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DORIS J.
SCHATTSCHNEIDER holds a Ph.D. in
mathematics from Yale University and
taught mathematics at Moravian College for 34 years. She is the author
of more than 40 articles, and author or editor of several books. She
was Director for two FIPSE-funded projects that developed A Companion to Calculus and
mentored several campuses in developing a course
integrating precalculus review with a first course in calculus. She has
been active in the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at all
levels, and was editor of MATHEMATICS
MAGAZINE 1981–1985. In 1993 she
received the national MAA Award for Distinguished Teaching of College
or University Mathematics. |
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ALICIA N. SEVILLA
has
a Ph.D. in
mathematics from Cornell University and is Professor of Mathematics at
Moravian College, where she has taught for over 20 years. She
participated in the two FIPSE projects that produced A Companion to Calculus and
mentored other institutions to adopt the integrated
approach. She recently served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science, and was co-director of a National Science
Foundation grant to develop and implement a quantitative reasoning
course. She is an active member of the Mathematical Association of
America, and serves as Coordinator of Student Chapters for the Eastern
Pennsylvania and Delaware Section. |
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KAY B. SOMERS
earned
a Ph.D. in
mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has worked in
industry as a statistics and operations research analyst and is
Professor of Mathematics at Moravian College where she has taught for
23 years. She recently served as Director of General Education at
Moravian and was co-director for several federal grants. The most
recent of these was a National Science Foundation grant to develop and
implement a quantitative reasoning course. She is active in the
Mathematical Association of America and serves on the MAA Classroom
Resources Editorial Board. She received the Lindback Foundation Award
for Excellence in Teaching at Moravian College in 1990. |
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DENNIS C. EBERSOLE is
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Northampton Community
College where he has taught since 1971. His interests include improving
mathematics education in grades K–12. Since 1989 he has administered
several grant-funded programs for teachers of mathematics to strengthen
their mathematical and pedagogical knowledge and skills. In addition to
A Companion to Calculus,
he has authored or coauthored five other
mathematics texts. He is a contributing writer for the revision of
"Mathematics Standards Before Calculus" in BEYOND CROSSROADS, published
by the American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges. |