Work history
Assistant Professor
tags:
research skills
• management ability
• mathematical ability
• teaching ability
• leadership
How would you describe your time at University of South Dakota?
Taught classes; conducted mathematical research; and engaged myself in service, both to the university via committee work but also to the profession at large.
Graduate Teaching Fellow
tags:
teaching
• mathematical ability
• research ability
How would you describe your time at North Dakota State University?
Taught Calculus III, College Algebra, and Basic Linear Algebra. I was the sole instructor for these courses, and had a lot of leeway over how the courses were run.
Graduate Fellow for the GraSUS Program
tags:
teaching skills
• teamwork ability
How would you describe your time at North Dakota State University?
GraSUS is an NSF-funded 6--12 outreach program for the SMET (Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology) disciplines (cf. http://www.ndsu.edu/grasus/about.htm). Twice per week, I travelled to an area high school to help a teacher with calculus and geometry projects. Also, I gave calculus lectures.... 
Graduate Teaching Assistant
tags:
teaching ability
• leadership ability
• management
How would you describe your time at North Dakota State University?
Taught calculus recitations. I also taught two sections of Excel recitations--longer recitation sections for our more diligent (and mathematically mature) calculus students. In these Excel sections, students would collaborate on deep, challenging calculus problems. I also had an undergraduate TA assistant for these Excel sections....
Education
Mathematics
tags:
mathematical ability
• leadership ability
• teaching ability
• teamwork ability
• research ability
How would you describe your time at North Dakota State University?
It was in graduate school where my love of mathematics took flight. I took challenging courses, further honed my ability as a teacher, and had my first experiences with mathematical research. In May, 2004, I graduated with a Ph.D. in Mathematics.
Mathematics
tags:
mathematical ability
• teaching ability
• teamwork ability
How would you describe your time at North Dakota State University?
After transferring from the University of North Dakota to NDSU in 1998, I took three semesters to finish my B.S. in Mathematics. During the first year at NDSU, I acclimated myself to the new environment and new school. My Teaching Assistantship began during my last semester as an undergraduate.
Mathematics (Transfer)
tags:
teamwork ability
• mathematical ability
How would you describe your time at university of north dakota?
I spent the first three years of my undergraduate career in several majors before discovering my love of mathematics. In 1998, I transferred to North Dakota State University to finish up my Bachelor's degree and, ultimately, to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics.
