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‼️ For course-related questions, send me a message on Blackboard or send me an email. If this link doesn't work for you, please include your course number (e.g. MATH:114) or topic of interest in the subject line of the email.

Winners of the 2023 GMU Department of Mathematical Sciences awards
The math department's illustrious 2023 graduate teaching awardees.

Drop-in hours

My drop-in hours for Fall '26 are 10am–12pm on Thursdays in Exploratory Hall Room 4311 (the Mathematical Sciences Department GTA workrooms) or by appointment. College is hard, and math in college is even harder. If you feel like you're struggling, please stop by — we can discuss your coursework (even from other classes), class schedule, career plans, and whatever else you might want to chat about. If you can't make my drop-in hours, you can schedule an appointment with me.

Philosophy

My teaching style is a "get your hands dirty" one: rote drill-and-kill problem-solving doesn't make us better mathematicians, but messing around and being creative do. My past course handouts and problem sets, alongside their source \(\TeX\), are available online. In Spring 2023, I received the GMU College of Science Dean's Excellence in Graduate Teaching award.

Me (far left) with the 2023 GMU LaunchPad cohort
The 2023 GMU LaunchPad cohort, by row (back to front) then column (left to right): Gabe, Summer, Brandon, Kelsi, and Suzie; myself, Kelsey, Anunoy, Kat, Dr. RG, and Jack.

Advanced Computing Workshops

Fall 2024–Present

(Almost-)weekly workshops with curriculum spanning

  • intro/intermediate programming with Python and MATLAB
  • writing Python, MATLAB, and C/C++ for GMU's high-performance compute cluster
  • programming for advanced undergraduate/intro graduate numerical analysis and linear algebra using Python, MATLAB, Wolfram Mathematica
  • free software and services offered by GMU
  • personal website, résumé, and CV design
  • making pretty documents with \(\LaTeX\), creating pretty pictures with TikZ and Inkscape, general printmatter design
The schedule is updated weekly.

Mason Experimental Geometry Lab

Fall 2023–Present

The Mason Experimental Geometry Lab (MEGL) is Mason's mathematics research incubator. Here, faculty and students of all levels collaborate on research projects, taking advantage of the Lab's advanced computing toolset. I mentor the Geometry of Random Surfaces project supervised by Dr. Ben Schweinhart.

Animation. Left: square dartboard with inscribed circle dartboard. Darts are colored red or blue depending on where they land. Right: fraction of darts in the circle.
Results from our first experiment: calculating \(\pi\) by throwing darts at a dartboard.

PhD LaunchPad Program

Summer 2023

The PhD LaunchPad Program is a three-week transitional learning experience for incoming doctoral and Masters students. The Program comprises two seven-day courses plus a field trip, and is designed to:

  • refresh students' knowledge in algebra and analysis;
  • detail what knowledge they are expected to have in their first year of graduate study at Mason;
  • preview material that's expected to be covered in Algebra (MATH:621) and Linear Analysis (MATH:675), the typical fall-semester prelim courses;
  • help students familiarize themselves with Mason's Fairfax campus, campus resources, the math department and its organization, and the structure of the PhD program;
  • feel more comfortable living in the DC metro area.
The course runs from July 24th to August 11th, 2023 at George Mason's Fairfax campus.

Calculus I (MATH:113)

Spring 2023

  • Recitation 304 meets Mondays from 8:30am to 9:20am in 1105 Peterson Hall. (Early birds!)
  • Recitation 305 meets Mondays from 9:30am to 10:20am in 1105 Peterson Hall.

Calculus II (MATH:114)

Fall 2022

  • Recitation 309 meets Wednesdays from 6:20-7:10pm in 2016 Horizon Hall.
  • Recitation 310 meets Wednesdays from 7:20-8:10pm in 2016 Horizon Hall.