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Education

  • Rutgers University, Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics
  • University of Rochester, B.A. in Mathematics and English
  • 2005 Colorado Woman of Distinction Award

Current Positions

  • Associate Director for Education of DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science.
  • Education and Outreach Director of CCICADA, the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence
  • Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Past Positions

  • Associate Director, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, 1/06 – 8/07
  • Colorado Institute of Technology
    President and CEO, 4/03 – 4/06
    Vice President and Chief Academic Office (on leave from CU-Denver), 3/01-12/01
  • University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences
    Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and Provost, 7/98 – 3/03
    Professor of Mathematics (continued to teach at CU, two courses a year, while President of CIT and while Vice Chancellor at CU; graduate Game Theory and undergraduate Math for Liberal Arts), 7/98 – 5/06
  • National Science Foundation
    Director of the Division of Elementary, Secondary and Informal Science Education, 12/92 – 6/98
    Senior Executive Service Appointment (SES) – January 1993
    SES Promotions – April 1994; April 1995; April 1996 – SES-4 (cap).
    Section Head, Instructional Materials Development, 6/92 – 12/92
    Program Officer, Instructional Materials Development, IPA, 8/91 – 6/92
  • Northeastern University, Boston MA
    Professor and Chairperson, Department of Mathematics, 1988-92
    Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1984-88
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1980-84
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
    Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology and Social Relations, 1986-87
  • Rutgers, the State University, NJ
    Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, 1977-80
    Founder and Director of a program to Combat Math Anxiety in Returning Women, Douglass College, 1977-80
    Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, 1965-67
  • Rider University, Lawrenceville NJ
    Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, 1975-77
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1967-74
  • State University of NY at Geneseo
    Instructor of Mathematics,1963-65
  • Greece Olympia High School, Greece, NY
    Teacher of Mathematics, 1962-63

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