BY: FARAHNAZ NAZARY
Staff
While for some the thought of calculus may evoke a sense of hardship, for Professor Brooke Townsend the subject is a source of joy. Townsend is one of the math professors on the Meramec campus of STLCC. She has brought a wealth of expertise to the math department with an educational foundation built on a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and further refined by a master’s in statistics.
Townsend has been interested in becoming a teacher since she was a child, but it was while she was pursuing her master’s degree that she found her passion for teaching math.
“I have been teaching math in some capacity since 2015, and I have taught at both the college/university level and high school level. I was teaching full-time at Stephen F. Austin State University before coming to STLCC,” Townsend said.
Townsend recognizes that every professor uses different methods to help their students learn. Her method is to encourage students to work on examples in class and to solve their homework problems there, so she is assured that students can solve the problems by themselves.
Her plans for the future include getting settled into the St. Louis area and continuing her work as a math professor, forming good relationships with other faculty and staff.
“In my opinion a good math professor should hold students to a high standard, be patient and be available,” Townsend said.
