Hello, I'm Wren!
I graduated magna cum laude with an Bachelor's degree with honors in Mathematics and am now pursuing a doctoral degree in applied mathematics with a focus on mathematical models of biological systems. Throughout my undergraduate degree, I partnered with my department to tutor incoming college students with challenging mathematics backgrounds. My main focuses as a tutor were building student confidence in mathematical problem-solving and in asking questions of their peers...
Hello, I'm Wren!
I graduated magna cum laude with an Bachelor's degree with honors in Mathematics and am now pursuing a doctoral degree in applied mathematics with a focus on mathematical models of biological systems. Throughout my undergraduate degree, I partnered with my department to tutor incoming college students with challenging mathematics backgrounds. My main focuses as a tutor were building student confidence in mathematical problem-solving and in asking questions of their peers and professors. Part of this confidence-building is learning how to accommodate student learning and mold course content to students' interests. Finding exciting applications for my students is one of my greatest strengths as an educator with a background in applied mathematics.
In addition to tutoring students in undergraduate Calculus I/II, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations, I have served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Recitation Instructor for a course of over one-hundred multigenerational Differential Equations students with diverse STEM backgrounds. Students and student visitors frequently complimented me on the degree to which I facilitate student conversation and collaboration in the classroom, deconstructing a lot of the anxiety that comes with imperfect knowledge of mathematics. I held weekly office hours for these students to provide nearer-peer mentorship and one-on-one assistance with course topics.
I also held the position of Head Curriculum Developer for an optional mathematics bootcamp that served all first- and second-year undergraduate mathematics students, including those enrolled in: College Algebra, Calculus A-C, Calculus I/II, Applied Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, and Probability & Statistics. This experience taught me to introduce and review core mathematical concepts in engaging, often visual ways that lecture-style courses are not privy to. Students were excited by problems set for them rather than daunted and hesitant.
