While the bulk of my vocational and career goals is primarily in/on teaching mathematics at the two-year college level, a very small aside interest revolves around:

(1) Understanding the nature and meaning of teaching mathematics
(2) Teacher-self efficacy for teaching mathematics effectively
(3) Two-year college mathematics education as a formal field of study

If these items are of interest to you, and you’d like to help me on this journey to learn, I’d be happy to hear from you.

Things, individuals, writings/works from/about individuals I’ve found perhaps invaluable

• Ama Ata Aidoo
• Deborah Loewenberg Ball
• Book of Nehemiah
• Gospel According to John
• Hannah Arrendt
• John Lennox
• Koo Nimo
• My parents
• Nicholas Wolterstorff
• Paul Ernest
• Steve Biko
• Vilma Mesa
• Wander Garner (Former Executive Director of AMATYC)

Research Related Work

• Principal Investigator for the collaborative NSF-funded project, State-wide Professional Development to Promote Active Learning in Mathematics for Michigan Community Colleges (informally, Reconnect Mathematics Project, RMP).
• Principal Investigator for Kellogg CC’s Bruin Excels in College Algebra (BECA), a project to improve Math 125-College Algebra. BECA is part of the NSF-funded AMATYC Teaching for PROWESS Project.

Professional development opportunities that I have found invaluable

• AMATYC
• MichMATYC
• The Mathematics Education for the Future Project (MEFJ)
• International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME)
• Critical Issues in Mathematics Education (Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute)

Some Notable Engagements

• Past Talks: ICME, AMATYC, MichMATYC, MEFJ
• Editor, AMATYC News (2012)
• Journal Editor, MathAMATYC Educator (2013-2015)
• Co-conference Coordinator, MichMATYC (2017)
• Board Treasurer, AMATYC (2015-2019)
• Editorial Board Member, PRIMUS (2022-Present)
• MichMATYC President-Elect/President (2022-2025)
• NSF Reviewer 2024