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- Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance, University of Michigan, 1992
- Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of Rochester, 1987
- Master of Music in Flute Performance, Indiana University, 1989
- Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, magna cum laude, University of Rochester, 1987
- Bachelor of Music in Applied Flute with high honors, Eastman School of Music, 1987
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Distinctions
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- Full tuition Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan
- Full tuition Graduate Assistantship, Indiana University
- Phi Beta Kappa, Gale Prize in Mathematics, Stoddard Prize in Mathematics, University of Rochester
- Presser Scholar, Lois Smith-Rogers Scholarship, Rose Scholarship, Eastman School of Music
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Qualification Summary
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- Over thirteen years college teaching experience with students diverse in age, ability and ethnicity
- Areas of teaching competence include Calculus I, II, and III (standard engineering sequence), Calculus IV (Vector Calculus), Differential Equations, Business Calculus I and II, Math for Business and Economics, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, College Math (“Math for Liberal Arts Majors”), Elementary Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra (developmental algebra)
- Experienced in developing course curricula and demonstration materials for the following: Calculus II, III, IV, and Differential Equations computer labs using Mathematica, other instructional material for Mathematica, and Business Calculus computer labs using Excel spreadsheets
- Teach internet-based Elementary Algebra course
- Experienced in developing workshops for faculty and tutors on computer technology
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Teaching Experience
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Professor, Austin Community College, 2002-present. |
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Teach a mixture of college credit and developmental courses, including classroom based instruction as well as an internet-based Elementary Algebra course. Oversee departmental computer technicians. As chair of Math Technology Committee, track faculty computer needs and provide computer and software advice to other faculty. Develop informational web pages for students and faculty and write computer labs for selected classes. Serve on departmental and college committees as needed. Advise students on placement and course selection as needed. |
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Assistant Taskforce Chair for Mathematics, Austin Community College, 2001-2002. |
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Hired staff technicians and organized 6 computer classrooms (at 5 campuses) operated by the math department. Oversaw the deployment of several department servers. Developed database applications for Math department and academic Deans at college. |
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Associate Professor, Austin Community College, 1999-2002. |
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Taught a mixture of college credit and developmental courses. As chair of Math Technology Committee, tracked faculty computer needs and provided computer and software advice to other faculty. Developed informational web pages for students and faculty and write computer labs for selected classes. Served on departmental and college committees as needed. Advised students on placement and course selection as needed. |
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Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics, Austin Community College, 1992-1999, summer 1987. |
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Taught 3 courses per semester during fall and spring and 2 courses per semester during summers. Frequently substituted for other faculty and assisted other faculty with computer problems. |
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Part-time Mathematics Instructor, Concordia University, Austin, Texas, 1997 and 1999. |
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Taught one course per semester for two semesters. Took over a class for an instructor who resigned during the semester. |
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Adjunct Flute Instructor, Austin Community College, 1993-1998. |
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Taught individual flute lessons and recruited flute students. |
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Part-time Music Instructor, Concordia University, 1994-1998. |
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Directed the flute ensemble. |
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Staff Tutor, Austin Community College, 1992-1994, summer 1987. |
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Tutored students at all levels in math in the college tutoring lab. |
Academic and Community Service
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- Manage computer lab technicians for math department’s computer classrooms and servers
- Developed and presented the following workshops for faculty: Introduction to Mathematica; Graphing for Free; Mathematica – Beyond the Basics; Using Excel in Math Classes
- Developed instructional materials for Calculus II, III, IV and Differential Equations computer labs using Mathematica, other instructional material for Mathematica, and computer labs for Business Calculus using Excel spreadsheets
- Developed database applications for Math department and academic Deans at college and produced first complete online (web) phone directory for college.
- Served on the following department and college-wide committees since 1999
- Technology Committee (chair, since 2001)
- Calculus III course committee (chair since 2003)
- College-wide Technology Committee
- Discrete Math Committee
- Distance Learning Committee
- Honors Committee
- Math Club Committee
- Web Pages Committee
- Other course committees: Elementary Algebra, Calculus IV, Differential Equations
- Perform in several semi-professional chamber music ensembles (including La Follia Austin Baroque and the Austin Bach Quartet)
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Professional Studies
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- The Underprepared Learner In American Postsecondary and Adult Education, Texas State University (Summer 2004) – Graduate course in developmental education
- Technology Summit sponsored by Prentice-Hall (May 2003) – Four-day conference to discuss computer/internet-based teaching and grading programs for math courses
- Rocky Mountain Mathematica workshop (Summer 2001) – Week-long workshop on Mathematica programming, taught by Ed Packel
- International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (1996, 1999) – Attendee
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Other Competencies
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- Languages: English (native), German (some reading knowledge, very basic spoken knowledge)
- Some experience with database design and programming in Microsoft Access and web design – Hired for several smaller-scale consulting projects on database development, some with web components.
- Experienced chamber musician – Actively perform on modern and period historical flutes, with an emphasis on eighteenth century performance practices. I play the standard “modern” Boehm flute, one-key classical and baroque flutes, and an 8-key nineteenth-century flute.
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Web-based Resources Developed
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Some web sites I have developed over the last few years for student and faculty information
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