Creating meaningful mathematical experiences
I teach across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, including calculus, probability and statistics, statistical inference, optimization, computational algebra, algebraic statistics, and modern algebra.
I am especially interested in learning experiences that connect mathematical ideas to the world students live in: biological systems, ecological networks, quantitative reasoning, and place-based questions in Hawaiʻi.
Upcoming
MATH 699: ʻĀina-based Mathematics Teaching Seminar
Summer 2026, 1 credit. Co-organized with Kyle Dahlin and Stacy Potes.
In this seminar, participants learn practical ways to modify mathematics teaching to meet our kuleana to aloha ʻāina and to advance UH Mānoa as a Hawaiian place of learning. The seminar includes guest experts from K–12 and higher education throughout Hawaiʻi, along with on- and off-campus outings to places such as Ka Papa Loʻi o Kānewai.
Courses
Survey of Mathematics; Applied Calculus I and II; Calculus II; Introduction to Advanced Mathematics; Elementary Probability and Statistics; Statistical Inference; Optimization: Theory & Methods; Computational Algebra; Algebraic Statistics; Modern Algebra; Networks; Combinatorics; Linear Algebra; Abstract Mathematics and Proofs.
Pedagogy
Active learning, equitable teaching, project-based assessment, place- and culture-based teaching, and graduate-student teaching development.
Recognition
MAA Golden Section Alder Award and UH Mānoa Creating Intentional Equity in the Classroom Fellow.