Faculty

Professor, Department of Teacher Education

317 Erickson, (517) 432-9925

kbieda@msu.edu

http://kbiedamathed.com/

Kristen Bieda is a professor of mathematics education and current chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Her research focuses on classroom practices related to reasoning and proof in middle grades and secondary mathematics, with the goal of informing teacher education, curriculum, and professional development programs. Other interests include the use of lesson study in teacher preparation and the development of pre-service teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching through the use of curriculum as well as video-based representations of teaching.

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Gail Burrill

Specialist, Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME)

burrill@msu.edu

Gail Burrill was a secondary teacher and department chair in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin for over 28 years. She is currently a Mathematics Specialist in the Program in Mathematics Education at Michigan State University. She served as President of the National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM), and as Director of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. She co-directs the Institute for Advanced Study’s International Seminar and the Secondary School Teachers Program component of the Park City Mathematics Institute. Burrill is an instructor for Teachers Teaching with Technology and a senior mathematics advisor to Texas Instruments Education Technology. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics, an honorary doctorate from Rose Holman Institute of Technology and the NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award. Her research interests are statistics education, the use of technology in teaching secondary mathematics, and issues related to what it means to teach mathematics. The author of numerous books and articles on statistics and mathematics education, she has spoken nationally and internationally on issues in teaching and learning mathematics.

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Higinio Dominguez

Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education

116K Erickson, 517-355-2321

higinio@msu.edu

Higinio Dominguez is an associate professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University. His research reflects his desire to emancipate humanities research that turns every difference it encounters into Eurocentric interpretations and every expressivity into the regime of a language that is faithful to rigor, causality, and rationality while turning its back on love, reciprocity, and possibility. Higinio’s research collaborations flatten the hierarchical structures of Eurocentric humanities—structures so strong and tall that they crush and hide the diversity of human experiences. An ongoing dialogue between Indigenous Knowledges, feminism, new materialism, posthumanism, and the real experiences of teachers and students in mathematics classrooms has allowed Higinio to interrogate the pervasive representationalism that has wrongly authorized researchers to speak for the other.

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Alden Jack "AJ" Edson

Research Associate Professor, Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME)

C723 Wells Hall, 517-432-4551

edsona@msu.edu

AJ Edson is a research associate professor of mathematics education. His research focuses on secondary school mathematics curriculum design and development using design-based research methodologies. In particular, AJ is interested in studying the enactment of curriculum materials in a digital world. He is also interested in the affordances of innovative mathematics curriculum materials as a context for teacher learning. Currently, he works on initiating and implementing research and development grants related to the Connected Mathematics Project and assisting with CMP activities. He has had experience working on other NSF-funded curriculum materials, including Core-Plus Mathematics and Transition to College Mathematics and Statistics. The work on these projects involves collaborations with teams of mathematicians and statisticians, mathematics and statistics educators, and school mathematics teachers with a goal of providing students and teachers with problem-based, inquiry-oriented materials.

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Richard "Abe" Edwards

Academic Specialist, Lyman Briggs College and Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME)

E-25D Holmes Hall, 517-884-3931

aedwards@msu.edu

Richard “Abe” Edwards is an academic specialist in the Lyman Briggs College within MSU. He teaches a wide variety of mathematics courses and enjoys developing research experiences for undergraduates. In his own research, he studies the complex interplay between cultural norms, historical events, and mathematical developments. He is currently exploring the benefits and constraints of teaching mathematics via primary source documents. In addition, he directs an education abroad program in which students study the cultural history of mathematics in Florence, Paris, and London. Abe is a 2016 graduate of our mathematics education doctoral program.

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Taren Going

Research Associate, Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME)

C721 Wells Hall, 517-432-0054

goingtar@msu.edu

Taren Going is a postdoctoral scholar with the Connected Mathematics Project. She received her PhD in Mathematics Education from MSU in Summer 2021. Her research interests include inquiry-based and student-centered instruction, how to bring a broad, inclusive and motivating vision of math to diverse students, proof and reasoning in the middle school, and ambitious math teaching in the middle school. 

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Jennifer Green