Teaching

In the Fall of 2024 I am a GSI for COMPFOR 221.

Past Undergraduate Teaching Experience

At Michigan I have taught the following courses:

• COMPFOR 221: Digital Media With Python (Fall 2024) - This course introduces basic computer science concepts (loops, conditionals) in the context of digital media.  We use Python to create filters that modify and combine text, photos, sound, and video.  The course serves students are not majoring in computer science, but would like some experience with programming.

• Math 115: Calculus 1 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021) - This course introduces derivatives and integrals.  It is aimed at students who will need some math skills in their major (engineering, business, computer science, etc.).

• Math 116: Calculus 2 (Fall 2022, Winter 2023) - This course explores integration techniques, applications of integrals (volume, density, work), sequences and series, parametric equations, and polar coordinates.

• Math, Computer Science, Statistics (MaCSS) Scholars program (summer 2023) - This program supports students whose identities are underrepresented to form community and succeed in their coursework and career plans.  I served as a graduate teaching assistant for the summer institute and will be running small group study sessions this fall.

At San Francisco State I taught the following courses:

• Early Start Steps to College Calculus (2019) - A week long course two hours each day to prepare incoming freshmen for college pre-calculus.

• Pre-Calculus 197 and 198 (2018-2019) - Freshmen pre-calculus for students that the University has identified are going to struggle in college math.

In the spring of 2019 I worked with Dr. Judy Kysh to design SF State's Pre-Calculus 198 course.  We wrote a full semester of curriculum, including daily activities, choosing homework problems, and exams.

Secondary

In the summer of 2021 I taught Mathematics of Cryptography through the Michigan Math and Science Scholars program. This was a summer enrichment course for high school students that explored modular arithmetic, the basics of cryptography and ciphers, and coding using Sage.

From 2011-2018 I taught 9th and 10th grade algebra and geometry to English learners at San Francisco International High School in San Francisco.  I led teams of teachers in professional development for multiple years, including in Complex Instruction. I also worked on a team of teachers that wrote curriculum for Algebra 1 that was used across the San Francisco Unified School District.

During the 2014-2015 school year I supervised a student teacher from the Stanford Teacher Education Program.

From 2010-2011 I taught 9th grade math at City Arts and Tech High School in San Francisco.