Last Updated 7/2008

Peter M. Appelbaum

Professor, Department of Education, Arcadia University

Coordinator, Mathematics Education & Curriculum Studies Programs

Director-at-Large of Undergraduate Curriculum

Director, sTRANGELY fAMILIAR mUSIC gROUP

331 E. Gowen Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19119

appelbaum@arcadia.edu

http://gargoyle.arcadia.edu/appelbaum/

215-572-4476 (office) 215-753-1353 (home)

Publications

Presentations

Professional Service

Grants & Fellowships

Recent Employment

Education

 

 

Books

Embracing Mathematics: On becoming a teacher and changing with mathematics. NY: Routledge,  2008.

Children’s Books for Grown-up Teachers: Reading and writing curriculum theory. NY: Routledge, 2007.

Multicultural and Diversity Education.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.

(Post) Modern Science (Education): Frustrations, propositions, and alternative paths.   coeditor with John Weaver and Marla Morris.  NY: Peter Lang, 2001.

Popular Culture, Educational Discourse, and Mathematics. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.

 

I Can See the River: Science Education and Critical Democratic Literacies. With Stella Clark, University of Cape Town. Manuscript under review.

 

 

Chapters

Sense and Representation in Elementary Mathematics. In Bożena Maj, Marta Pytlak and Ewa Swoboda (eds.), Supporting independent thinking through mathematical education. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2008.

The Great Snape Debate. In Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, second edition. Elizabeth Heilmann (ed.). NY: Routledge, in press, 2008.

Let’s Do Lunch. Response to Rodriguez’ “Politics of Domestication”. In Curriculum studies--the next moment: Exploring post-reconceptualization, Eric Malewski (Ed.). NY: Routledge, in press, 2008.

Carnival of the Uncanny. In Erik Malewski and Nathalia Jaramillo (eds.), Epistemologies of Ignorance and Studies of Limits in Education. Routledge, in press.

Afterward: Bootleg Mathematics. In Opening the research text: Critical insights and in(ter)ventions into mathematics education. Elizabeth de Freitas and Kathy Nolan (eds.). NY: SUNY Press, 2007.

Mining Mathematics Education for Labor History. In Organizing the curriculum: Perspectives on teaching the American labor movement. Rob Linne, Leigh Benin and Adrienne Sosin (eds.). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2007, in press.

All of My Work is Commentary on Stephen Brown. In Educational transformations: The influence of Stephen I. Brown. Frances Rosamund and Larry Copes (eds.).. Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2006.

How can youth cultural practices (and popular culture) inform classroom pedagogy? In Classroom Teaching: An introduction. Joe Kincheloe (ed.). With Leif Gustavson. NY: Peter Lang, 2005.

Where is the Mathematics? Where are the Mathematicians? In Joe Kincheloe (ed.), Multiple Intelligences Reconsidered.  Peter Lang, 2004.

“Mathematics Education.” In International Encyclopedia of Critical Thinking. Danny Weil and Joe Kincheloe (eds.).  ABC-CLIO. 2004.

Afterward. In Alan Block. Joseph Schwab: A practical Jew. NY: Peter Lang, 2004.

Poaching: Sanctifying Time. In The Internationalization of Curriculum Scholarship. William Pinar (ed.). NY: Peter Lang. 2003.

Post-Holocaust Science Education. With Belinda Davis. In Difficult Memories: Talk in a (post) Holocaust Era. Marla Morris and John Weaver (eds.). Peter Lang, 2002.

Harry Potter's World: Magic, technoculture, and becoming human.  In Harry Potter's World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives Elizabeth Heilman (ed). Routledge, 2002.

Pastiche Science.  In (Post) Modern Science (Education). John Weaver, Peter Appelbaum and Marla Morris (eds.). Peter Lang, 2001.

Eight Critical Points for Mathematics.  In Perspectives in Critical Thinking: Essays by teachers in theory and practice. Dan Weil (ed.). Peter Lang, 1999.

Teaching/Learning Mathematics in Schools. In Unauthorized Methods:  Strategies for Critical Teaching. Shirley Steinberg & Joe Kincheloe (eds.). Routledge, 1998.

Target: Number. In The Post-Formal Reader. Joe Kincheloe & Shirley Steinberg (eds.). Garland, 1998.

Saturday Morning Magic and Magical Morality. In Popular Culture and Critical Pedagogy.  John A. Weaver and Toby Daspit (eds.). P. Lang, 1998.

 

 

Smartgrrls and Glass Walls; Media and Mathematics Education: In What do we learn from critical theories? in Gender and Mathematics Education. Joanne Rossi Becker, Helen Forgasz, Kyunghwa Lee, Olof Steinthorsdottir (eds.), in press.

 

Articles

The Great Snape Debate. Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. 4. 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/jaaacs/vol4/appelbaum.htm.

Math Education and Social Justice: Gatekeepers, politics, and teacher agency. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal. 22 (November), 2007. with Erica Davila. http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/PErnest/pome22/Appelbaum%20and%20Davila%20%20Math%20Education%20And%20Social%20Justice.doc

Diss-Conceptualizing Curriculum: Is there a next in the generational text? Reprise. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 22 (1): 11-24, 2006.

