D. Tony Sün



I am a master's student in mathematics at Yeshiva University since January 2024, where I continued to participate in instructional efforts as an assistant and later an adjunct instructor since Summer 2024. I received my undergraduate and other master's degrees from Peiyang ('Tientsin,' 'Tianjin') University, Clemson University, Hult International Business School, and University of Pennsylvania respectively. Previously, I worked on software documentation (or technical writing), software development and K-8 computer science education; I had tutored voluntarily students at different age levels (pre-K, secondary, and adults). Since recently, my leisure time is occasionally spared on some efforts in healthcare fundraising.

In Spring 2025, I'm taking Network Science, Numerical Methods, and Differential Equations while preparing for a topic for thesis.

In Fall 2024 I took Computational Topology, Mathematical Logic (through audits at CUNY), and Mathematics of Finance courses, while instructing the single-variable calculus session at Yeshiva; throughout the week I sometimes looked at the mathematics seminars at CUNY-Graduate Center.

In Summer 2024 I was studying a 2023 workshop on Structural Equation Modeling while taking Intro to American Politics and Legal and Ethical Environment of Business along with a few vacational and academic visits to the Science Museum of Long Island (Manhasset, N.Y.), downtown Princeton and University, N.J., University of Lynchburg and Liberty University [.png], VA, and the New England area [.png] respectively. Attended MAA's OPEN Math workshop on inclusive, active learning for the week of June 3rd as well as attending Team-Based Inquiry Learning for the week of June 24th. Scheduled to tentatively teach MAT 1412: Calculus I during the July semi-asynchronous session. From July to August I was also teaching/hosting a (homeschooling) course for adolescent literacy on dialogic reading, on an important category of texts which would help adolescent as well as adult/senior or second-language learners of English contextualize much conversationally, both in oral and written forms.

In Spring 2024, I was taking Ordinary Differential Equations, Introduction to Analysis, Functions of a Complex Variable, and Linear Algebra (audit) while hosting a weekly recitation.  In Fall 2023, I was taking Abstract Algebra I, Mathematical Statistics I, and auditing Calculus I, Calculus II, and Calculus III, all at the Department of Mathematics at West Chester University, while tutoring math and computer science topics for five hours a week there. As of June 2023, I had already graduated from Graduate School of Education of University of Pennsylvania, and temporarily moved away from Philadelphia, PA.

Teaching/TAs [..] Pakin, S. (January 2017). Comprehensive \(\LaTeX\) Symbol List.

MAT 1412: Calculus I (Yeshiva, Fall 2024)
MAT 1412: Calculus I (Yeshiva, Summer 2024)
Adolescent Literacy Series II: Sociodialogic Reading (Summer 2024)
MAT 2105: Linear Algebra I (Recitation TA at Yeshiva, Spring 2024)
Adolescent Literacy Series I: Socioconstitutional Literacy (Winter 2022)
CPSC 212: Algorithms and Data Structures (TA at Clemson, Fall 2016)
CPSC/ECE 322: Introduction to Operating Systems (TA at Clemson, Spring 2016)
CPSC 404/604: Computer Graphics Images (TA at Clemson, Fall 2015)

Conference Presentations, Short Articles, etc.

Sün, D. T. (Mar. 2025). A Follow-Up Reflective Argument on Collegiate Mathematics Literacy in the Jewish Education Context: One Year After the Assisted Linear Algebra Classroom. 2nd Mina Rees NY Women and Math Conference. [slides]
Sün, D. T. (2025). Whole Language Approach and Multimodality for Situational Learning: On a New Method of Teaching the American English Language to Adult Learners. The 11th Asian Conference on Education and International Development (IAFOR). Available at aceid.iafor.org/presentation/submission89890 [poster]
Sün, D. T. (2025). Theory of Self-Repetition: A Brief Dive into the Reasons Behind People's Repeating Ourselves Regarding the the Implicitly Known.  IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities.  Available at iicahhawaii.iafor.org/presentation/submission87380 [slides]
Sun, D. T. (Nov. 2024). Brief Introduction to the Contour Trees. In-Class Presentation of MAT 5390 of Yeshiva University. [annotated slides]
Sun, D. (Mar. 2024). A Brief Analysis on an Experimentation-Driven Undergraduate Linear Algebra Instruction. Mina Rees NY Women and Math Conference. [slides]
Sun, D. (Nov. 2023). Fourier Inversion of Moment Generating Functions (short report). EPaDel-NJ Fall 2023 Section Meeting. [slides]
Sun, D. (Oct. 2023). Properties of the Gamma Function. Friday Lunch with the Mathematics Student Association at West Chester University. [slides]
Sun, D. (May 2023). A Brief Survey of Elementary Algorithmic Literacy. Workshop of Decision Education Research. Alliance for Decision Education. [manuscript, poster]
Sun, D. (2023). Group-Contextualized Identity Politics and the Trolley Dilemma: The Failure of Kotoamatsukami and the Silent Struggles of Itachi and Shisui Uchiha in the Preindustrial Animation Naruto Shippuden. The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-476X.2023.9 [slides]
Evans, C. & Sun, D. (Nov. 2022). Kevin Henkes and His Works–A Congenial Invitation. Author/Illustrator Study of EDUC 5335 Literature for Children and Adolescents. [slides, video, writeup]
Sun, D. (Dec. 2021). Algorithmic Problem-Solving. Saturday Math Tutoring at Minds Matter Philadelphia. [slides, video]
Sun, D. (Dec. 2021). Genres, the Adolescent Writer, and Situated Context of Reading. Inquiry III of EDUC 629. [slides]
Hartsfield, H. J. et al. (December 7, 2021). "Flexible Dimensionalities": An Examination of Multicultural Education Through Intersectional Lenses. [book reflection, premable, notes, slides]
Sun, D. (Apr. 2016). Seam Carving vs. Contour Tree: Topology-Aware Scalar Data Resizing? Visual Computing (VC) Lunch at School of Computing. [poster]
Sun, D. (Oct. 2015). Seam Carving: Magic to Steal Pixels Away Secretly. Three Minute Talks by School of Computing Graduate Student Association (SOCGSA). [abstract]

M.S. Thesis   Sun, D. (2017). Volumetric Seam Carving. All Theses. 2675. http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2675 [slides, notes]

B.Eng. Thesis   Sun, D. (2014). Multi-view 3D Object Retrieval via Multi-path Sparse Coding. Tianjin University Bachelor's Theses.

Details of Research Projects, and Other Illustrations [..]