Splash Biography

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I am a third year student at the university of Chicago studying economics, math, and statistics. Despite these quantitative majors, I find topics such as art, literature, philosophy, and social theory to be the most interesting things in life. I am a firm believer, though, that quantitative thinking is a crucial tool to a full understanding of even the softest of these "soft" subjects.

This year, the classes I am teaching revolve around ethical dilemmas. The field of ethics has fascinated me since I was in the 11th grade and read a an article by the very controversial philosopher Peter Singer ("The Singer Solution to World Poverty"). I will admit now, as well as at the start of my classes that I am biased to favor the "Utilitarian" viewpoint I learned about after becoming interested in ethics. That said, I am a very open minded person, and love hearing alternative viewpoints. One of the things I look forward to most about teaching at Splash this year is finding out how students in my class think of things as right and wrong.

My personal interests are numerous... I don't always get much sleep in between what I do! I have practiced martial arts for 14 years, mountain biked for 10, was in an art conservatory (for painting and sculpture) for 3 years in high school, am the Chair of a Model United Nations committee, was President of my dormitory last year, and am the managing director for Eckhart Consulting, a management consulting club at U. Chicago that solves a wide variety of problems for local businesses.

Through it all, I have always loved teaching! I always try to get as involved as possible with what I do and especially enjoy teaching whatever I can to whomever wants to learn!

Past Classes