Shira Viel, Assistant Professor of the Practice

I work primarily in introductory undergraduate mathematics education, including teaching, research, coordination, curriculum development, and assessment. I am devoted to making math as welcoming and inclusive as possible.  

Contact Info:

Office Location:	120 Science Drive, Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-6979
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://services.math.duke.edu/~viel/index.html

Teaching (Fall 2021):

• MATH 111L.001, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Social Sciences 139, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• MATH 111L.002, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Social Sciences 139, MW 10:15 AM-11:30 AM

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

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

• MATH 111L.02L, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  West Duke 105, TuTh 10:15 AM-11:05 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

  West Duke 08A, 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

  West Duke 108B, 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

  Class Bldg 137, Tu 12:00 PM-01:15 PM; Physics 259, MW 01:45 PM-02:35 PM

• MATH 111L.002, LABORATORY CALCULUS I Synopsis

  Class Bldg 137, Tu 01:45 PM-03:00 PM; Physics 259, MW 03:30 PM-04:20 PM

Office Hours:

I am always happy to schedule an appointment by email!

Fall 2021 Office Hours (drop in any time)

• Mondays 2PM-3PM, Physics 128


• Wednesdays 2PM-3PM, Physics 130


• Fridays 10AM-12PM on Zoom (email me for link)

I am also available Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:45-10:15AM in Social Sciences 139, between my two Math 111L lectures.

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. 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]
2. Akin, V; Viel, S, Interpreting Student Evaluations of Teaching, edited by Maki, D; Bookman, J; Jacobson, M; Speer, N; Murphy, TJ (2019)
3. 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]
4. 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]