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Employment and Experience

Employment History:

• Loyola Marymount University
  
  • Retired, appointed Professor Emerita, 2013
  • Professor of Mathematics, 1985-2013
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1980-1985
  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1973-1980

• Turpin Systems Company, Sepulveda, CA
  
  • Consultant, Freight Train Simulator Project, August, 1975
    

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Administrative Experience:

• Loyola Marymount University
  • Interim Director, Office of Faculty Development (2010-2011)
  • Director, Center for Teaching Excellence (2006-2010)
  • Chairperson, Department of Mathematics (2005-2006)
  • Director, Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics Program (1997-2005)
  • Campus Coordinator, Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher Excellence (1995-2001)
    an NSF Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Program
  • Coordinator, Mathematics Concentration in Liberal Studies Program (1995-2007)
  • Coordinator, Single Subject Matter Program in Mathematics (1994-2007)
  • Chairperson, Department of Mathematics (1983-1986)
  • Director, Graduate Mathematics Program (1979-1981)

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Professional Experience:

• Advisory board member (2017-2023), Supporting and Sustaining Scholarly Mathematics Teaching, an NSF-funded project (NSF DUE #1795952) that seeks to improve teaching and learning in undergraduate mathematics courses.
• Coordinator, 2013 Mathematical Association of America Travel Study Tour - Inside Passage Alaska
  • Math Ed Resources
  • MAA Focus article (Vol. 33, No. 6, December 2013/January 2014, pp. 20-21, see http://digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/publication/?i=187509)
• Advisory Board Member
  • High School Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint Project (1999-2001)
    funded by the Stuart Foundation
• Outside Evaluator
  • University of Redlands, Mathematics Department (1996)
  • CSU Dominguez Hills, Mathematics Department (1989)
• Consultant
  • Universidad Rafael Landivar, Mathematics Department
    Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 1997