Teaching and Advising

I am passionate about education and strive to make my classrooms active and fun learning environments. My pedagogical philosophy is centered on the premise that mathematics is best retained when students are involved with it dynamically; namely, I hope my students develop an appreciation and mastery of mathematics through lively discussions with their peers and creative (collaborative) problem solving. 

Below are courses that I am currently teaching or recently taught; see my CV for a full list of courses taught. Current students, please see the Blackboard course webpage.

• Fall 2024:

  • MAT 534: Introduction to Abstract Algebra

  • MAT 830: Topics in Algebra

• Fall 2023: 

  • MAT 331: Linear Algebra

Doctoral students:

• Dorian Kalir (current)

• Kory Pollicove (current)

Independent reading courses:

I have supervised several reading courses using the following texts:

• Atiyah and MacDonald's Introduction to commutative algebra (Undergraduate students)

• Bruns and Herzog's Cohen Macaulay rings (Primarily graduate students)

• Avramov's Infinite free resolutions (Primarily graduate students)

Interested in doing a reading course (graduate* or undergraduate level)? Shoot me an email, so we can set up an initial chat. 

*Graduate students interested in working with me are strongly encouraged to do a year long reading course with me before I will seriously consider being their advisor.