Teaching

Instructor

• ECON-101  Introduction to Economics - Summer 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

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• • Evaluations: (4.75/5)

    • "Ihsan teaches like a tenured and seasoned professor. He is kind, he is CLEAR in his teaching, and he is fair. He should be the main professor for Econ 101. His way of teaching is detailed, he allows for questions at the end of every lesson, and is truly a kind hearted person."

• • • "He allowed us to ask questions in class anytime. It was even required as participation grade and that helped."

• • • "Instructor Alp always provided thorough answers to student’s questions. He never got frustrated with students."

• • • "He encouraged everyone to participate and also was great with explaining when we had questions."

Teaching Assistant

• STOR-113  Decision Models for Business and Economics - 2022 (Spring, Fall), 2023 (Spring) 

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• ECON-101  Introduction to Economics - 2018-2021, 2023 (Fall) 

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• • Evaluations: 

    • "Ihsan created a warm and inviting class environment and encouraged students to share their answers and strategies to completing recitation activities. Ihsan shared a great deal of expertise in the field and guided students through the proper strategies of completing problems." 

• • • "You're the best!! Every question myself or a peer had was answered clearly and carefully, but we always remained efficient and on–track to finish our assignment. The way youexplain things is consistently extremely helpful and personable. Appreciate you –– this course would have been so much more difficult without your help!"

• • • "Ihsan was great! One of my favorite people here at UNC. He slows down and explains topics, very clear instructor and very kind"

• • • "Ihsan was very nice and calm, and good at explaining concepts! I liked how he called us friends too he’s very friendly."

• • • "He was very patient with me and he was able to explain concepts in multiple ways. Also, he always expressed concern if my classmates and I didn’t understand a topic and he always made sure that we understood the main learning objective."

• • • "Ihsan frequently checked in with students throughout explanations of recitation answers, making sure we all understood the most important concepts/equations before moving on, which I really appreciated. This helped ensure that no students were left behind. He also was realistic about how our level of engagement correlated with our performance in the course, encouraging questions and participation. The help sessions he led on a weekly basis over zoom were also helpful, and he efficiently and effectively answered all students' questions. He clearly has mastery of the subject matter, and was able to offer me advice on how to make econ concepts come more naturally, encouraging me to keep practicing with graphs so that they would eventually become natural. he understood that econ does not often come naturally at first, and helped me feel like it was okay when I was confused about something."

• • • "My instructor made learning possible for me during the Fall 2021 semester as he made sure to constantly check in with students and see where their understanding of the concept was, he was always willing to sit down and explain any questions any student had, and he had a very vast understanding of the material and was able to communicate it to the students very effectively. I found recitation for Econ 101 very helpful, even more than the lecture times."

• • • "Ihsan Alp, please keep being TAs for future ECON 101 recitation session. We were really lucky to have you help us navigate through the course."