In respiratory therapy and physician assistant training, calculus shows up in unexpected places — ventilator flow-volume curves are essentially integrals, and drug clearance rates depend on derivatives. Emmanuel draws on that clinical math fluency to teach concepts like related rates and accumulatio...

Having taught math before pursuing a Master's in Data Science at Duke, Eric has used calculus on both sides — first breaking down derivatives and integrals for students, then applying them daily in gradient descent, optimization algorithms, and statistical modeling. That dual perspective means he ca...

Jennifer's academic path runs through history, law, and education — not pure mathematics — so she's upfront that calculus is far from her deepest subject. Her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction does mean she knows how to break down unfamiliar material into logical steps, and her experience tutoring...

Environmental studies involves a surprising amount of calculus — modeling pollutant dispersion rates, analyzing resource depletion curves, and optimizing conservation strategies all require fluency with derivatives and integrals. Simon's background in that field, combined with the quantitative reaso...

Neuroscience coursework doesn't just touch calculus — it lives in it, from modeling action potential propagation to quantifying synaptic transmission rates, and Julie's BS in the field means she's solved these problems firsthand rather than in the abstract. Her 1480 SAT confirms sharp quantitative c...

Behavioral science at Duke involves more statistics and data modeling than most people expect — understanding how variables change in relation to each other is essentially what derivatives describe. Anastasia uses that quantitative training to ground early calculus concepts like limits and rates of ...

Biomedical engineering at Duke means Eric lives in calculus daily — from modeling drug diffusion rates to analyzing physiological signals, derivatives and integrals are tools he actually uses. He breaks down concepts like the chain rule, related rates, and integration techniques by connecting them t...

Frances's psychology background at Duke involved statistical modeling and data analysis — work that builds directly on the calculus concepts of rates of change and area under a curve. She teaches early calculus by connecting derivatives and integrals to the kind of quantitative reasoning she used in...

Years of applying calculus in biochemistry and medical coursework at Duke gave Tammy a concrete sense of what derivatives and integrals actually mean — rate of drug absorption, area under a concentration curve, modeling growth. She teaches the chain rule, integration techniques, and series convergen...

Studying medical sociology at Duke with plans for med school means Zhong is heading straight into territory where calculus matters — epidemiological modeling, dosage curves, and the quantitative reasoning that underpins public health research. A 1590 SAT confirms he has serious mathematical chops, a...