Mathematics Education Faculty
Mary Anderson: Clinical Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Supervises practice teaching; teaches courses for elementary and secondary teachers.
Janet Beissinger:
Research Assistant Professor, IMSE, PhD --
University of Pennsylvania
Conducts research on Combinatorics and Coding Theory. A co-author of the Trailblazers K-5 curriculum and currently is working on a NSF funded project on cryptography for middle school teachers and student.
John T. Baldwin:
Professor and director of OME, PhD --
Simon Frasier University, British Columbia
A logician; teaches courses for elementary and secondary teachers;
developer of programs for teachers and high school
students featuring cooperative learning and a conceptual approach to
mathematics.
Calixto Calderon:
Professor Emeritus, PhD -- University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rodrigo Carraminana:
Adjunct Associate Professor, PhD .University of Iowa
His research interest are in projective planes, finite geometries,
non-Euclidean geometries and Mathematics Education. Also interested in
undergraduate research and minorities in mathematics and science.
Co-Director of the Alliance for Minority Participation. Teaches several
courses for pre-services and in-services secondary math teachers.
Alison M. Castro:Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education and Learning Sciences--University of Michigan
Research interests include mathematical preparation of preservice teachers, mathematics curriculum use in the classroom; teaches courses for elementary preservice teachers
Naomi D. Fisher: Adjunct
Professor Emeritus, PhD -- Northwestern
University
Director of the Mathematicians and Education Reform (MER) Forum,
a national project to support educational work of
mathematicians at the K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels;
coordinator of the Chicago symposium series on
"Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Research and
Practice," a citywide program on undergraduate
teaching and learning in mathematics and science;
extensive experience in in-service teaching, especially
of geometry; taught in the Park City Math
Institute and in the SESAME program at the University of
Chicago.
Alexander Furman: Associate Professor,
PhD -- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Does research on ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and Lie groups;
teaches a course in mathematical analysis for secondary
teachers.
William Howard:
Professor Emeritus, PhD -- University of Chicago
A logician; teaches a wide variety of courses for secondary
teachers.
Steven L.
Jordan: Professor Emeritus, PhD -- University of
California, Berkeley
Former director of the Office of Mathematics and Computer Education;
teaches courses for elementary and secondary teachers; directs a
variety of outreach programs for children, families, teachers, and
schools, including Family Math; does research on medical
applications of mathematics.
Jeff Lewis: Professor Emeritus, PhD
-- Rice University
Conducts research on harmonic analysis and partial differential
equations. Teaches courses in mathematical analysis for secondary
teachers.
Anatoly Libgober: Professor, PhD, CoDirector of AMP Program --Tel Aviv University, Israel Conducts research in Algebraic Geometry. Does research in Algebraic Geometry. In mathematics education, his interests are increasing the graduation rates of underrepresented minorities students and teaching the Advanced Euclidean Geometry.
Dibyen Majumdar: Professor, PhD
-- Indian Statistical Institute, India
Statistician who does educational evaluation for major projects in
math education.
David Marker: Professor, PhD
-- Yale University
Dave Marker is a logician and the 2004 winner of the UIC award for
excellence in teaching. His research interests in logic, algebra,
and analysis inform his teaching of courses in analysis and algebra
for secondary teachers.
Danny Martin: Associate Professor, PhD -- University of California, Berkeley
Teaches courses in the undergraduate elementary education program.
Research interests support a focus on mathematics socialization and the construction of mathematics identities among African American adults and adolescents. Currently developing a perspective that frames mathematics learning and participation as racialized forms of experience.
John Masley: Clinical Associate Professor, PhD
-- Princeton
Teaches math education courses at both the elementary and secondary level,
for both undergrads and in-service teachers. Research interests include
metrics, adult learning,number theory, and error-correcting codes.
Daniel S Miltner: Clinical Assistant Professor, PhD -- University of
Illinois at Chicago
Teaches and works with elementary and secondary education students. Interested in all levels of mathematics education.
Uri N. Peled: Professor, PhD --
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Specializes in graph theory; teaches geometry for secondary
teachers.
David Radford: Professor, PhD --
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Conducts research in algebra; heavily involved in graduate
education in mathematics; teaches computing for elementary
teachers.
Bonnie Saunders: Clinical Associate Professor, PhD --
University of California, Berkeley
Teaches courses for elementary teachers.
Regeta Slaughter: Clinical Lecturer, Chicago State University
Supervises practice teaching; teaches courses for elementary and secondary
teachers. Interested in addressing issues for teachers of struggling
learners.
Jeremy T. Teitelbaum:
Professor, PhD -- Harvard University
Interested in all levels of mathematics education.
Co-author of a collection of case studies, with
S. Friedberg and others, on college-level mathematics
education problems that is used for TA training. Current
interest in teaching number theory to pre- and in-service
K-8 teachers, with the goal of improving their structural
appreciation for arithmetic.
Philip Wagreich: Professor, PhD
-- Columbia University
Director of the Institute of Mathematics and Science Education; a
primary author of the TIMS (Teaching Integrated Mathematics and
Science) project; teaches courses for elementary teachers.
A. I. Weinzweig: Professor Emeritus, PhD
-- Harvard University
Specializes in international mathematics education, and uses of
technology that are appropriate for the teaching and learning of
mathematics; teaches courses for teachers of all grade levels.
Kevin Whyte:Associate Professor
Interested in Geometry of groups and group actions. Teaches courses for secondary teachers.
John Wood: Professor, PhD -- UC
Berkeley
Teaches courses for teacher education at all grade levels.
Research interest in topology and geometry, development interest in
instructional techniques in geometry and calculus.