Selim Yavuz
Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics Education
I have experience teaching mathematics for five years to high school students in Turkiye. I have written six textbooks and practice textbooks related to high school mathematics and geometry. As a researcher, I am interested in studying teaching and learning high school math and geometry.
Iwan A. J. Sianturi
Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics Education
In the past four years, I have taught Algebra II to students in the Foundations in Science and Mathematics (FSM) program. Over the past 12 years, I have worked closely with K–12 students and preservice teachers in both research and teaching across Indonesia, Taiwan, and the United States. My research focuses on teacher education, mathematics problem-solving, assessments in mathematics education, curriculum and textbooks, equity, and mathematical literacy.
Mihyun Jeon
Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics Education
I have experience teaching mathematics for secondary school students in South Korea and am currently teaching Geometry for undergraduates here at IU. I have investigated preservice secondary mathematics teachers' mathematical understanding and explored Korean middle schoool mathematics textbooks on function.
Hellen Kyler
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology
I have taught Opinions, Beliefs, and Truth: The Challenges of Psychology and Neuroscience, a first-year undergraduate course at IU. My teaching experience involves helping students read and understand scientific literature, design a controlled experiment, interpret basic statistics, and collaboratively work to analyze online claims. In the research lab I also mentor undergraduate research assistants to run cognitive psychology experiments with adults and children. My research investigates how humans use vision and touch to learn about and recognize objects.
Sannoong Hu
Ph.D. Student in Microbiology
I am a 5th year Graduate student in the Danthi Lab. I study Mammalian Orthoreovirus in the context of virus-host interactions. I am fascinated with how viruses cause infection and how the host responds to the viral infection. I am currently studying how viruses cause persistent infections where they infect cells without killing them. I am also studying how the host cell triggers programmed cell death in response to viral infections. I am also very interested in Science Outreach and teaching, I have high-school biology tutoring experience from India and love to participate and volunteer for Science Outreach events like IU-Science Fest.
Cody Hubbard
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychological and Brain Sciences and Neuroscience
I have assisted with courses in psychology and neuroscience at the undergraduate and graduate level. The courses I have experience with range from introductory psychology courses to higher level neuroscience lab courses. My experience includes leading group discussions and preparing laboratory activities. My research focus is on the memory and memory deficits after brain injury.
Reza Shamsi Pour
Ph.D. Student in Science Education
I am a physics instructor with over 20 years of experience teaching high school physics. Currently, I am pursuing a PhD in Science Education at Indiana University Bloomington. Throughout my teaching career, I have focused on making physics engaging and informative by incorporating hands-on demonstrations and experiments. Some of my originally designed experiments have been published in high-ranking journals. My goal as a teacher is twofold: to ensure that students enjoy learning physics while also gaining a strong understanding of scientific concepts. I look forward to sharing this passion for physics with students in the summer program!
Jin Oueslati
Ph.D. Candidate in Particle Physics
I have taught introductory physics at a college level through Drexel university in Philadelphia and Indiana University in Bloomington where I received my bachelor's of science and master's degree respectively. My experience includes instructing lab courses and leading discussion courses for physics. My research focuses on direct detection of neutrino mass via nuclear beta decay for the Project 8 Experiment. I have been active in neutrino physics research for 6 years. Chemistry is an underlying framework that I utilize daily in my research and is foundational for any career in STEM.
Emily Sizemore
Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience
I have over 4 years of experience with individualized and traditional classroom instruction with elementary, early secondary, and college aged students in biology, math, chemistry, and other STEM subjects during my undergraduate and post graduate career. As an instructor, my goal is to encourage all students to gain confidence in approaching foundational STEM content by facilitating exploration of topics that interest them and providing content knowledge that contributes to future independent inquiry.
