Morgan Opie


Teaching philosophy

Teaching and mentoring is an important part of my career. My goal is not only to teach students course content but also to help them to learn new ways of thinking that they can take beyond the classroom. From my experiences so far, I have developed a toolbox for teaching students from varying backgrounds, for adapting my courses based on the needs of students in my class, and for keeping students engaged while challenging them to learn new mathematics.

2025 - 2026 teaching

In Fall 2025, I am teaching single-variable integral calculus (220-2, MWF 11am) at Northwestern. In Winter 2026, I will be teaching two sections of linear algebra (240-0, MWF 12pm and 1pm). In Spring 2026, I will be teaching one section of linear algebra (240-0, MWF 10am).

Past teaching

Term Course/ comments Materials
UCLA Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Winter 2022, Fall 2021 Math 115A (linear algebra/ intro to proofs). Over my time at UCLA, I wrote many homeworks, worksheets, exams, and more for this class. You can find these in the linked Dropbox. Dropbox from S25
UCLA Summer 2024 Mini-course on the Borsuk--Ulam theorem as part of UCLA's Summer Bridge Program for Cal State University Students Dropbox
UCLA Spring 2024 Math 115AH (honors linear algebra/ intro to proofs) Dropbox
UCLA Summer 2023 Mini-course on category theory as part of UCLA's Summer Bridge Program for Cal State University Students Dropbox
UCLA Summer 2022 Mini-course on Riemann surfaces and algebraic geometry as part of UCLA's Summer Bridge Program for Cal State University Students. -
Harvard Summer 2019 Tutorial on knot invariants and categorification, with co-instructor Joshua Wang (co-designed/ co-lectured course) Webpage
Harvard Summer 2018 Tutorial on category theory (designed/ lectured course) Webpage
Harvard Spring 2018 Math 21b (Linear Algebra and Differential Equations) -
Harvard Fall 2017 Math 23A (Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I) Graduate Course Assistant -

Awards and honors

I was awarded a Liggett Instructor Award for excellence in teaching at UCLA, 2021 - 2022.

For the 2020 - 2021 academic year, I was Bok Center Pegagogy Fellow in mathematics at Harvard University.


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