Teaching and Outreach

Spring 2024 RTG Undergraduate Seminar in Knot Theory

In Spring 2024 I led the UIowa RTG Undergraduate Seminar. I guided five undergraduate students (see picture above) through our group exploration of the book An Interactive Introduction to Knot Theory by Inga Johnson and Allison K. Henrich. 

In Spring 2023 I worked with an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College on introductory knot theory in our Directed Reading Program, with the text The Knot Book by Colin Adams. 

I am a MOST Fellow , part of a cohort selected by the MoMath museum, aimed at gathering together a group of like-minded young female mathematicians to develop outreach talks to engage a general audience in math. 

Upcoming MOST program talks:

• TBD

Past MOST program talks:  

• Knot So Simple NYC edition, at MoMath in NYC,  Jan 2025 (click here to see it on YouTube, click here for a pdf of the handouts developed by Lizzie and UIowa undergraduate student Grace Peil)

• Knot So Simple at Oyster River High School in Durham, NH, Jan 2025

• Knot So Simple at Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Newton, MA, Dec 2024

• Knot So Simple at the Iowa City Public Library, IA, Nov 2024

• Knot So Simple (online) hosted by MoMath, March 2024