My key research interests are in the area of mathematics education. My interests in Ethnomathematics include the intersection of the textile arts with mathematics and technology. Gender equity and the use of student writing in the area of mathematics are also areas of study. Here is a list of recent presentations and publications and professional activities.
Grant and Consulting Activities
Currently working with CCSU and the New Britain School System on the implementation of a new school initiative. The Global Collegiate Academy opens in Fall 2007
2005-2006 worked with two MSP grants through the Connecticut Department of Education: MidSTEP (Hartford) (participating consultant) and Gearing up for Algebra (New Britain) (collaborator on grant preparation and participating consultant).
Teacher Quality Partnership Grant “Integrated Mathematical Applications to Promote Understanding” 2004-2005. Awarded $76,237 to work with elementary teachers in New Britain, Cromwell, Rocky Hill and Southington by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education.
Presentations and conferences
Accepted as presenter with Adele Miller at AMATYC 2007 in Minneapolis November 2007. Presentation Topic: Timely Reflections <> Fast Serve Feedback
Proposal accepted to speak at NE-NAME Conference in Hartford CT in October of 2007 on the Mathematics 344 Course at CCSU title of the session is Mathematics of Diverse Cultures.
Speaker Bridges Donostia 2007 –Baskets for the Mathematics Class, July 2007.
Presenter with Adele Miller at NEMATYC (New England Mathematics Association for Two Year Colleges) in Fall River MA. Presentation Topic: Timely Reflections <> Fast Serve Feedback, Spring 2007.
Attended Teachers College Mathematics Colloquia- Elizabeth Fennema speaking on women in mathematics, September 2006.
Designed and executed 2 In-service workshops for Middle School and High School teachers in New Britain Schools, 2006-2007 academic year.
Presentation at the inaugural Connecticut AMTEC (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators in Connecticut) Conference held at CCSU – topic was use of email reflections in pre-service elementary teaching courses, September 2006.
Attended Third International Congress on Ethnomathematics in Auckland, New Zealand, February 2006
Attended NCTM Regional Meeting in Hartford, November 2005
Vice-President for membership for NASGeM , North American Study Group for Ethnomathematics (2005-current)
NCTM speaker at the 2006 Annual Meeting in St. Louis on the topic “A Real-World Example of the Isometry Group of the Square.”
ICME-10 (International Congress on Mathematics Education) Copenhagen Denmark July 4-11, 2004 Poster Presentation “Tellem Weaving: Ethnomathematics for Pre-service Teachers.”
ATOMIC Spring Conference, Speaker, March 2001, March 2002, March 2003, March 2004, 2005.
Attended AMTE Conference, Dallas TX, January 2005, Atlanta GA, January 2003 and Costa Mesa, CA January 2001.
CCELT (Connecticut Consortium or Enhancement of Learning and Teaching November 7, 2003. Tatiana Gotcheva and I collaborated on a presentation “Problem Solving for Pre-Service Teachers: Building a Community for Mathematics Majors”.
Caribbean Mathematics/Science Institute (Primary Mathematics Training), Institute Facilitator, Erdiston College, Barbados. VI, July 2003 with Adele Miller, July-August 2002.
II CIEM – International Congress on Ethnomathematics, Panel Speaker, 5th to 7th of August 2002 in Ouro Preto, Brazil.
NCTM Annual Meeting, San Antonio Texas, Speaker, April 2003
Attended MAA Regional Meeting, Framingham State College, November 2002 and Bridgewater State College, November 2001.
Presenter Mathematics Department In-Service Workshop on Implementing the new NCTM Standards, Renbrook School, West Hartford CT, January 2001.
Attended NCTM Regional Meeting Springfield, MA, November 2000.
Publications and writing
“Baskets for the Mathematics Classroom”, Proceedings of Bridges 2007, Donostia, Spain, pp. 115-122.
Wrote a section on Geometry for kindergarten for Houghton Mifflin project, December
2006
“The Tellem Weavers Meet the TI-83 Calculator, November 2005, Mathematics Teacher, NCTM. Click here for a link. Tellem Article
Research Interests