Hi, I am Ivana and I hold a Ph.D. in mathematics and an M.A. in statistics from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in mathematics and economics from Furman University. Currently my main occupation is a university math professor. I have been teaching, tutoring, and running high schoo... (read more)
...I pulled them into the computer lab for an impromptu Stata workshop, which I then offered for 4 years. At SUNY Albany, I have been teaching our doctoral intro Stata workshop (RPAD 688) for the last 8 years. As of 2022, I have been working as a data analyst for the state of New York, where my daily work is done in Stata. (read more)
...Presently, I find myself in my fourth year of medical school, actively engaged in the application process for residency programs. Over the course of six years, I've had the privilege of tutoring students spanning from elementary to high school levels, both individually and in group settings. My... (read more)
...My students have always passed their exams when I have worked 1 on 1 with them, including a student this past summer who went from a 60 to a 95 on her math regents. I have helped design the math curriculum for two schools. My experiences include working with students with learning disabilities and ESL students. (read more)
...I like to create a nurturing educational environment where it's safe to try new techniques, make mistakes, learn from them, and ultimately enable curiosity to guide engagement with the subject. Whether we're working on data structures and algorithms, debugging code, or coming up with a plan of a... (read more)