Teaching

Courses I have instructed or supported as a teaching assistant.

University of Cincinnati

Instructor

IT4080C: Network Game Development

Instructor, Spring 2026 (9 students); Fall 2025 (17 students)

Spring 2026 teaching evaluation: 4.62/5 instructor-based mean and 8.67/10 teaching effectiveness (6 responses).

“Instructor made sure everybody got help and he made an effort to talk to everyone one-on-one.”

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IT7030C: Games for Learning and Simulation

Instructor, Fall 2025 (10 students)

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Pennsylvania State University

Teaching Assistant

IST 597: User Experience Evaluation

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2024 (18 students)

🏆 Runner-up, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching Support

“Renkai is an outstanding teaching assistant, who has demonstrated effectiveness in developing lecture materials and providing guest lectures based on Renkai’s industry experience, which were very well received.”

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IST 331: Foundations of Human-Centered Design

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2024 (63 students)

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HCDD 364W: Methods for Studying Users

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2023 (25 students)

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IST 256: Programming for the Web

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2023 (42 students)

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IST 140: Introduction to Application Programming (Java)

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020 (53 students)

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IST 220: Networking and Telecommunications

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020 (32 students)