Throughout my education, I have held a fascination with teaching. I tutored students in high school. I became a TA during my sophomore year at BYU. (A job which I performed for more than half of my time as an undergraduate.) Here at UNC, all Ph.D. intending students are required to teach one course. I eagerly grabbed the undergraduate level Computer Graphics class when the opportunity arose.

Part of my joy for teaching stems from my joy of learning for learning’s sake. As a teacher, you must be prepared to answer questions that delve deep into the subject matter and so a teacher is paid (in part) to learn things. Also, I have found that I am often brought to consider ideas because of a question brought to me by an interested student. The education I gain is increased by the experience of teaching.