Resume

Joe Kazemi, PhD

Summary

• Exceptionally capable, personable, tech savvy, and organized math tutor proficient in getting students to overcome their math phobias, enjoy and master math, improve their school math grades, and increase their scores on standardized math tests. 

• Excellent motivator of students with an ability to tailor tutoring style to match the optimal learning style of each student. 

• Avid enthusiast of building students’ confidence through teaching them how to solve Rubik’s cubes, math tricks, math puzzles, and math games - all in ways that serve their agreed-upon math goals.

Education

CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York. Ph.D, Quantitative Methods in Educational Psychology. 2022

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Master of Science, Applied Statistics. 2007

University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan. Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering. 2004

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering. 1994

Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Mechanical Engineering. 1990

Math Teaching Experience 2017 - 2022

Taught middle and high math school in the NYC public schools system successfully for 5 years.

Math Tutoring Experience 2011 - 2017
Tutored students privately for SAT, SHSAT, SSAT, ISEE exams in New York City, New York.

Doctoral Student Work Experience 2012 - 2016
Served as a research assistant and statistics lecturer at CUNY Graduate Center as part of being a doctoral student candidate.

Statistical Consulting Experience 2007 - 2011Worked as a statistical consultant and research statistician at the University of Michigan’s center for statistical c
consulting and research (CSCAR).

Community College Teaching Experience 2004 - 2007
Taught evening sections of statistics, linear algebra, and calculus undergraduate courses at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

Masters Student Work Experience 2005 - 2007
Served as a statistical consultants’ assistant at the University of Michigan’s center for statistical consulting and research (CSCAR).

Mechanical Engineering Work Experience 2001 - 2005
Worked as a contract mechanical engineer at Metaldyne in Plymouth, Michigan designing crankshaft vibration dampers for car engines; and Freudenberg-NOK in Morristown, Indiana designing injection molded rubber components for car parts.

Manufacturing Engineering Work Experience 1994 - 2001
Worked as a contract manufacturing engineer at Boeing’s commercial airplanes division in Everett, Washington assisting factory mechanics with building and assembling wire bundles for the 777 airplane flight deck; and RemTech in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho assisting machine shop workers with work flow planning, scheduling, and quality control.

Languages
Fluent in English and Arabic.
Conversational in Spanish.

Teaching Certificates

New York State Mathematics 7-12 Certificate, 2020 - 2025