Position:
Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
Education:
PhD, Analytic Philosophy (Logic), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MS, Mathematics (Graph Theory), Purdue University
BA, Philosophy of Science (Computer Science), Cleveland State University
MA, Set Theory, University of North Carolina at Chaptel Hill
Professional Interests:
Undergraduate Mathematics: Calculus, Statistics, Discrete Math, Logic, History of Mathematics, Liberal Arts Math; Emerging Learning Technologies; Distance Learning.
Professional Activities:
Coordinator of MthSc 101 [Spring 2004(At Mid-Semester; Old 101); Fall 2004-Present (New 101)]; FASP Advisor; Member, Learning Technologies Group;
Hewlett-Packard "Teaching with Technology" Grant (2006-07);
Web-Course Development (Clemson University, Indiana University/ Purdue University at Fort Wayne);
Co-Chair (with Beth Simon, UCSD),Contributed Paper Session, AMS/MAA National Meetings (San Diego, January 2008) on "Using Innovative Technologies to Implement Active Learning in Mathematics (and in other STEM disciplines)";
Member of AWS, MAA, AMS, SCCTM;
Selected Publications:
"Tablet PC-Enabled Active Learning in Mathematics: A First Study." TO APPEAR: Proceedings of Pen-Based Learning Technologies, June 2007.
"Mobile Technology and Core College Math." TO APPEAR: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM), July 2007.
"Tablet PC's, Active Learning, and Freshman Mathematics," Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL), November 2007.
"Tablet PCs and Web-based Interaction in the Mathematics Classroom," 9th International Conference of The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project," Charlotte, Sept. 2007
"Tablet PC-Enabled Active Learning in Mathematics: A First Study." Pen-Based Learning Technologies 2007 Conference (Catania, Italy) (with Barbara Weaver);
"Mobile Technology and Core College Math," ICTCM-Boston (February, 2007)
"Mobile Technology and Core College Math: Redesigning Instruction," HP Technology Conference (February 2007, Monterey, CA);
"Pen-Based Technology and Active Learning," AMS/MAA Joint Meetings, New Orleans (January 2007).
Presentations (2006)
"HP Tablet PCs and Web-Based Software," Teaching With Technology Symposium (December 2006);
Three Presentations at the Department s Innovations in the Classroom Seminar (2006);
NSF Tablet PC Workshop (University of California, San Diego. June 2007 (with Gautam Bhattacharyya)
Related Web Sites:
HP Grant Website.
Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Last Updated: 2007/06/01