...When a child faces obstacles to their learning, it stops being fun. Once those obstacles are removed learning becomes exciting again. When youth are able to perfect new skills it boosts their self-esteem and leads to future success. (read more)
...I enjoy the challenge of meeting students where they are, and have a personal love of shepherding them through a course which they might rather not be in. BA in Chemistry; 1998; University of Vermont
Ph.D. in Chemistry; 2005; University of Vermont
Over 10 years of experience teaching chemistry... (read more)
...I Volunteered for an organization called Little Shop of Physics which specializes in teaching physical science to young kids through a traveling laboratory that brings simple and fun experiments to kids. As a physicist I have extensive knowledge of the topics discussed in Physical Science as wel... (read more)
...After I finished my PhD in 2014, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kansas State, teaching applied matrix theory, basic (~high school) algebra, discrete mathematics, differential equations, and probability. I also supervised student research, leading into more advanced subjects. After Kansas State, I taught at St. (read more)
...I took a course titled Animal Behavior in which we observed animals in lab and designed and carried out experiments. In a course titled Zoology, we learned about the evolution of all creatures and studied physiology and anatomy. I graduated with a Bachelors in Mathematics from Binghamton University and am very comfortable and capable tutoring high school students in all math subjects. (read more)