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Parsa is currently a master's student and teaching assistant in the department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Concordia. He recently received a 2026 Gina Cody TA Teaching Excellence award recognizing his passion and dedication to teaching in his role.
Since 2024, he’s worked as a tutorial leader, lab demonstrator and marker across a variety of courses spanning the topics of theory, systems, programming and data. He even took on a TA coordination role in a course, organizing responsibilities in his team, and refining assignment instructions to improve students’ understanding.
Teaching excellence celebrates impactful and innovative teaching that focuses on student learning. What especially stood out with Parsa’s dossier was his hand-drawn explanations in tutorials and his desire to continuously grow as an educator.
We sat down with Parsa to learn more about his teaching techniques and philosophy, how he creates an inclusive classroom environment and his future goals for teaching.
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