kyle ormsby

teaching

Courses

Teaching is an integral part of my work and identity as a scholar. I am particularly interested in inclusive practices, accessibility, flipped classrooms, active lectures, the role of visualization in learning, and the rich interplay between research practice and learning/teaching in mathematics.

this term

spring 2026
math 113 · discrete structures

Counting, graphs, recursion, and number theory — a first course in reading and writing mathematics.

spring 2026
math 342 · topology

Point-set topology. The schedule is a skeleton for now — one row per meeting, waiting to be filled in.

at reed

fall 2025
math 111 · calculus

Limits, derivatives, integrals, and a first glimpse of Taylor series, taught from Active Calculus.

spring 2025
math 411 · topics in advanced analysis

Fourier series and Hilbert spaces, with side trips to Weyl equidistribution and values of the Riemann zeta function.

spring 2025
math 113 · discrete structures
fall 2024
math 201 · linear algebra

Linear systems, vector spaces, bases and dimension, and the maps between them.

fall 2024
math 111 · calculus
spring 2021
math 342 · topology
spring 2021
math 201 · linear algebra
fall 2020
math 113 · discrete structures
spring 2020
math 341 · topics in geometry — hyperbolic geometry
spring 2020
math 113 · discrete structures
fall 2019
math 412 · topics in algebra — quadratic forms
fall 2019
math 113 · discrete structures
spring 2019
math 311 · complex analysis
spring 2019
math 113 · discrete structures
fall 2018
math 201 · linear algebra
fall 2018
math 412 · topics in algebra — Galois theory
spring 2018
math 113 · discrete structures
spring 2018
math 202 · vector calculus
fall 2017
math 113 · discrete structures
spring 2016
math 342 · topology
spring 2016
math 212 · multivariable calculus II
fall 2015
math 138 · knot theory, knot practice
fall 2015
math 211 · multivariable calculus I
spring 2015
math 112 · introduction to analysis
spring 2015
math 332 · abstract algebra
fall 2014
math 111 · calculus

at uw

spring 2024
math 583B · topological data analysis
winter 2024
math 224 · multivariable calculus
spring 2023
math 546 · manifolds

Lie groups and Lie algebras, vector fields, flows, and the Lie derivative.

winter 2023
math 545 · manifolds

Covering spaces, monodromy, the classification of coverings, and a first look at homology.

fall 2022
math 544 · topology

Topological spaces, manifolds, connectedness and compactness, and the fundamental group.

elsewhere

fall 2012
18.02 · multivariable calculus — MIT, recitation leader
fall 2012
18.A39 · freshman advising seminar — MIT, knot theory, knot practice
fall 2011
18.100C · analysis I — MIT, recitation leader for the communications component
spring 2011
18.100C · analysis I — MIT, recitation leader for the communications component
fall 2010
18.02 · multivariable calculus — MIT, recitation leader
winter 2009
math 215 · multivariable calculus — Michigan, teaching assistant
winter 2008
math 116 · calculus II — Michigan, co-coordinator
fall 2007
math 116 · calculus II — Michigan
winter 2007
math 116 · calculus II — Michigan
fall 2006
math 115 · calculus I — Michigan

educational resources

ongoing
Contributor to the MIT Math CI Space, now part of the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library.