...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)
...I have experience tutoring middle school, high school and university students in both one-on-one and group settings, in-person and online. 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... (read more)
...We are in it together. I focus on individualized attention, not meeting an arbitrary time standard. If you need longer to go over something, so be it. (read more)
...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. Over the years I have taught almost every math ... (read more)
...During my PhD, I was a teacher's assistant (TA) for two semesters and taught some engineering courses including thermodynamics and computer programming (age 18-23 yrs). This was done in a classroom setting (30-40 students). The computer programming course was a one-to-one office hour as well as q... (read more)