...I believe that math is something that should make sense, not a bunch of steps to be blindly followed, & that students are right when they say that traditional mathematics education is boring, useless, & altogether arbitrary. Math doesn't have to feel this way! When students truly understand, it... (read more)
I earned my B.S. in Physics from Illinois State University, with a minor in Mathematics. Afterward, I attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I earned my M.S. in Physics, as well as another M.S. in Agronomy (studying the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds). I then att... (read more)