Valery Krupkin Oral History

Detail

DescriptionValery Krupkin is a retired Lecturer of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Queensborough Community College, where he started as a tutor in 1980 until being hired to teach full-time in 1984. He retired in 2008. In this interview, Krupkin looks back at his early life in Baku, Azerbaijan, studying at Azerbaijan State University and beginning his teaching career as a high school and college professor. In 1979, he and his family made the difficult decision to move to the United States. In early 1980, he began working at Queensborough Community College as a mathematics tutor, which led to a full-time teaching position for the department in 1984. He reflects upon the courses he taught and the students he served over the years and how the department changed during his time at Queensborough.InterviewerWallach, PatrickIntervieweeKrupkin, ValerySourceInterview conducted as part of the Queensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project.Date RecordedSeptember 19, 2023

CollectionQueensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Digital Archives

Menu

Valery Krupkin Oral History