Fun Facts

During college, I've studied or worked in Bloomington, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Santa Fe, Toronto, and Moscow. Toronto's my favorite of those, but London's my favorite city I've ever visited. There's nowhere else I can imagine seeing a first edition of Gauss's mathematical works, the best of Western art, and a rowdy soccer crowd singing team songs back and forth at each other all in one day (and all for free!)

About Me

I am just finishing up my undergraduate at IU, where I'm majoring in math and minoring in cognitive science & science/indiana/indianapolis">computer science. Next year I'm headed to Cambridge for a master's, then the year after to Vanderbilt for my Ph.D, both also in math. I aspire to a career teaching college and doing research in a field called functional analysis.

I've been indianapolis">tutoring since early in high school, when I helped peers get through various math, science, language, and music courses. During college I've tutored and taught classes in almost every semester, from athletes to pre-business freshmen to students studying the philosophy of cognitive science. This past semester I've also had the opportunity to work with students studying for the GED and learners of English as a second language at the monroe">Monroe County Public Schools' continuing education center.

My indianapolis">tutoring style is motivated first and foremost by ideas. I feel I've succeeded when a student grasps the essence of a mathematical concept (or one from whatever field I may be indianapolis">tutoring.) The conceptual approach, which emphasizes understanding and flexibility over, though not to the exclusion of, memorization and repetition, is the only way to empower students to "learn to learn" on their own, when neither I nor their parents are around to help. Besides, I really love the fundamental ideas of all the courses I teach for their own sake, and consider it a real missed opportunity if a gifted student learns the surface without the substance.