University Professor and Professional Developer

Matt P.

I am an experienced teacher in math, physics, programming, and philosophy and a professional software engineer.

I have a BS Cum Laude in Math, Philosophy, and Computing from UCLA, an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, and an MS in Physics from UW Seattle.

I taught philosophy for six years at the London School of Economics and one at the University of Bristol, and I have taught logic, mathematics, physics, and computer science at various other colleges. I was also a corporate software engineer for 10 years, with experience in Java, C++, C, and Python.

I began privately tutoring mathematics in the Los Angeles area around 1990, with students ranging from elementary school to university levels. I also tutored high school physics for the USC Med-COR program and Astronomy at Santa Monica College around that time. While studying in Chicago, I tutored all ages, from three to 65, in nearly every subject, including phonics, grammar, math, sciences, and French. I also taught logic courses at Purdue Calumet, St. Xavier University, and the University of Chicago Center for Continuing Studies and served as a T.A. in philosophy courses at the University of Chicago. I taught various areas of philosophy at the London School of Economics and the University of Bristol. I have also taught algebra, trig, precalculus, physics, and Java programming at community colleges.

I have published several papers in philosophy of science, physics, math, and probability. I am a skilled writer and fastidious grammarian; I scored 710 on the SAT English test (1987) and 100% on the UCLA composition placement exam.