FULL PROFESSORSHIP

North Idaho College

Professor of Mathematics: August 2009-June 2024

North Idaho College (NIC), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Teaching

Teach 15-19 credits each semester with an average class size of 18-20 students
Teaching list: Math in Modern Society (A quantitative literacy course), Beginning, Intermediate and College Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre Calculus, Calculus and Analytical Geometry I, II, and III, Ordinary Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Mathematics of Aesthetics of Musical Tuning
Create an innovative interdisciplinary course, “Mathematics and Aesthetics of Musical Tuning” based on 15 years of private research, authorship of textbook in progress (Classical Academic Press)
Work as a team to create topic-driven exam review sessions open to all students instead of separate reviews by class, resulting in saving 2.5 hours of pre-finals-week prep time per faculty member, and 61% reduction in redundant duplication of physical resources

Service, commitee work and outreach

Advise students in life and study skills, career paths, and mathematical understanding
Establish interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquium Series, increasing faculty collaboration by 5 hours per semester, qualitatively improving morale
Hiring committee member for Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering Division as needed
Assist in planning and running the annual NIC high school math competition
Academic Standards and Appeals Committee, 2019-2023
Division Representative on North Idaho College Curriculum Council for two terms: 2013-2019
Co-chair Outreach Committee: works for better integration of services at branch campuses with those at the main campus, 2010-2013
Selection committee member and liaison to North Idaho College for NASA ORBIT STEM scholarship through the Idaho Space Grant Consortium: 2013-15
North Idaho College Engineering Club advisor: 2013-14

Research

Build interactive mathematics models of Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations, and the Quadrivium (historical Number Theory, Musical Tuning and Geometry). This led to contract work for Pearson Publishing
Lead an independent student study group on Greek mathematics
Re-sequence Calculus subjects improving comprehension by 10-20%
Data Science project: tutoring logs for the NIC Math Education Center
Analysis of complex data: financial, educational, musical
Publish and present at many conferences, often by invitation

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

INSTRUCTOR OF MATHEMATICS

Yakima Valley College

Full Time Mathematics Instructor, Dept. Supervisor: August 2007-June 2009

Yakima Valley College, Grandview WA

Teaching

Taught 9-12 credits each quarter (three quarters per year) with an average class size of 10-15 students. Teaching list: Math for Elementary Education I and II, Beginning, Intermediate and College Algebra
Team-taught a linked pair of classes, remedial Math and remedial English
Developed a unit about Lewis Carroll as a man, an author, and a mathematics professor within an integrated team-taught history course
Co-founded a Grandview Faculty Colloquium
Created mathematical computer modeling for student understanding
Created interactive math resources website for Yakima Valley College under Title V Grant.

As math department supervisor at the Grandview branch campus I:

Mentored adjunct faculty
Advised students in career choice, credit loads, and life coaching
Ran and operated the math study center
Served as Mathematics Club Advisor
Managed textbook orders for Grandview branch campus
Attended two regional math conferences
Helped organize Washington Association of Mathematics for Two Year Colleges conference hosted by Yakima Valley College

PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR OF MATHEMATICS

University of Idaho

Part Time Mathematics Instructor, August 2004-2007

University of Idaho, Moscow ID

Teaching

Taught 6 credits each semester with an average class size of 24-100 students
Teaching list: Math for Liberal Arts Majors, Pre Calculus, Survey of Calculus, Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, II, and III, Ordinary Differential Equations
Tutored in Polya Learning Lab, a self-paced emporium model algebra learning center
Kept regular weekly office hours for tutoring

Research

Took 18 credits of coursework towards a PhD in Pure Mathematics, University of Idaho, 2006-2007
Studied math students’ cognitive levels as a research assistant (Advisor: Dr. David Thomas)
Created mathematical computer models for student understanding (3D models for Calculus III)
Collaborated with state-level iniative to create math-and-art curriculum modules for highschools
Researched musical Tuning and its history and application to mathematics
Wrote a music theory unit and a graph theory course map for the quantitative reasoning course (this became the initial outline for a math and music textbook)

Other

Finished a second degree in Music Theory Spring 2005
Sang competatively in two Jazz choirs for the Lionel Hampton School of Music

