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Meet the Faculty
Mary Shepherd
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| Title: |
Associate Professor |
| Office: |
GS 1677
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| Phone: |
660.562.1205 |
| Email: |
msheprd@nwmissouri.edu |
| Joined Northwest in 2001 |
Courses Taught
- College Algebra
- Precalculus
- Calculus 1
- Calculus 2
- Multivariate
Calculus
- College Geometry
- Logic of the Exact Sciences
- Non-Euclidean
Geometry
Education
- PhD-Mathematics, Washington Univ. in St.
Louis, 1996
- MA-Mathematics, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, 1993
- M
Accountancy-University of Oklahoma, 1987
- B Music-Missouri State University, 1976
Academic Interests
- Differential
Geometry
- Undergraduate Mathematics Education-reading mathematics
Scholarly Activity
- "Group
Actions in Cross-Stitch," in Crafting by
Concepts, edited by sarah-marie belcastro and Carolyn Yackel, publisher CRC
Press, 2011.
- "Can
First-Year University Students Read Their Mathematics Textbooks Effectively?"
Joint paper with John and Annie Selden, to appear, Journal of Mathematical
Thinking and Learning.
- "Reading
Online Mathematics Textbooks," joint paper with Carla van de Sande, Proceedings
of the 14th Annual Conference of Research in Undergraduate
Mathematics Education, 2011.
- "Teaching
Mathematics Reading Strategies to First Year College Mathematics Students and
the Effect on Reading Comprehension," Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference
of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2010.
- "Reading
Online Mathematics Textbooks," presentation at 14th Annual RUME Conference,
Portland, Oregon, February, 2011.
- "Reading
Online Mathematics Textbooks," presentation at Joint Mathematical Meetings, New
Orleans, Louisiana, January, 2011.
Student Group Advisement
Other Professional Experiences
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Sabbatical
2010-2011 academic year spent at Arizona State University
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Professional
memberships in AMS, MAA, AWM
Other
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Past
member of MAA Executive Committee, current member of Budget Committee of the
MAA Board of Governors
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Past
Secretary/Treasurer of Missouri Section of the MAA.
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Current
Vice-Chair of the Missouri Section of the MAA.
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Hobbies: running, cross-stitching
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Favorite
books: mysteries and science
fiction/fantasy
