My teaching philosophy is student-focused, and my goal is to make my classes a personally and mathematically fulfilling experience that prepares each person to attain their goals.
As a graduate student, the math department at the University of Kentucky recognized my teaching with the Wimberly C. Royster Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award and by giving me opportunities to act as Lead TA for MA123 and work with the MathExcel program.
As an Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Colorado School of Mines, I continued to receive recognition for my efforts in these areas through the opportunity to participate in MAA's Project NExT and the chance to teach many different advanced undergraduate courses. I was also incredibly honored to be named the Institutional Faculty of the Month based on a successful nomination from my students.
I have continued to pursue excellence in teaching in my time at Georgia Tech through the Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows program, as well as Georgia Tech CTL's Teaching with Technology Partnership.
In addition to my work as an instructor I have also been active as a course coordinator since I joined the institute, and have achieved a significant amount of experience in course design and development, including redesigning two existing courses to improve accessibility and student engagement. For example, the Canvas course shell including all the course materials I created for Math 3012: Applied Combinatorics, is available here.To see what my past students have to say about my classes, see this list of some of my favorite student comments and reflections.
For more thoughts on teaching, check out my teaching statement.