Academic Presentations and Talks Given

North Idaho College Mathematics Education Center Effectiveness

Spring 2024 (Visualizations and Oral presentation) Time-series visualization of usage and correlation to grades.

Quadrivial Matters: Integrated Chesterton Academies Math Curriculum in the Seven Liberal Arts Tradition, Chesterton Schools Network Conference, Summer 2023 (Successful white paper and private oral presentation to Chesterton Schools Network stakeholders)

Archimedean Spirals and Rational Approximation (of Irrational Numbers), Washington State AMATYC conference, Spring 2021 (Oral presentation with slides and interactive models)

Students’ Attitudes Affect Learning in Calculus I: an innovative teaching practice mirroring the historic order of development by presenting derivatives before limits, virtual National AMATYC conference, Fall 2020 (Oral presentation with slides)

Mathematics of Musical Tuning and Temperament, Washington State AMATYC conference, Spring 2018 (Oral presentation with slides and interactive models)

Accepted annual invitation to present a session on a math topic of my choice at the Spring STEM Expo hosted by the North Idaho College Engineering Club. Past topics included:

• Physics vs Perception of Sound -Spring 2016,

• Exhibit: Misc. Mathematical Models of Interesting Phenomena -Spring 2017,

• Completion and Closure: A history of Number Types -Spring 2018,

• Visualization and Audiolization of Sequences -Spring 2019

A History of Numbers from Unity to Infinity: with Parallels in Language and Theology, senior class at St. Dominic Girls School, Post Falls, ID, Spring 2016 (Oral presentation by invitation)

Math and Music, NICx, a TED-like event hosted by the North Idaho College Philosophy Club, Fall 2015 (Oral presentation with slides and interactive models)

Findings on Learning and Using Wolfram Mathematica in the Classroom, informal North Idaho College math faculty presentation, Fall 2012

Interactive Algebra Demonstrations for Grand Reopening of Seiter Hall, North Idaho College, Fall 2010 (Exhibits: placed in four classrooms)

Using Math Visualizations in the Classroom, Washington State AMATYC Conference, Spring 2010 (Oral presentation with slides and interactive models)

Survey Data – Relative vs. Absolute Comparisons, Yakima Valley Community College Grandview Faculty Colloquium, Winter 2009

Music Theory – A Mathematical View, University of Idaho Mathematics Department informal seminar, Spring 2007

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