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Teaching

I began teaching in a Philadelphia summer credit-recovery program after undergrad and later spent two years as a middle school math teacher in New Haven through Teach For America. I served as 8th Grade Chair, consulted on math curriculum development for Achievement First, and completed Code.org’s professional learning program for CS educators. I love teaching and enjoy making quantitative and computational ideas accessible to a wide range of students.

Teaching Awards & Recognition

2025

Distinction in Student Teaching

Harvard Kennedy School

2024

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching

Harvard Kennedy School

2024

Distinction in Student Teaching

Harvard Kennedy School

2024

Educational Innovation Scholar

Center for Health Decision Science


Instructor of Record

Instructor

Harvard Kennedy School

Economics for Public Policy

PPIA Junior Summer Institute

2024, 2025

Instructor

Harvard Kennedy School

Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students

Public Policy, Health Policy, Business Economics

2023, 2024, 2025

Co-Instructor

UChicago · Center for Translational Science

Data, Quantitative Methods, and Applications in Health Services Research

2021, 2022, 2023

Instructor

UChicago · Harris School of Public Policy

Coding Lab for Public Policy

Curriculum Developer

2021

Teacher

Teach For America · Achievement First

7th/8th Grade Mathematics

Amistad Academy Middle School, New Haven CT

2018–2020


Teaching Fellow

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Decision Science for Public Health 2023, 2024, 2025

Harvard Kennedy School

  • Big Data and Machine Learning 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Resources, Incentives, and Choices I 2022–2025
  • Game Theory 2023, 2024
  • Data and Programming for Policymakers 2023

UChicago · Computer Science

  • Machine Learning for Public Policy 2022
  • Mathematics for Data Analysis and CS 2022

UChicago · Booth School of Business

  • Introductory Finance 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Data Analysis in R and Python 2021

UChicago · Center for Translational Science

  • Introduction to Health Services Research 2021

Professional Workshops

An Introduction to Reproducible Programming and Project Management

Society for Medical Decision Making · Annual Meeting 2024

Transparent Programming: Important Habits for Reproducibility and Research Integrity

Society for Medical Decision Making · Annual Meeting 2023


Open Course Materials

Introduction to R

9-module course for policy students new to programming.

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Intro to Git & GitHub

Version control for researchers and students.

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API 222 Sections

Machine learning section materials.

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