Areas of Interest

• Students' and teachers' epistemological beliefs of mathematics.
• Alternative measures of the impact of reform on mathematics curricula.
• International education.
• At-risk students and their families.

Use of technology in education.

• Epistemological Beliefs of Mathematics
• Reform Mathematics Curricula
• Educational Technology
• International Education
• At-Risk Students

Current Research Topic/Field-Based Project

Research Topic: Designing schools and distrcits as learning organizations for instructions improvement.

Project: A study of the institutional setting within districts attempting to implement mathematics reform in the middle grades.

Project: An evaluative study of effectivemeness of an early math tutoring intervention.

Former Experience

• K-8 Technology Coordinator
• Scientific Software Engineer
• Teaching and Research Assistant
• Adjunct Instructor

Education

• M.S. (2007) Teaching (concentration in mathematics), University of Maine
• B.S. (1992) Mathematics, Georgia State University
• B.S. (1990) Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology