Elizabeth F. Stepp

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Kentucky, May 2005

M.S., Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University, August 1996

B.S., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, May 1992

 

Full time Lecturer, The University of Texas, Department of Mathematics, 2007-Present

 

Awards:  President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award

http://www.utexas.edu/provost/initiatives/awards/univ/president.html

 

Courses Taught:  Number Theory; Calculus I and II; Pre-Calculus; Foundations in Mathematics; Introduction to Calculus; Discrete Mathematics, Graduate Course on Teaching (398T)

 

Committee Member, Math Placement Exam Committee

Helped design the first implementation of a UT specific math placement exam;

Continue to participate in the analysis and redesign of the exam to work towards better math placement;

 

Committee Member, Undergraduate Review Committee

Ongoing committee designed to evaluate current undergraduate program and make recommendations to improve upon current program

 

Committee Member, College Readiness Committee

Continue to work on math readiness for the incoming freshmen who are not Calculus

ready;

Designed online learning modules for students to use to remediate during the summer to better prepare for their freshman year mathematics

 

Committee Member, Dual Credit/Onramps Project

Designing math courses to be offered as dual credit in Texas high schools;

Will participate in the selection and training of teachers chosen to teach dual credit courses

 

Teaching Mentor for Graduate Students, 2008-Present

Designed a program to mentor graduate students through their first semester as a

primary instructor;

Hold regular meetings to discuss teaching strategies, grading, student motivation,

classroom management and time management;

Provided resources to Instructors when situations and questions arose;

Teach 398T for first year teaching assistants

Complete classroom observations and follow ups with new teaching assistants;

Designed Professional Series Seminar directed towards fifth and sixth year graduate students to prepare for an academic position

 

Co-Course Coordinator, Pre-Calculus

Redesigned course implementing the use of ALEKS;

Supervise the instructors teaching the course;

Revised the first redesign once original results were collected;

Designed online Learning Modules under the LIFT grant

 

Course Designer, Foundations of Mathematics

Designed a new course for students not ready for Pre-Calculus;

Raised the ALEKS placement scores for most students which placed them into the next

course in the sequence;

 

Co Course Designer, 408K for CNS

Worked with a team to create a Calculus I and II sequence for students in the College

of Natural Sciences

 

Course Designer, M407P/Q Transition to Calculus

Designed a year-long Calculus course to replace the traditional one semester course; The goal of the course is to lead a group of CNS students successfully through Calculus I and is in reaction to reducing the high QDF rate of the traditional course. 

 

Co-PI Transformations Proposal

Served as co-PI on the transformation proposal for Transition to Calculus

 

Assistant Professor, The Citadel, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2005-2007

Courses Taught:  Calculus I,II;  Elementary Mathematical Modeling;  Finite Mathematics; Calculus I and II; Graduate course in Mathematical Modeling;  Discrete Structures;  Graduate course in Mathematical Methods

 

Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky, Department of Mathematics, 1999-2005

Courses Taught:  Calculus I and II;  Calculus IV, Differential Equations;  Analytic Geometry and Trigonometry; Math for Elementary Teachers;  College Algebra (3 semesters);  Recitation leader for Calculus III (2 semesters);  Math Excel Workshop leader for Calculus I and II; 

 

Teaching Assistant, Middle Tennessee State University, 1995-1996

Courses Taught:  Developmental Mathematics I; Developmental Mathematics II;