Come Pick My Brain!

Amanda M.

I’m the person in my office that people approach when they want to know how to do things.

Aside from earning my Ph.D. in mathematics from North Dakota State University, I am an innovative teacher, data junkie, solution seeker, communicator, and parent. For those who don’t see the connection between parenting and tutoring, I’ve been guiding my children on their pathway to independence. This includes fielding questions that seem to come out of nowhere and continuously adapting systems for superimposing order over the chaos that is life. For parents out there, I can help you understand what your children are doing with their homework.

I started teaching mathematics in grad school in 2003 and haven’t left the classroom since then. Primarily, my students are college students pursuing degrees in mathematics, engineering, science, education, and business. I’ve taught: math for preservice elementary teachers, prestatistics, statistics, intermediate algebra, precalculus, calculus (differential, integral, multivariable), number theory, abstract algebra, and first-year composition.

Tutoring sessions generally work best when people know what it is they want to get better at doing. When students come to me without this direction, we spend time articulating and refining what it is they want to know. Once this direction has been established, I can help them learn. Sometimes, establishing a direction is enough for them to answer their own questions.