Teaching

Teaching Statement

Prior to pursuing a career in academia, I taught high school physics for two years through the New York City Teaching Fellows program as one of the founding physics teachers at Maspeth High School, an open-enrollment school in Queens, NY. During this time, I applied backward design principles to develop the school's Regents physics curriculum and later, their AP Physics program.

After this, I worked extensively as a TA at the University of Hawai'i throughout my first two years as a graduate student. During this time, I was elected head TA and piloted recitation session programs for the introductory calculus-based mechanics course, as well as an upper division quantum mechanics course. Both courses focused on student-centered problem solving with the instructor serving as a facilitator. These recitation sessions turned out to be well-received and are now mandatory components of most physics courses at UH.

While it's been a while since I've taught, I am interested in the success the PICUP model has shown and would like to integrate computational work into my future courses.

Current Courses

None. I'm working remotely from Seattle as a postdoctoral researcher.

Past Courses

  • At University of Hawaiʻi:
    • Autumn 2019: Phys 480 – Quantum Mechanics I (recitation lead)
    • Spring 2017: Phys 481 – Quantum Mechanics II (recitation lead)
    • Autumn 2016: Phys 480 – Quantum Mechanics I (recitation lead)
    • Autumn 2016: Phys 170 – Calculus-based Mechanics (Head TA for recitation sessions; three classes/week)
    • Autumn 2016: Phys 170L – Mechanics Lab (one class/week)
    • Summer 2016: Phys 170L – Mechanics Lab (four classes/week)
    • Spring 2016: Phys 481 – Quantum Mechanics II (recitation lead; first upper-division recitations, materials developed from scratch)
    • Spring 2016: Phys 152L – E&M, Optics & Waves Lab (two classes/week)
    • Autumn 2015: Phys 151L – Mechanics Lab (two classes/week)
  • At Maspeth High School:
    • 2014–2015: AP Physics C: Mechanics (one class), AP Physics C: E&M (one-on-one honors session), 11th Grade Honors Physics (one class), 11th Grade Regents Physics (two classes)
    • 2013–2014: 11th Grade Honors Physics (one class), 11th Grade Regents Physics (three classes)