North Idaho College

Professor of Mathematics: August 2009-June 2024

North Idaho College (NIC), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Teaching

Teach 15-19 credits each semester with an average class size of 18-20 students

Teaching list: Math in Modern Society (A quantitative literacy course), Beginning, Intermediate and College Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre Calculus, Calculus and Analytical Geometry I, II, and III, Ordinary Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Mathematics of Aesthetics of Musical Tuning

Create an innovative interdisciplinary course, “Mathematics and Aesthetics of Musical Tuning” based on 15 years of private research, authorship of textbook in progress (Classical Academic Press)

Work as a team to create topic-driven exam review sessions open to all students instead of separate reviews by class, resulting in saving 2.5 hours of pre-finals-week prep time per faculty member, and 61% reduction in redundant duplication of physical resources

Service, commitee work and outreach

Advise students in life and study skills, career paths, and mathematical understanding

Establish interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquium Series, increasing faculty collaboration by 5 hours per semester, qualitatively improving morale

Hiring committee member for Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering Division as needed

Assist in planning and running the annual NIC high school math competition

Academic Standards and Appeals Committee, 2019-2023

Division Representative on North Idaho College Curriculum Council for two terms: 2013-2019

Co-chair Outreach Committee: works for better integration of services at branch campuses with those at the main campus, 2010-2013

Selection committee member and liaison to North Idaho College for NASA ORBIT STEM scholarship through the Idaho Space Grant Consortium: 2013-15

North Idaho College Engineering Club advisor: 2013-14

Research

Build interactive mathematics models of Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations, and the Quadrivium (historical Number Theory, Musical Tuning and Geometry). This led to contract work for Pearson Publishing

Lead an independent student study group on Greek mathematics

Re-sequence Calculus subjects improving comprehension by 10-20%

Data Science project: tutoring logs for the NIC Math Education Center

Analysis of complex data: financial, educational, musical

Publish and present at many conferences, often by invitation

Yakima Valley College

Full Time Mathematics Instructor, Dept. Supervisor: August 2007-June 2009

Yakima Valley College, Grandview WA

Teaching

Taught 9-12 credits each quarter (three quarters per year) with an average class size of 10-15 students. Teaching list: Math for Elementary Education I and II, Beginning, Intermediate and College Algebra

Team-taught a linked pair of classes, remedial Math and remedial English

Developed a unit about Lewis Carroll as a man, an author, and a mathematics professor within an integrated team-taught history course

Co-founded a Grandview Faculty Colloquium

Created mathematical computer modeling for student understanding

Created interactive math resources website for Yakima Valley College under Title V Grant.

As math department supervisor at the Grandview branch campus I:

Mentored adjunct faculty

Advised students in career choice, credit loads, and life coaching

Ran and operated the math study center

Served as Mathematics Club Advisor

Managed textbook orders for Grandview branch campus

Attended two regional math conferences

Helped organize Washington Association of Mathematics for Two Year Colleges conference hosted by Yakima Valley College

University of Idaho

Part Time Mathematics Instructor, August 2004-2007

University of Idaho, Moscow ID

Teaching

Taught 6 credits each semester with an average class size of 24-100 students

Teaching list: Math for Liberal Arts Majors, Pre Calculus, Survey of Calculus, Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, II, and III, Ordinary Differential Equations

Tutored in Polya Learning Lab, a self-paced emporium model algebra learning center

Kept regular weekly office hours for tutoring

Research

Took 18 credits of coursework towards a PhD in Pure Mathematics, University of Idaho, 2006-2007

Studied math students’ cognitive levels as a research assistant (Advisor: Dr. David Thomas)

Created mathematical computer models for student understanding (3D models for Calculus III)

Collaborated with state-level iniative to create math-and-art curriculum modules for highschools

Researched musical Tuning and its history and application to mathematics

Wrote a music theory unit and a graph theory course map for the quantitative reasoning course (this became the initial outline for a math and music textbook)

Other

Finished a second degree in Music Theory Spring 2005

Sang competatively in two Jazz choirs for the Lionel Hampton School of Music

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