BENJAMIN PEET

peet.benjamin@gmail.com

MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR
A highly qualified and enthusiastic educator, with an award winning and proven international
teaching background in a wide variety of settings and subject areas. Outstanding subject knowledge with
experience instructing Mathematics at all levels. Invested in both traditional Mathematics education and
the implementation of the latest Mathematics-education technology to engage and enthuse students.

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mathematics, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
 Worked with Dr. John Kalliongis on a dissertation in the field of 3-manifold topology.
 Dissertation title: “Finite, fiber-preserving group actions on orientable Seifert manifolds.”
Master’s in Mathematics with honors, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, UK
 Focussed degree on Topology with a research project on Homotopy theory.
Bachelor’s in Mathematics with honors, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, UK
 An exclusively Mathematics-based schedule as per the English University style.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA Aug. 2018 – Present
 Tenure track at the rank of assistant professor.
University of Missouri in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO June 2012 – Present
 Taught Basic Calculus as an adjunct, currently online teaching.
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2018
 Studied and taught on a graduate teaching assistantship as well as summer teaching
 Taught in SLU’s prison program in a maximum-security institution.
Saint Louis Community College, Saint Louis, MO June 2017 – Aug. 2018
 Taught Calculus I, Calculus III, Survey of Calculus and College Algebra as an adjunct.
Crossroads College Preparatory School, Saint Louis, MO Aug. 2011 – May. 2013
 Taught all grades and coached the boys varsity soccer team

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate in University Teaching Skills, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
 Completed in Spring 2017.
 Involved the completion of 8 teaching seminars, 3 online seminars, and the completion of a teaching
portfolio under the mentorship of Dr. Johnson.
Part Time Faculty Teaching Award, UMSL
 This is a University wide award given annually to an outstanding part time faculty member.
Raymond Freese Award, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
 The Raymond Freese award is given yearly to a graduate assistant for excellence in teaching.

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

Topology and its Applications, Oct. 2018
 Submitted a paper titled “Finite, fiber- and orientation-preserving group actions on orientable
Seifert manifolds with orientable base space.”
Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference at UMSL, Saint Louis, MO Sept. 2017
 Presented a session titled “The first five minutes of class.”