Teaching is my Passion
In May of 2006, a student approached me and expressed his interest in optics and specifically lasers. I have to admit that in the larger cultural context, this was a phenomenal moment. In that instant, I was given the choice to either participate in the perpetuation of this student’s intellectual growth and possibly alter his future based on the direction that our conversation would take, or I could let his interest dissolve while I continued to work on the conclusion section of my dissertation. The decision that I made at that moment confirms my passion for teaching. Pedagogy does not just occur in the classroom, and it does not just involve a required knowledge. It involves possessing enough joy in the stimulation of others’ minds that it occurs anywhere, and anytime with the recognition of its intrinsic social responsibility. Herein lies my passion.
General List of Taught Courses:
- Thermo/Statistical Mechanic for undergraduate science and engineering majors.
- Mathematical Methods of Physics for undergraduate science and engineering majors.
- Quantum Mechanics for undergraduate science and engineering majors.
- Quantum Mechanics I, II, and II for graduate physics majors.
- Electro-Magnetism for undergraduate physics majors.
- Contemporary Physics, which includes coding in Visual Python, for physics freshmen.
- Physics I, II, and III and their corresponding laboratories.
- Waves and Optics for engineering majors.
- Thermodynamics for engineering majors.
- Special and different introductory physics classes (including laboratories) one for arts and design students, another for business students, and one course for pre-therapy students.