Writing and Projects

Essays, teaching notes, public math writing, project ideas, and works in progress. I will link out to PDFs, videos, interactive models, and longer project pages as they are ready.

Student and Faculty Support Student distress, instructor care, sustainable boundaries, and support for faculty teaching large, high-pressure courses.
  • Replying in the Dark | Read Excerpt
    A guidebook, in progress, on effective and compassionate replies to common student issues.
Assessment and Exam Experience Exam design, exam returns, reflection, recovery, and assessment as part of a healthier learning cycle.
  • Transforming the Exam Experience | Read Excerpt
    A book and workshop project, in progress, on rethinking exams as preparation, reflection, recovery, and renewed confidence.
Visual Calculus and Mathematical Imagination Visual explanations, geometric intuition, Desmos explorations, 3D models, and ways to make calculus feel visible.
  • The Desmos Visual Code Atlas | Read Introduction
    A book, website, and workshop project, in progress, on using Desmos as a visual mathematical laboratory.
  • Visual Calculus Course Galleries | View Galleries
    A class-facing collection of visual examples, course galleries, Desmos models, and geometric prompts for calculus and precalculus.
  • Visual Mathematics Course Proposal | Read Proposal
    A proposed topics course on visual mathematics, Desmos, modeling, and mathematical tool-building, now being piloted in a smaller College Edge version.
Durable Mathematics Stories, motion, humor, physical anchors, and memorable examples that help mathematical ideas stick.
  • Durable Mathematics | Read Introduction
    A project, in progress, on making mathematical ideas memorable through story, motion, humor, physical experience, and visual anchors.
  • Solstice Mathematics | Read Notes | Videos | Desmos 3D | Desmos 2D
    A short mathematical note with videos and interactive models, using a memorable seasonal event as an entry point.

Curiosity Lab and Public Math

Everyday questions, games, sports, play, and public-facing math that begins with curiosity.

Teaching Work and Faculty Advocacy

Public scholarship on teaching labor, care work, workload, governance, and the infrastructure behind student success.

Student Projects and Undergraduate Research

Student projects, visual mathematics, modeling prompts, research pathways, and ways students can join the work.

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