Shira Viel, Assistant Professor of the Practice

I am an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Mathematics at Duke University where I focus primarily on the Calculus sequence through teaching, research, coordination, and curriculum development. My current research interests include graduate student professional development, alternative grading methods, and students’ sense of community.

Are you a woman or non-binary undergraduate student interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the mathematical sciences? Check out GROW, which I am helping to host at Duke in Fall 2022 and Fall 2023!

Contact Info:

Office Location:	120 Science Drive, Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-2857
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://services.math.duke.edu/~viel/index.html

Teaching (Fall 2022):

• MATH 111L.001, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Physics 128, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

• MATH 111L.01L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Class Bldg 114, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:20 AM

• MATH 111L.03L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 105, TuTh 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• MATH 111L.04L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, TuTh 01:45 PM-02:35 PM

• MATH 111L.05L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, TuTh 03:30 PM-04:20 PM

• MATH 111L.06L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Class Bldg 114, TuTh 05:15 PM-06:05 PM

• MATH 111L.07L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, TuTh 10:15 AM-11:05 AM

• MATH 111L.08L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, TuTh 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• MATH 111L.09L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Class Bldg 101, TuTh 01:45 PM-02:35 PM

• MATH 111L.10L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 105, TuTh 03:30 PM-04:20 PM

• MATH 771S.01, TEACHING COLLEGE MATHEMATICS Synopsis

  Physics 047, MW 12:00 PM-01:15 PM

• MATH 111L.001, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Physics 130, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• MATH 111L.002, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Physics 130, MW 10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Office Hours:

I am always happy to schedule an appointment by email!

Fall 2022 Office Hours (please drop in)

• Mondays, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Physics 130


• Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Physics 047


• Fridays, 1:30pm - 2:30pm, on Zoom (linked from Sakai)

Education:

Ph.D.	North Carolina State University	2018
B.A.	Rice University	2009

Keywords:

Algebraic combinatorics • Education and instruction in mathematics • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Recent Publications

1. Spencer, D; Viel, S; Fenn, M; Willis, C; Shen, Y, Utilizing a Blended + Flipped Learning Approach in a Calculus for Life and Management Sciences Classroom, Primus (November, 2022), Taylor and Francis [doi]
2. Barcelo, H; Bernstein, M; Bockting-Conrad, S; McNicholas, E; Nyman, K; Viel, S, Algebraic voting theory & representations of Sm≀Sn, Advances in Applied Mathematics, vol. 120 (September, 2020) [doi]  [abs]
3. Akin, V; Viel, S, Interpreting Student Evaluations of Teaching, edited by Maki, D; Bookman, J; Jacobson, M; Speer, N; Murphy, TJ (2019)
4. Barnard, E; Meehan, E; Reading, N; Viel, S, Universal Geometric Coefficients for the Four-Punctured Sphere, Annals of Combinatorics, vol. 22 no. 1 (March, 2018), pp. 1-44, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs]
5. Gilbert, S; Tymoczko, J; Viel, S, Generalized splines on arbitrary graphs, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, vol. 281 no. 2 (January, 2016), pp. 333-364, Mathematical Sciences Publishers [doi]  [abs]

Recent Grant Support

• Achieving Critical Transformations in Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics (ACT UP MATH), University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2022/07-2025/05.