• 2007-2008 Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award. Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.


• 2007 Outstanding TA Award. Northwestern University Mathematics Department.


• 2004-2005 Teaching Assistant Fellows (TAF) Program. The TAF Program recruits outstanding TAs from across the university to lead workshops on teaching for incoming Teaching Assistants.


• 2005-2006 Graduate Teaching Certificate Program. The Certificate Program offers advanced graduate students the opportunity to develop their professional teaching skills in an extended program of study and reflection. Participants will not only prepare for their future professions, but also actively engage in creating a learning community within which to share their ideas.

Fall 2009 Course Information

• MTH164: T.B.A.
• MTH235: T.B.A.

Experience

If you are interested in my past teaching experience, including that at Northwestern University, please visit: Teaching Experience from 2002-present

Research Links

• JSTOR Journal Archive
  Online journals: subscription needed, usually provided by your college.
• Hopf Topology Archive
  Online topology papers: free access hosted by Purdue University.
• ArXiv.org
  Online papers: free access hosted by Cornell University.
• MathSciNet
  Mathematical reviews: subscription required, usually provided by your college.
• Christian Nassau's charts
  Cohomology charts, including odd primary.
• Robert Bruner's charts
  Cohomology of modules over the mod-2 Steenrod algebra.
• Chart program setup
  Directions to setting up calculations using Bruner's chart program.

Fun Links

• Klein Four
  Mathematics a cappella in your face!
• Ph.D. Comics
  "Piled Higher & Deeper comic strip.
• Funny Math
  As a calculus instructor, I have seen some funny answers on exams. I guess so have other graders! Here are some common fun answers.
• The Pejorative Calculus
  Shows that Alexander the Great didn't exist, and had an infinite number of limbs! In other words, one should use care with inductive arguments.
• Math Genealogy
  My branch on the mathematics genealogy tree.