Teaching

Being good at math is being good at being stuck...and thinking 'okay, what's the next step?'

Courtney Gibbons, So, you think you're bad at math?

I believe teaching is an integral part of being an academic and a mathematician. As an educator, I am committed to creating welcoming environments where all students, regardless of background or major, can engage meaningfully with mathematics.

I am not teaching during the 2026-2027 academic year.

Previous Teaching

University of Pennsylvania

Spring 2026MATH 3700AlgebraTeaching assistant (for Prof. Angela Gibney)
Fall 2025MATH 6180Algebraic TopologyGrader (for Prof. Nir Gadish)
Summer 2025MATH 3120Linear AlgebraInstructor
Spring 2023MATH 2600Honors Calculus IITeaching assistant (for Prof. Herman Gluck)
Fall 2022MATH 3700AlgebraTeaching assistant (for Prof. Sveta Makarova)

Prison teaching

Spring 2026 Math in the Courtroom workshopState Correctional Institute, ChesterCo-instructor
Fall 2024MATH 015Beginning MathematicsSouth Woods State PrisonCo-instructor (PTI)
Spring 2022MATH 015Beginning MathematicsSouth Woods State PrisonCo-instructor (PTI)
Fall 2021MATH 015Beginning MathematicsGarden State Youth Correctional FacilityCo-instructor (PTI)

The courses labeled (PTI) were taught with the Prison Teaching Initiative, which is a volunteer program run by Princeton University that offers college-accredited courses to incarcerated people in New Jersey. I also tutored (math) at South Woods State Prison through PTI, for a few semesters between 2022-2026.

Reed College

I was the course assistant for Math 202: Vector Calculus (taught by Prof. Jerry Shurman) for several semesters, and I tutored for a variety of math and philosophy classes through the Office of Academic Support.