Teaching
This page has information about my teaching experience.
Undergraduate courses taught
- Emmanuel College (2013-present, Lecturer and Assistant Professor)
- MATH 1101 College Algebra
- MATH 1103 Precalculus
- MATH 1105 Mathematics of Everyday Life / Mathematical Reasoning for Modern Society
- MATH 1111 Calculus I
- MATH 1112 Calculus II
- MATH 1121 Applied Mathematics for Management
- MATH 2103 Calculus III
- MATH 2109 Introduction to Proofs
- MATH 3101 Real Analysis
- MATH 3113 Special Topics in Mathematics: Combinatorics & Graph Theory
- More information available here on my page on the Emmanuel College website
- Carnegie Mellon University (2007-2013, Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, and (!) indicates Instructor of Record, as well)
- 21-112 Calculus II for Humanities (!)
- 21-120 Differential and Integral Calculus (Calculus 1)
- 21-121 Integration and Differential Equations (Calculus 1.5)
- 21-127 Concepts of Mathematics (!)
- 21-122 Integration, Differential Equations and Approximation (Calculus 2) (!)
- 21-259 Calculus in Three-Dimensions (Calculus 3) (!)
- More information available here on my old CMU website
Other teaching experiences
- Teaching, tutoring, and mentoring:
- Arlington (MA) Community Education: Instructor for SAT Math prep
- PrepNow Tutoring: online SAT/ACT tutoring
- X-Cel Adult Education, Roxbury, MA: volunteer GED tutoring
- Advisor for seven undergraduate honors theses and independent research projects (Emmanuel College, 2016-2020)
- Instructor for two directed study courses with undergraduates to help them fit courses in their schedule or go beyond the offered curriculum (Real Analysis, and Research in Graph Theory; Emmanuel College, 2017-2018)
- Awards and recognition:
- Nominee: Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (Emmanuel College, 2017-2018)
- Winner: Hugh D. Young Graduate Student Teaching Award (Carnegie Mellon Univ., Mellon College of Science, 2013)
Teaching Materials and Resources
- My YouTube channel has a few videos I’ve made for calculus courses. More to come in the near future.
- I post often about teaching and learning on Twitter, so follow me there: @professorbrenda