Curriculum Vitae

B.S. Mathematics, 1972, State University of New York at Stony Brook
M.A.T. Mathematics, 1974, State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A. Mathematics, 1981, Duke University
Ph.D. Education, 1991, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mathematics Education

Duke University, Durham, NC

Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics, 1998-present

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Mathematics, 1993-98

Lecturer, Mathematics, 1990-93

Instructor, Mathematics, 1984-90

Temporary Instructor, Mathematics, 1983-84

Part-time Instructor, Mathematics, 1982-83

Carolina Friends School, Durham, NC

teacher, Mathematics, 1978-79

Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, NY

teacher, Mathematics, 1976-78

Clifford Scott High School East Orange, NJ

teacher, Mathematics, 1975-76

Visiting Positions

instructor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, 1981-82

Senior Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, Duke University, 2000-2001
Carnegie Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2000-2002
Nominated for the Duke Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award: 1984-85; 1985- 86; 1987- 88
Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1995-1997

The Impact of Calculus Reform on Long Term Performance NSF REC-9912017

University Committee

Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2007 - present  

Undergraduate Judicial Board, 1997 - present  

promotion committee for Jan Rigsbee, to Associate Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2007  

reappointment committee for Joseph Harris, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program, November 2006  

reappointment committee for Barbara Jentleson, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2005  

reappointment committee for Jan Rigsbee, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2004  

interviewer, Duke Fulbright Program, December 2005  

Assistant Director for CIT Search Committee, Spring 2005  

Secondary Teacher Preparation Program Director Search Committee, Spring 2004  

Academic Integrity Council, 2001-03  

Writing Across the Curriculum Director Search Committee, 2003  

Senior Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, 2000-02  

Academic Integrity Assessment Committee, 1999-2001  

Arts and Sciences Council, 1997-99  

Leave Policy Committee, January-February 1999  

Major Advisor

Mathematics Department Major Advisor, Major Advisor, 1995 - 2007  

PreMajor Advisor

PreMajor Advisor, 1985 - 2006  

Dept Committee

Calculus Committee, 1996 - present  

Papers Refereed

Using Collaborative Research Projects to Facilitate Active Learning in Methods Courses, Journal of faculty Development, November 8, 2009  

Boosting Student Numeracy With Team Projects: A Case Study, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, November 1, 2009  

The Core of the Quantitative Skill Set: Time for an Industry Standard, Numeracy, October 09, 2009  

Student-Tutor interaction: a tutor's perspective, Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education, September 27, 2009  

Concept Maps in Linear Algebra: Do They Provide Stable Representations of Students' Mathematical Understandings?, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 29, 2009  

Learning Outside Our Disciplines: How being music students makes us better teachers, The Journal of Faculty Development, January 2, 2009  

Developing the Scholarship of Pedagogy– Pathfinding in Adverse Settings, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, September 16, 2008  

The Impact of Grading on the Curve: A Simulation Analysis, International Journal for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 12, 2008  

Nonstandard Student Conceptions about Infinitesimal and Infinite Numbers, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, April 7, 2008  

Elementary Pre-service Teachers Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Study of the Relationship, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, October 14, 2007  

Changing Student Attitudes in Wellesley’s Quantitative Reasoning Program Quantitative Reasoning Program, Numeracy, July 19, 2007  

The Ability of Students to Comprehend The Function-Derivative Relationship wht Regard to Problems from their Daily Life, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, May 28, 2007  

What Is Good College Mathematics Teaching?, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, May 3, 2007  

Using Manipulatives to Overcome Math Anxiety in Prospective Elementary Teachers, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, February 24, 2007  

High School Students’ Opinions about Democratic Values, The Journal of Student Centered Learning, January 2, 2007  

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, November 2006  

Editorial Board, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, 2006 - present  

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, November 2006  

MAA Notes, November 2006  

American Mathematical Monthly, December 2005  

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, December 2005  

NSF Reviews And Panels

NSF proposal review,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, July 6 - 7, 2006  

NSF Review Panel, April, 2005  

Math Community Services

AMS-MAA Steering Committee on Computer-Based Homework Systems, 2008 - present  

Editorial Board, PRIMUS ( Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), 2006 - present  

Editorial Board, Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2003 - present  

Editorial Board, MAA Notes, 2001 -2007  

MAA Committee on Assessment, 2009 - 2012  

Calculus Reform and the First Two Years (CRAFTY), a subcommittee of the M.A.A., 1998 - 2003  

Mathematics Association of America
North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics