...Having really enjoyed my time at the MAC, I decided to become a teaching assistant (TA) in my home department, Electrical and Computer Engineering. I served as a TA throughout the rest of my career at Pitt and also during my master's degree at CMU (overall, 4 years). As a TA, I had multiple oppo... (read more)
...Here at Wyzant, I have assisted graduate students with their statistics (biostatistics) classes and projects, PhD students with the statistics aspects of their dissertation research, and researchers with their projects. Courses that I tutored include R programming, SAS programming, biostatistics... (read more)
...I believe any math course can be made interesting, and any complex problem can be broken down into simplified parts. I’ve found that it is important to help visualize abstract math concepts with diagrams and examples, keeping students engaged in their materials, so I am always eager to share whi... (read more)
...My tutoring approach is simple: work hard with you until you get it. We are in it together. I focus on individualized attention, not meeting an arbitrary time standard. (read more)
...I enjoy helping students of all levels understand math and reach their potential. In addition to my math degree, somewhere along the line I earned a Master’s degree in music. I am also a member of the “grammar police,” and I believe that good communication skills are at least as important in mathematics as in any other subject. (read more)