Paulo J. Hidalgo

I am an igneous petrologist by training and a professor at Georgia State University and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. I strive to give students what they need for efficient learning. I try to create a fertile environment, free of criticism, where students teach themselves, each other, and me. To me, teaching is about presenting the subject’s current state, introducing theorems and paradigms (carefully for the faint of heart), and empirical concepts that can be integrated into their own life experiences.  Critical thinking and encouraging questions on how this knowledge is integrated into real-life situations are crucial to learning.