Dr. Therese Shelton

Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX

Professional Interests

• Quality Undergraduate Education
• Teaching with Technology
• Differential Equations
• Mathematical Modeling
• Effective Program Assessment

This MAA Professional Enhancement Workshop was fabulous! Flash at the Beach: Creating Mathlets with Adobe Flash. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Jun 11-15, 2007. I am going to particpate in the upcoming one: Flash in the Valley Jun 9-13, 2008 at Shippensburg, PA.

I was department chair from July 2002 to June 2007.
I've attended the TAAAMS meetings: Texas Association of Academic Administrators in Mathematical Sciences. President elect for 2005-06; President 2006-07.
I attended the MAA PREP Workshop Leading the Academic Department with funding from the National Science Foundation in Jun 2003 (Reston, VA).

Some work on Assessing Learning in Mathematics:
I presented "Building Assessment Capacity", a peer-reviewed paper, Feb 07 at the Annual Assessment Conference, College Station, TX.
Presented "From Pre-tests to Capstones" at the JMM 2007.
Invited to present "Assessment of the Math Program" for the 2006 Spring meeting of TAAAMS.
Attended "Embedding Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Regularly Scheduled Assignments & Tracking Assessment Data Using Faculty-Friendly Procedures" Oct 05. Concordia University, Austin, TX.
Participated in a three-year workshop program: Assessing the Undergraduate Mathematics Program. A MAA PREP/SAUM Project. Mar 04 at High Point, NC.; Jan 05 Atlanta, GA.; Jan 06 San Antonio, TX. Funding: NSF, Southwestern University. Included written and oral presentations.

recent JMM or Joint National Mathematics Meetings of the
     Mathematical Association of America,      America Mathematical Society, and      Association of Women in Mathematics

• 2008 in San Diego, CA.
• 2007 in New Orleans, LA.
• 2006 in San Antonio, TX.
  Minicourses: Designing and Evaluating Assessments for Undergraduate Statistics; Using and Adapting Online Materials.
• 2005 Atlanta, GA. Served as a panelist for "Using the CUPM Guide". Minicourses: Mathematical Finance; Infusing Connections into Core Courses for Future Secondary Teachers.

recent MathFest Meetings of the MAA,

• 2007 San Jose, CA. Shortcourse "Implementing Biology Across the Mathematics Curriculum". Minicourse "Some Deterministic Models in Mathematical Biology and Their Simulation"
• 2006 Knoxville, TN. Shortcourse "Environmental Models". Minicourses: "Combinatorially Thinking"; "Fair Division".

recent Texas Section Meetings of the MAA,

• 2007 at The University of Texas Pan Am in Edinberg. Presented "Simulating Simple Disease or Rumor Spread."
• 2006 Midwestern University in Wichita Falls.

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