Teaching Assignments


Calculus I (MATH 10550)

Fall 2022, 2021, 2020, Spring 2022

A 4 credit course, Calc I is a first semester calculus course designed for students in math, science, and engineering. Topics include the basic analytic geometry of graphs of functions, and their limits, integrals and derivatives, including the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

Calculus II (MATH 10560)


Spring 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, Fall 2021
A 4 credit course, Calc II is a second-semester calculus course designed for students in science and engineering. Topics include sets, functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, integrals, and applications. Also covered are transcendental functions and their inverses, infinite sequences and series, parameterized curves in the plane, and polar coordinates.

Online Calculus B for the Life and Social Sciences (MATH 14360)


Summer 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
A 4 credit course, Calc B is a second-semester calculus course designed for biology and social science majors. It is required for all premedical students. Mathematics plays a prominent role in the understanding of complex systems in modern biology and social science. This course aims to develop basic mathematical literacy in students for this modern era. Students will acquire skills needed for a quantitative approach to scientific problems and the mathematics needed to study change in a quantity. Topics include integration techniques, solution of differential equations, geometric series, Taylor series and their applications to physics, geometry and ecology. Pre-requisites: First semester calculus or freshmen calculus.
Note: this course is delivered fully online. The course design combines required live weekly meetings online with self-scheduled lectures, problems, assignments, and interactive learning materials.

Elements of Calculus I (MATH 10250)

Spring 2021

Elements of Calculus is a one-semester course designed for students in arts and letters, architecture, or business. It emphasizes conceptual learning and stresses the connections between mathematics and modern society. Topics include functions, limits, derivatives, and an introduction to integral, with interesting real-life applications throughout. Students are familiarized with the many different interpretations of the derivative as a rate of change, and the integral as a total rate of change. This enables them to learn and practice modeling in a variety of situations from economics the social and the life sciences.


Seminar of Undergraduate Mathematical Research (SUMR) | Computational Algebraic Geometry


Summer 2017
The SUMR is a two-year enrichment program for junior and senior honors students who intend to do post-graduate work in the mathematical sciences. Its goal is to provide an especially strong mathematical foundation to participants through graduate-level coursework and small group reading courses. I facilitated an 8-week graduate-level seminar on Computational Algebraic Geometry and Gröbner Bases using Ideals Varieties and Algorithms by Cox, Little, and O’Shea.


Kaneb Center Workshops


Spring 2021

  • What to Do After the Test
    You’ve graded the exam, now what? Did the class perform worse than you expected? How do you know if you wrote a bad question or if your students weren’t prepared? In this workshop, we’ll focus on analysis of exam questions, potential adjustment of student grades, and reflection (encouraging student metacognition through exam wrappers as well as instructor notes for next time).

  • Using Open Educational Resources In Your Class
    Open Educational Resources (OERs) are free educational materials that are publicly available (usually online) for use in the classroom. In this workshop, we’ll explain some of the advantages of using OERs (as opposed to traditional textbooks or other course materials), give multiple examples of OERs and illustrate how they’ve been incorporated into classes, and detail strategies for finding and incorporating these resources into your own course.

Fall 2020

  • Active Learning in the (Socially Distant) Classroom
    Research into the effectiveness of educational methodology has increasingly suggested that students need to be "active" participants learning, so there is a strong emphasis in recent pedagogical training on "active learning." But what does "active learning" actually mean? And how do you create and implement effective active learning experiences in your classroom? In this workshop, we'll define the term, look at some reasons for making your classroom more active, and present concrete suggestions about how to do this well.

  • Introduction to Backward Course Design
    Interested in creating a course from scratch? In this interactive workshop, you will learn and apply strategies for effective course design. Topics include goal-setting and assignment creation. You will leave with a preliminary course outline.

  • Foundations of Teaching in STEM

This four-part workshop series introduces and develops the fundamental skills of effective teaching, including communicating expectations, facilitating a class, grading, and teaching critical thinking skills. This will give first-time and early TAs a solid foundation for successful teaching in graduate school and beyond.

Spring 2020

      • Universal Design for Learning

Do you ever wonder how to teach a diverse group of learners and still meet your curriculum requirements? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. This workshop will prepare you to implement UDL in your classroom, providing more flexibility and fewer barriers to learning.

      • Teaching Critical Thinking in STEM

Challenging students to think logically and analytically is not an easy task. In this workshop, we will develop practical tools for engaging your students in critical thought. A wide range of topics will be covered from the use of appropriate leading questions to a draft your own problem set in order to stimulate critical thinking.

      • Discussion Sections & Tutorials via Zoom

The first half of this workshop will give an introduction to Zoom and its features, with an emphasis on pedagogical considerations. In particular, we will focus on polling, breakout rooms, and other tips for successfully leading a synchronous discussion online. The second half will be dedicated to Q&A.

      • Hosting Office Hours in Zoom

This mini workshop will offer advice for successfully holding synchronous office hours in Zoom. In particular, we will talk about Waiting Rooms and tips for scheduling.

Fall 2019

This four-part workshop series introduces and develops the fundamental skills of effective teaching, including communicating expectations, facilitating a class, grading, and teaching critical thinking skills. This will give first-time and early TAs a solid foundation for successful teaching in graduate school and beyond.
Have you ever wondered: What does it mean to "flip" a class? Is it effective? This workshop will discuss the effectiveness of a flipped classroom and offer tools for content and presentation.
Interested in creating a course from scratch? At this intensive all-day workshop, you will learn and apply strategies for effective course design. Presentations on topics including goal-setting, creating assignments, writing a syllabus, and lesson planning will be interspersed with work time so that you will leave with a syllabus and other materials for your new course.