Research
I am interested in the intersection between adolescent development and mathematics learning. In particular, I wonder about the ways in which students' experiences of social dimensions of the mathematics classroom intersect with opportunities to learn mathematics and students' beliefs about themselves as learners of mathematics. Also, I am curious about how to support prospective and novice teachers in their development of reflective thinking skills so that they can learn more effectively from their own practice. [more]
Teaching
I usually teach undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics education. This semester, Fall 2010, I am teaching two doctoral seminars. EDUC 806 is the Proseminar for all incoming Ph.D. students in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. It is a generalist, breadth course designed to introduce Ph.D. students in Education to significant concepts in the field examined through qualitative research. EDUC 835 (Foundations of Mathematics Education 3 – Research and Theory on Mathematics Curriculum) is one of four doctoral courses offered in the mathematics education specialization area. [more]
Service
Currently, I am the Ph.D. program coordinator for the School of Education at the University of Delaware. In 2008-2010, I was the treasurer and membership coordinator for the American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education. [SIG-RME]
Personal
One of my hobbies is photography. I became interested in photography when I first moved away from my home state of Arizona in 1999. I wanted to capture what I saw and share it with my family and long distance friends. I had been using a point and shoot digital camera for years. I started using a DSLR camera in April, 2007. I took my first photography class at the Delaware College of Art and Design in the fall of 2007, and now I am able to use manual settings when I shoot! Since then, I have taken a course on photoshop for photographers at DCAD in the Fall of 2009, a course that allowed me to shoot at Longwood Gardens after dark in the Spring of 2010, and I will be taking a course at DCAD on landscape photography in the Fall of 2010. [photography portfolio]