Educational Background
- M.S., Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Thesis: Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems: A Numerical Approach.
Advisor: John M. Neuberger, Ph.D.- B.S., Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
- A.S., Math and Science, Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
Professional Background
- August 2008 - Present: Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
- August 2004 - August 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
- Aug. 2000 – August 2004: Instructor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
- Aug. 1997 – Aug. 2000: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
- Summers of 1998 and 1999: Core Faculty, Mathematics, Four Corners Math and Science Summer Program, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
- Jan. 1995 – Aug. 1997: Assistant Director of the Math and Science Center, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ. Also helped students with problem solving in math, physics, and chemistry
- Jan. 1995 – Aug. 1997: Mathematics and Physics Tutor. Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Jan. 1990 – June 1991: Physics Lab Technician. Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
- Jan. 1989 – June 1991: Mathematics Tutor. Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
Awards
- Student Choice's Award, VVC, 2009
- Student Choice's Award, VVC, 2008
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers. 2006-2007
- Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. 2000, NAU
- Tutor of the Semester. 1995, ASU Athletics Department
- Tutor of the Year. 1991, VVC
Publications
- Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Eight Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2007
- Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2007
- Instructor's Solution Manual for Calculus for The Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison - Wesley 2006
- Student's Solution Manual for Calculus for The Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison - Wesley 2006
- Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2004
- Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Sixth Edition, by Neil Weiss, Addison - Wesley 2004
- Nonlinear Elliptic Value Problems: A Numerical Approach. (Thesis), NAU 2000
Grants
- VVC Faculty Grant Program. Submitted May 2009 (Funded for $1200)
- Title V Grant Team Member. Submitted March 2004 (Funded for $2.7 million over 5 years)
- VVC Faculty Grant Program. Submitted April 2003 (Funded for $2500)
- Title V Grant Team Member. Submitted February 2003 (Not Funded)
- Upward Bound Grant Team Member. Submitted December 2002 (Not Funded)
- Tracking Basic Skills Students for Academic Success. Submitted May 2002 with Joe Pendleton (Not Funded)
Presentations
- Integration by Parts and The Hydrogen Atom. Victor Valley College, 4/2003
- Matrices in Physics Education. Victor Valley College, 10/2002
- Teaching as a Career. Victor Valley College, 4/2001
- Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems. MAA Southwest regional conference, 4/2000
- Bifurcation Diagrams and Stability of Critical Points. NAU Applied Math seminar series, 2/2000
Membership
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- American Mathematics Association of Two year Colleges (AMATYC)
- California Mathematics Council Community Colleges South (CMC^3-South)
- Society of Physics Students (SPS)
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- American Physics Society (APS)