My educational background makes me the ideal tutor for a diverse group of students. I was homeschooled until 9th grade, when I began attending a charter school focused on sustainability and hands-on learning. I then attended Hartwick College, where I majored in math, economics, and environmental chemistry and minored in environmental science and policy. (read more)
...I believe that a personalized, friendly approach to math helps to alleviate "math anxiety" and tap into everyone's capacity for logical thought. I taught group theory and introduction to higher math at the university level (instructor - not TA). I've also tutored groups, rings, fields, modules, and Galois theory online. I'm a PhD mathematician with a thesis in a heavily algebraic subject. (read more)
...Sometimes they stick with me for years, seeing the benefit of an outside-the-classroom expert resource, and sometimes I quickly discovering and clearing up a misconception or by helping them truly see WHY things work the way they do in the specific content area in which they are working, which un... (read more)
...Through my teaching approach, I’ll always keep those basic and important concepts in mind. As a professor, I have a mentoring role in helping students to find the answer to technical issues and also help them in getting confidence in themselves. I always do that by establishing a working relati... (read more)