I organize Teaching Seminar, the Math and Stats Department's professional development workshop series. Here is a list of the currently planned seminars for Fall 2024, as well as previous semesters' seminars. 

Fall 2024: 

September 23rd: Using LaTeX for teaching materials. Led by Matt Bourque. 

September 30th: Improving Math Teaching via Partnering with the Office of Online Learning (OOL). Led by Tricia Donovan of OOL. 

October 21st (course coordination meeting): Aspects of Good Groupwork Tasks. Led by Alec. 

Spring 2024: 

January 30th: What Building Thinking Classrooms has to say about dividing your students into groups for groupwork. Led by Alec. 

February 13th: What Building Thinking Classrooms has to say about homework. Led by Alec. 

March 25th: The role of counterexamples in teaching calculus. Led by Marius Radulescu. 

April 12th (at the Chicago Symposium at LUC): Group assessments in 100-level math courses. Led by Alla Podolny, Sheila Suresh, and Alec. 

Fall 2023: 

August 22nd: Introduction to Active Learning in LUC's Math & Stats department. Led by Alec and Emily Peters. 

September 6th: Discussion on quick Active Learning strategies that instructors could implement. Led by Alec. 

September 25th: Discussion on DEI led by Christine Haught and Tim Stoelinga. 

November 6th: Discussion on community college transfer students led by Shifra Adler.

November 13th: Discussion on Mathematical Ethics led by James Drimalla. 

November 20th: Discussion on LUC's Math 100-117-118-131-132 sequence of courses led by Alec. 

Spring 2023: 

January 30th: A discussion on reflection assignments and racism and bias in mathematics classrooms. Led by Alec. 

February 27th: A talk on Institutional coaching and faculty interactions. Led by Rafa González D'León

March 27th: A discussion on physical and mental health resources that LUC offers its students. Led by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Wellness Center. 

Fall 2022: 

August 31st: A welcome back to campus event. Faculty discussed plans for implementing active learning techniques in their classes. Led by Alec and Emily. 

September 19th: A reflection on our department's visitors from the math department of Cal State East Bay. Led by Alec. 

October 17th: Discussions on Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. Led by Christine and Alec. 

October 24th: Further discussions on Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. Led by Christine and Alec. 

November 14th: Discussion on group quizzes led by Alla Podolny and Alec. 

November 28th: Using R in the cloud led by Mena Whalen and Matt Stuart.