Teaching & Mentoring

David Nguyen [photo courtesy of Teresa Chiri]

Teaching

@ Queen’s University (as Instructor of Record)

  • Freshman Calculus I (Calculus I for Engineering), Queen’s APSC 171.

    Fall 2022 (220–230 students class). Cross-College collaborative team teaching with Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

  • Freshman Honours Diff. & Integral Calculus II (with \(\epsilon\)’s & \(\delta\)’s), Queen’s MATH 120B.

    Winter 2023 (40–45 students class). Co-taught with Prof. Mike Roth.

  • Freshman Honours Diff. & Integral Calculus I (with \(\epsilon\)’s & \(\delta\)’s), Queen’s MATH 120A.

    Fall 2023 (60–65 students class). Co-taught with Prof. M. Teresa Chiri.

  • Sophomore Complex Analysis (for Engineering), Queen’s MATH/MTHE 228.

    Winter 2024 (140–150 students class).

@ UC Santa Barbara (as Instructor of Record)

  • Sophomore Differential Equations, UCSB Math 4B.

    Summer 2018 A (90-100 students class).

    Summer 2019 B (100-110 students class).

  • Sophomore Vector Calculus I, UCSB Math 6A.

    Summer 2020 Session A (70-80 students class, Online).

    Summer 2020 Session B (70-80 students class, Online).

@ Cal Poly Pomona (as Instructor of Record)

  • Freshman Trigonometry, CPP Math 106.

    Spring 2016 (25-30 students class).

  • Freshman Remedial Algebra, CPP Math 11.

    Winter 2016 (25-30 students class).

As Teaching Assistant

  • Calculus for Social and Life Sciences II, UCSB Math 34B.

    Spring 2021 (Lead TA + 2 sections of 50 students, Online).

  • Linear Algebra with Applications, UCSB Math 4A.

    Spring 2020 (4 sections, 100 students, Online).

    Fall 2018 (2 sections, 50 students).

  • Differential Equations, UCSB Math 4B.

    Winter 2019 (6 sections, 150 students).

    Winter 2018 (6 sections, 150 students).

    Fall 2017 (6 sections, 150 students).

    Spring 2017 (2 sections, 50 students).

  • Transition to Higher Mathematics, UCSB Math 8.

    Fall 2020 (2 sections, 40 students, Online).

    Winter 2020 (2 sections, 40 students, Online).

    Fall 2019 (2 sections, 40 students).

  • Introduction to Linear Algebra, UCSB Math 108A.

    Fall 2018 (1 section, 55 students).

  • Introduction to Theory of Complex Variables, UCSB Math 122A.

    Winter 2021 (1 section, 60 students, Online).

  • Calculus for Social and Life Sciences I, UCSB Math 34A.

    Fall 2016 (4 sections, 100 students).

  • Early Start Mathematics, CPP ESM 5.

    Summer 2015 (Facilitator, 40 students).

Mentoring

Graduate Mentoring

UCSB Mathematics Department Graduate Mentor 2018-2020, organized by the Hypatian Seminar. I provided mentoring to a group of first-year mathemetics Ph.D. students.

Undergraduate Mentoring

I served as mentor (2019-2021) and co-organizer (2020-2021) in the UCSB Directed Reading Program. My mentees’ works are available below. Posters are presented in end-of-year showcases, whose past attendees include Deans, Chairs, Prof.’s, Postdocs, and Students.