I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Math Department at Rutgers University, where I joined the faculty in Fall 2019. In this position, my primary roles are teaching classes, helping to improve the undergraduate curriculum, and mentoring undergraduates as they prepare for their future careers. In addition to the classes that I teach, I also coordinate Math 244, helping all instructors and teaching assistants to provide a similar experience to their students while keeping the course satisfying for them, and have run the Math Departments Teaching Assistant Training Seminar since Spring 2021, providing training on basic teaching skills, departmental structure, and pedagogical best practices to first-year graduate students as they become teaching assistants and instructors of record.
Within Math 244, I have spend the last several years developing and improving a standards-based grading scheme for the course. This focuses the grade assigned to students on the different learning objectives that make up the class, and encourages students to remain engaged with the course material and grow throughout the semester. For more information on this structure, please see my Teaching Portfolio.
Prior to this, I was a graduate student at Rutgers University, where I did my dissertation under the direction of Michael Vogelius. I received my Ph.D. in May 2019.
Awards & Distinctions
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Project NExT Fellow - Silver '19 Cohort
Invited to join a group of around 100 new faculty in exploring various facets of teaching at the college level and building connections with other faculty around the country who are equally motivated in their desire to improve their teaching of undergraduate mathematics.
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Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education - 2019
Award from the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, presented to a small number of graduate students and faculty to honor their contributions to the undergraduate curriculum at Rutgers. This awards commitment to undergraduates, pedagogical developments, and work beyond the classroom.
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Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education - 2022
Award from the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, presented to a small number of graduate students and faculty to honor their contributions to the undergraduate curriculum at Rutgers. This awards commitment to undergraduates, pedagogical developments, and work beyond the classroom.
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Facilitation of Teaching Evaluation - Digital Badge from OTEAR
The program has three overarching learning goals for participants: Learning Goal 1: Develop familiarity with policies, practices, and procedures related to the evaluation of teaching at Rutgers. Learning Goal 2: Design processes based on best practices in evaluating a teaching portfolio, conducting peer observations/peer review of teaching, and interpreting student feedback. Learning Goal 3: Be prepared to provide high-quality formative and summative feedback about teaching to other faculty.