Current Pacific University Positions
- Professor of Mathematics
- Chair, Division of Natural Sciences
- Member of CASC, the College of Arts & Sciences Council
- Member of the College of Education Consortium, an advisory body to the College of Education
Recent Senior Projects Supervised
- Jennifer Gadd: Mathematics and Electrochemistry
- Kalei Titcomb: Periodicity in Dynamical Systems
- Matthew Rose: Wavelets and Filters
- Dale Blem: Logarithmic Differentiation and Higher Order Newton's Method
- Alexis Sakaida-Diaz: An Examiniation of the Effect of Standards Based Curriculum on AP-Calculus Test Scores
Recent Professional and Professional Service Activity
- AP-Calculus
- Chief Reader, July 2007-Present
- Chief Reader Designate, July 2006-June 2007
- Exam Leader, Question Leader, Table Leader, Reader, June 1994-June 2006
- Moderator, AP-Calculus Electronic Discussion Group, 1996-2006.
- Oregon Mathematics Education Council
- President 2006-2007
- Webmaster 2001-Present
- Member 1996-Present
- Recent Grant Activitiies
- State Math/Science Partnership Grant - An MSP partnership between the Northwest Regional ESD, Northwest Regional Education Labs, Hillsboro Schools, Pacific University and Linfield College. In this project, we are working with upper elementary and middle school teachers. The project included a 2 week summer institute focusing on content development in probability and statistics and pedagogical development with the Japanese lesson study model. During the academic year, each college faculty member works with a small lesson study group at a particular building, assisting in the development of several lessons. .
- Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute - In this project, I was an instructor for a three-week summer institute for in-service teachers. The PI-s on this large grant (Tom Dick and Karen Higgins of Oregon State University, Karen Marongelle of Portland State University and Linda Foreman of the Teachers Development Group) put together an incredibly successful structure that involves over 180 teachers in Oregon.
- Various Book Reviews
- Most Recent Publication – The Egg Drop numbers, Mathematics Magazine: Volume 77, Number 5, Pages: 368-372
- MAA
- Member Department Liaisons Committee
- Member Editorial Board for the Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library.
- Liaison Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Section of MAA.
- I have served as Chair and as Newsletter Editor of the PNW-MAA.
Attracting periodic points for f(x)=cx(1-x) where 3<c<4 (animation generated in Maple) . This was motivated by a project with recent graduate Kalei Titcomb, now a graduate student at Portland State University.
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