Portfolio
Built my first split keyboard! Lily58 board with custom 3d printed case NP Crayon keycaps by KBDfans Once you go split, you never go back!
Built another mechanical keyboard! Function96 board designed by JuanTapMan, with robin's egg blue cerakote C3 x TKC Kiwi Switches Infinikey Pastel PBT Rainbow keycaps designed by mintlodica
Built my third mechanical keyboard (right). On the left: XD75Re board with wooden case and DSA Magic Girl keycaps (round 1) designed by mintlodica On the right: Budget96 board by Donut Cables and G...
First attempt at soldering/desoldering. This is an Akko x Ducky mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Blue switches that I'm trying to remove & replace.
Built my first mechanical keyboard. Preonic keyboard kit from Drop. Also my first ortholinear board!
Attended ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education) annual conference.
Attended a workshop on Computing for Social Good.
Started teaching a brand new course: DTSC 2301/2302 Modeling and Society. The design of this course had been underway for months, and was a team effort with Jason Windett (political science).
Started teaching a brand new course: DTSC 1301/1302 Data and Society. The design of this course had been underway for almost a full year, and was a team effort!
Removed "interim" from my title as Interim Undergraduate Program Director for the School of Data Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In other words: started the role of Underg...
Joined the leadership team of the School of Data Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Interim Undergraduate Program Director.
Submitted proposals that I authored, with colleague input, for two new bachelor's programs: BS in Data Science and BS in Cybersecurity.
Started serving as a co-advisor for a graduate student in Intelligence Studies to provide guidance on the quantitative and computational components of their thesis project.
Mentored a graduate student in data science on a capstone project.
Started an independent study course with an undergraduate mathematics major on reflection groups.
Started an independent study course with several upperclass Information Technology students on SQL Server Administration and related topics.
Started an independent study course with several upperclass Information Technology students on a Survey of Programming Languages.
Mentored two undergraduate students on advanced topics in mathematics.
Began teaching DATA 620 Database Technologies. I created this course for graduate students in data science. The course surveys design and querying in multiple data storage paradigms, both relationa...
Began teaching MATH 110 Math in the Media. This was a course that I invented and designed from scratch. It was meant to give non-STEM majors a math course option that would teach intermediate and a...
Began teaching MIS 190 Algorithms. This was a brand new course at the institution, of my own design. Students in the information technology program previously did not get exposure to reading, writi...
Began teaching MIS 150 Introduction to Data Science. This course served a diverse population of students from non-technical majors who needed quantitative and analytical skills. For the course, I d...
Began teaching MIS 350 Database Management. I redesigned this course around an end-to-end database team project.
Joined a team developing adaptive learning content for the data structures undergraduate core course in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Began participation in the Active Learning Academy for faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Began development of new studio-style undergraduate data science courses for University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Worked in collaboration with Andrea Pitts (philosphy) and Stephanie Moller (s...
Research paper published. "Restricting invariants of complex reflection groups" with Nils Amend, J. Matthew Douglass, Gerhard Röhrle. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. Issue 370 (2...
Research paper published. "Systematic Celestial 4-Configurations" with Leah Berman. Ars Mathematica Contemporanea vol. 7, no. 2.
Started mentoring an undergraduate student on a research project
Attended and spoke at AMS (American Mathematical Society) Eastern Sectional Meeting.
Attended and spoke at the ADSA (Academic Data Science Alliance) annual meeting.
Welcome speaker at the Charlotte Women in Data Science conference.
Attended ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education) annual conference in Minneapolis, MN.
Attended workshop for New Educators in Computing at University of California San Diego.
Attended POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) Workshop at Manhattan College. Funded through the IntroCS-POGIL project.
Attended ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education) annual conference in Baltimore, MD.
Attended ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGITE (Special Interest Group in Information Technology Education) Annual Conference in Rochester, NY.
Attended and spoke at the AMS (American Mathematical Society) Central Sectional Meeting at University of North Texas.
Attended ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education) annual conference in Seattle, WA.
Attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, GA.
Attended ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGITE (Special Interest Group in Information Technology Education) Annual Conference in Boston, MA.
Attended and spoke at MAA (Mathematical Association of America) Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting at Gannon University.
Attended the AMS (American Mathematical Society) Central Sectional Meeting at Loyola University Chicago.
Attended and spoke at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, TX.
Attended AMS (American Mathematical Society) Central Sectional Meeting at Texas Tech University.
Attended TORA VI (Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms) conference at University of Oklahoma.
Attended TORA V (Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms) conference at Oklahoma State University.
Attended AMS (American Mathematical Society) Western Sectional Meeting at University of Colorado Boulder.
Attended TORA IV (Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms) conference at University of North Texas.
Attended TORA III (Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms) conference at University of Oklahoma.
Attended CombinaTexas 2012 conference at Southwestern University.
Attended TORA II (Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms) conference at Oklahoma State University.
Joined the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at Mercyhurst University as an Assistant Professor
Graduated with my PhD in Mathematics. Dissertation title: "Restricting invariants and arrangements of finite complex reflection groups."
Achieved the distinction of singing 100 different songs at weekly karaoke at a local bar. No trophy, but there is a plaque!
Returned to the USA and immediately adopted a kitten. Meet Blitz!
Took a research trip to Bochum, Germany. Presented my work and collaborated with a team of researchers there for 3 weeks.
Graduated with MS degree in Mathematics. Presentation title: "The Orlik-Solomon Algebra of the Type B_2 Arrangement"
Attended an NFL game for the first time! Season opener Steelers vs Titans.
Taught a course (college algebra) for the first time as primary instructor.
Started teaching my first college course, pre-calculus, as an assistant instructor.
Started graduate work in mathematics.
Completed internship.
Graduated with a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science. So proud!
Added second major in Computer Science, when my advisor informed me I was just 3 courses away from completing a double major.
Started IT internship at AmerisourceBergen Corporation.
Changed major to mathematics due to a life-changing Discrete Mathematics course.
Started college with a double major in Spanish and Politics.