...I have over three semesters of experience as a teaching assistant: 2 semesters as a TA for our introductory Theoretical Computer Science course and 1 semester for the graduate classical artificial intelligence course. Additionally, I participated in the creation of the Mathematical Foundations o... (read more)
...I am currently a research technician. My research focuses on the development of a particular cell types in the brain, and how their developmental programs can contribute to diseases such as schizophrenia or Alzheimer's. This means I have a broad knowledge base of cellular biology, and up to date knowledge of techniques, approaches, and discoveries in molecular neuroscience. (read more)
...By understanding how the student thinks, I am able to shift their thinking from where they are to where they need to be. Many teachers will try to force a student to learn the way the teacher understands the materials, but my goal as a tutor is to teach the student materials based off of the stu... (read more)
...Oftentimes when being taught, I used to think that I understood a certain topic or lesson, but found that when I had to do associated problems, I was stuck or didn't quite understand the application of what I had learned. I also make it a point to use many analogies when I teach, and apply conce... (read more)
...For the first two years of graduate school, I was a Doctoral Teaching Fellow. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Physics with research distinction. I was also the recipient of the Trustee's Scholarship and the Mayers Undergraduate Research Scholarship. (read more)