Shira Viel, Assistant Professor of the Practice

I am interested in mathematics education and algebraic combinatorics. Topics of particular current interest include active learning, surface and orbifold models of cluster algebras, and teacher professional development. 

Contact Info:

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

Teaching (Fall 2020):

• MATH 202D.001, MULTIVAR CALCULUS FOR ECON Synopsis

  Physics 128, MWF 08:45 AM-09:35 AM

• MATH 771S.01, TEACHING COLLEGE MATHEMATICS Synopsis

  Physics 205, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Education:

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

Keywords:

Algebraic combinatorics • Education and instruction in mathematics

Recent Publications

1. 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]
2. 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]