Teaching

A critically important aspect of any academic’s career is to pass on their knowledge to others. My goal is always to provide a safe, welcoming environment for all students to learn and flourish.

I am a part of the Red '22 Project NExT cohort. I strongly believe in the axioms of Federico Ardila:

  • Axiom 1. Mathematical potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
  • Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
  • Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
  • Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.

Spring 2025

  • Math 433: Non-Euclidean Geometry
  • Math 355: Matrices and Linear Algebra
  • Math 139: Quantitative Reasoning

Past Courses

  • Math 464: Advanced Calculus (analysis in multiple dimensions)
  • Math 301: Introduction to Real Analysis
  • Math 355: Matrices and Linear Algebra
  • Math 151: Trigonometry
  • Math 142: College Algebra
  • Math 139: Quantitative Reasoning

Undergraduate Mentoring:

Interested in research opportunities? Email or come talk to me about your interests and background! I regularly participate in the RAP program and other undergraduate research programs at UWW, but am happy to work with students independently.

My primary area of research is in algebraic geometry, which, in a nutshell, seeks to understand solutions to complicated systems of polynomial equations. Some good places to start learning are (in rough order of difficulty, easiest to hardest):

  • Algebraic Geometry: A Problem Solving Approach by Garrity, et. al.
  • Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms by Cox, Little, and O'Shea
  • Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry by Reid (perhaps preceeded by his Undergraduate Commutative Algebra)