Teaching

“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
— Frank Herbert

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Whether one is a freshman taking their first introductory statistics course or a tenured statistics professor with countless publications and citations, statistics is hard! This fact is because statistics is inherently trying to solve a nearly impossible problem. That is, using a relatively minuscule amount of data to make predictions and inferences about an entire population. The nature of this challenge leads to an unsettling fact about the field. Unlike other fields that may produce clear and deterministic results, statistics lives in the gray. It is a discipline grounded in uncertainty, where most answers carry some level of doubt. My teaching philosophy embraces this grayness and recognizes that learning is not about perfection but about pushing the mind to engage with unfamiliar ideas. I am an advocate for inclusive and engaging teaching to ensure statistical education is accessible to all learners regardless of their background. I am an active member of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Data Science Education.

Courses Taught

QBA 3305: Introduction to Business Analytics syllabus Fall 2025 – Present

• Teacher of Record. Independently developed all lecture materials, assignments, projects, and examinations. Taught undergraduate business students R programming for statistical methodologies as part of a departmental initiative to expose students to modern trends in data science for business analytics.

STA 1380: Elementary Statistics Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

• Teacher of Record advised by Amy B. Maddox, Ph.D.. Developed all assignments and examinations. Taught core statistical concepts including probability models, hypothesis testing, and regression with data analysis and visualization using JMP.

STA 1380: Elementary Statistics (Supplemental Instructor) Fall 2022, Spring 2023

• Taught recitation courses for STA 1380 and assisted with grading examinations.