)