Syracuse University:

Courses Taught as Instructor:

2026 SU: MAT 397 Calculus III (online synchronous)
2025 FA: MAT 296 Calculus II
2024 SU: MAT 121 Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts I (online synchronous)
2024 FA: MAT 285 Life Science Calculus I (2 sections)
2024 SP: MAT 286 Life Science Calculus II
2023 FA: MAT 285 Life Science Calculus I
2022 SU: MAT 121 Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts I

Recitation Leader:

2025 SP: MAT 295 Calculus I
2023 SP: MAT 296 Calculus II
2022 FA: MAT 296 Calculus II
2022 SP: MAT 296 Calculus II
2021 FA: MAT 295 Calculus I
2021 SP: MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I
2020 FA: MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I

Grader:

2024 FA MAT 512 Introduction to Real Analysis II
2021 SU MAT 331 First Course in Linear Algebra

Directed Reading Program (DRP):

2022 SP: General Topology
- Textbook: General Topology by Stephen Willard
2024 FA: General Topology and Basic Differential Geometry
- Textbook 1: General Topology by Stephen Willard
- Textbook 2: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds by John Lee
2025 FA & 2026 SP: Understanding Geodesics
- Textbook 1: General Topology by Stephen Willard
- Textbook 2: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds by John Lee
- Textbook 3: Riemannian Manifold: An Introduction to Curvature by John Lee
2026 FA: Understanding Manifolds
- Textbook 1: Topology: A Geometric Approach by Terry Lawson
- Textbook 2: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds by John Lee

Miami University:

Courses Taught as Instructor:

2020 SP: MTH 151 Calculus I
2019 FA: MTH 151 Calculus I

Recitation Leader:

2019 SP: MTH 125 Precalculus
2018 FA: MTH 126 Precalculus

Professional Development:

Workshops Attended:

11/02/2026: How Do I Know What Students Know? Utilizing Effective Checks for Understanding
10/21/2026: Counseling-Informed Teaching Practices for Reducing Stress and Encouraging Engagement
09/25/2026: Teaching When AI Is Everywhere: A Practical Workshop for Graduate TAs
09/23/2026: Balancing the Tension between UDL and Title II Requirements in the Online Classroom
09/14/2026: Creative Assessments: Podcasts, Zines, Workshops, and More!
09/11/2026: Actively Engaging Students in Lectures

Selected Comments from Students:

2022 Spring Calculus II Recitation:
- Ralph went over the problems we had been assigned in recitation after giving us time to do them and would make sure anyone that was lost on a part of a problem to go over it with them or with the entire class. Ralph understands everything perfectly and can help us understand it also perfectly.
2023 Spring Calculus II Recitation:
- The TA would put helpful reminders of formulas on the board, and reteach concepts that we may not have gotten when we learned it in lecture. He would also put the correct answer for the question in the recitation packet after first giving us time to solve it so that we could check our work. If we were to call him for individual help, he was very good at finding the mistake in our work and explained how to correct it.
- I liked the straightforward teaching style.
- Thanks for a great semester, you were a very helpful and well informed TA that made my time in calculus II much easier and more enjoyable.
2023 Fall Life Science Calculus I:
- I really appreciated how Ralph taught the course as he would make sure we did plenty of examples that covered problems we may expect on exams and homework assignments. This instructor graded fairly and was always helpful whenever I attended office hours. Ralph never hesitated to review concepts or problems that students didn't quite understand and always made sure to ask the class if there were any questions about the material we were learning before, after, and throughout the lecture.
2024 Spring Life Science Calculus II:
- I thought the class was very efficient and well ran. I learned a lot, but also never felt like there was unecessary work.
- He is a very patient professor and he can help you figure out your problems.
2025 Fall Calculus II:
- Ralph has been an amazing professor for such a difficult class, and has a very strong way of teaching that actually allows me to understand what’s going on. If I could take him for calculus 3, I would.
2026 Spring Calculus I Recitation:
- Genuinely useful explanations and teachings from Ralph.
- It was always nice to come to class on Monday and refresh myself on everything we learned in the past week. Ralph graded his tests very fairly and explained the topics very well.
- Ralph is the GOAT.
- You were awesome, a few minor math hiccups but it was a productive and fun class.
- I really got alot of help from Ralph for this class because Dr. Meyer didn't really teach us alot.
- Ralph was genuinely one of the most insightful, helpful, and up to par of what I would expect from someone who should be a professor. He made the material understandable and easy to grasp concepts. I did think that the quiz were graded a bit harshly compared to test grading and should be taken a bit more lightly (very slightly changed). But the overall experience was enjoyable and he really shaped how I did in the overall class. One of the best TA's at Syracuse University I have had so far.
- Thank you very much for this course. I really liked how you were available for extra office hours before exams (especially the final).
- Ralph is a VERY good teacher. He would explain things clearly and made sure we understood.
- I had a great time in this class.
- Class was very good and informative. One thing that would have been helpful would be posting the answer keys to the recitation worksheets.

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