Teaching Philosophy
Teaching Philosophy
Mathematical potential is equally present in different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
At Virginia Tech:
Fall 2025: Cryptography MATH 4176
Spring 2025: Cryptography MATH 4176
Fall 2024: Cryptography MATH 4176
At Universiteit Leiden:
Fall 2023: Mathematics of Quantum Physics
Spring 2023: Linear Algebra for Computer Scientists 2
Fall 2022: Linear Algebra for Computer Scientists 1
At CU Boulder:
Fall 2016: College Algebra TA
Spring 2017: Calculus 1 TA
Fall 2017: Calculus I for Life Sciences TA
Spring 2018: Calculus I for Life Sciences Instructor
Fall 2018: Calculus I for Life Sciences Instructor
Spring 2019: Calculus II Instructor
Fall 2019: Calculus II Instructor
Spring 2020: Calculus III TA
Fall 2020: Calculus I Instructor
Spring 2021: Intro to Statistics Instructor
Spring 2022: Calculus II Instructor
At CUNY Hunter:
(to be updated)
At Mercy College:
(to be updated)
These lecture notes are from Fall 2020, when I taught Calculus I as an online course at the University of Colorado Boulder. I used most of these lecture notes as templates and wrote on them with my ipad during the class Zoom. I encouraged students to try the examples before I went through the solutions, and they would also have weekly sessions working on problem sheets with their TAs in small groups. There are lots of typos, and I would definitely re-vamp these notes to teach Calc 1 again.