last updated 27 March 2006

Career Objectives	Development of courses, software, and other learning environments
	Continued personal growth in mathematics scholarship and teaching
Current Interests	Textbook on Great Ideas in Mathematics
	History of mathematics and physics
	Developing computer course material
	Interactive textbooks
	Geometry
Education	Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1981
	M.S., Vanderbilt University, 1979
	B.S., Eckerd College, 1973
Employment	2003 - present, Stetson University, professor with tenure
	1995 - 2003, Stetson University, associate professor with tenure
	Summer 2000, Carleton College, summer program instructor
	1992 - 1995, Stetson University, assistant professor
	1989 - 1992, Ithaca College
	1988 - 1989, Cornell University, visiting professor
	1984 - 1988, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
	1981 - 1984, University of Alabama
Memberships	American Mathematical Society
	Mathematics Association of America
	Pi Mu Epsilon
Recent Publications	Essentials of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 2003. ISBN 0-88385-729-4.
	Interactive software: Differential Equations Set (15 workbooks), Light, Chaos, more, Mathwright Library, 1994-2001.
	"A geometric approach to ordinary differential equations," in Revolutions in Differential Equations, MAA Notes, 1999.
	A Guided Tour of Differential Equations, Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0-13-592767-6.
	"Introduction to ODEs" and "Some Cool ODEs," two modules in ODE Architect, Wiley, 1998.
	"Interactive texts and a virtual environment", PRIMUS, 6 (1996) 59-66.
Recent Talks	"Interactive Investigation of Geometry through Ligh Rays," AMS/MAA Meetings, 2005.
	"An Overview of Fuzzy Logic," MAA Florida Section Meeting, 2002.
	"Investigating Geometry through Light Rays," MAA Summer Meeting, 2001.
	"The Talk With No Title," SU Math Dept. Colloquium, 1999
	"Learning, Teaching, and Computers," SU Math Dept. Colloquium, 1998
	"ODE Labs," AMS/MAA Meetings, 1996
	"Interactive texts for differential equations," AMS/MAA Meetings, 1996
Grants	From NSF through Jim White, Project Welcome, 2000-2001
	From NSF through Jim White, Mathwright electronic library, 1996 & 1997
	From NSF through CODEE, ODE Architect, 1995-1996
	From NSF through CODEE, faculty workshop, 1995
	From Ithaca College, computer materials for Differential Equations, 1990
	From University of Alabama, summer research, 1982
	From AAUW, dissertation fellowship, 1980-1981
Courses Created	Great Ideas in Mathematics
	Differential Equations, computer materials
	Chaos and Fractals
	Introduction to Logic & Proof
	Topology
	What is Mathematics?

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