Cyborgs Questioning Technology Questioning Curriculum. Journal of the American association for the advancement of curriculum studies. 2, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/jaaacs/vol2/appelbaum.htm.

Tales from Camp Wilde: Queer(y)ing environmental education research, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 8 (1): 44-66, 2003. with Noel Gough, Annette Gough, and Warren Sellers, Deakin University, Australia, Sophia Appelbaum, Project Learn School, Philadelphia, and Mary Doll, Savannah College of Art and Design.

Heterarchic Interpretations of Family Involvement in Mathematics Education. Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction. 4 (2): 17-25, 2002.

Enterprise Education: Review Essay. The Australian Educational Researcher. 29 (2): 131-144, 2002. with Noel Gough, Deakin University, Australia.

Diss-Conceptualizing Curriculum: Is there a next in the generational text? Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 18 (1): 7-19, 2002.

Can a Game-Show Host Become a Talk-Show Host? Can a Day-Trader Become a Reality Provocateur? Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education. 4 (2): 125-127, 2001.

Science! Fun? A Critical Analysis of Design/Content/Evaluation. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 33(5): 583-600, 2001.  with Stella Clark, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Performed by the Space: The Spatial Turn.  Journal of Curriculum Theorizing.  16 (3): 35-53, 2000.

The Stench of Perception and the Cacophony of Mediation.  For the Learning of Mathematics.  19 (2): 11-18, 1999.

An Other Mathematics: Object Relations and the Clinical interview.  Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. 14 (2): 35-42, 1998.  with Rochelle Kaplan, WPU.

Computer Mediated Communication for a Multicultural Experience. Educational Technology, Nov./Dec., 1995. with Ernestine Enomoto, University of Maryland.

The Power of Individual Subjectivity and the Subjectivity of Power in Education. Program on the Comparative Study of Social Transformations, Working Paper Series #30, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989.

 

Taking action – curricular organization for effective teaching and learning in mathematics. For the Learning of Mathematics. under review.

 

 

Other Publications

Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom. review essay. Education Review: A journal of book reviews. September 10, 2008. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev712.htm .

Curriculum and the Cultural Body. Review Essay. Education Review: A journal of book reviews. December 19, 2007. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev612.htm.

Psychoanalysis and Education. In Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Eugene Provenzo (ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2007.

Critical Mathematics Education. In Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Eugene Provenzo (ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2007.

Appelbaum, Peter. What Patterns Expect of Us. (Plenary conference paper). In Proceedings of the 1rst Annual Mathematics Education Meeting, Pedro Palhares (ed.). Braga, Portugal, June 3-7, 2003.

Mathematics Education: The Clothesline Project/Curriculum as Klein Bottle. Installation and videomontage. Faculty Research Exhibit, 150 years of scholarship. Arcadia University, October, 2003.

Appelbaum, Peter. Critical considerations on the didactic materials of critical thinking in mathematics, and critical mathematics education. (Quasi-plenary lecture). In Proceedings of the International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching, Maciej Klakla (ed.). Płock, Poland. July 22-28, 2003.

Erchick, Diana, Condron, Linda, & Appelbaum, Peter. Gender and mathematics Working Group: Reflections Upon and Movement Toward New Spaces. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Pscyhology of Mathematics Education – NA XXVI, in press.

Erchick, Diana, Condron, Linda, & Appelbaum, Peter. Gender and Mathematics Working Group: Emergent Themes. In Proceedings of the Twenty Second Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – NA XXII, M.L. Fernández (ed.). Tucson, AZ, 1, 53-57, 2000.

Condron, Linda, Erchick, Diana, Damarin, Suzanne, & Appelbaum, Peter. Discussion Group on Gender and Mathematics. In Proceedings of the Twenty Second Meeting for the Psychology of Mathematics Education – NA XXII, M.L. Fernández (ed.). Tucson, AZ, 2, 450-451, 2000.

Review Essay on Jane Kenway and Elizabeth Bullen. Consuming Children: Education Entertainment-Advertising. Buckingham/Phil: Open Univ. Press. Education Review, 2001. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev193.htm.

Review Essay on Karen Anijar. Teaching Toward the 24th Century: Star Trek as Social Curriculum. NY: Falmer Press. Education Review, 2000. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev130.htm.

Kaplan, Rochelle, Rosenfeld, Barbara & Appelbaum, Peter. Sharpening teachers’ assessment skills through technology-supported clinical supervision. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of PME-NA, 2, 744-750,1999.

Damarin, S., Erchick, D., Confrey, J., Buerk, D., Condron, L., Cossey, R., Hart, L., Appelbaum, P. & Brosnan, P. Gender and Mathematics: Integrating Research Strands. In Proceedings of the Twentieth Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – NA XX, S. Berenson, K. Dawkins, M. Blanton, W. Coulombe, J. Kolb, K. Norwood, & L. Stiff (eds.). Raleigh, NC, 1, 77, 1998.

Kaplan, Rochelle, and Peter Appelbaum. Redefining “The Object” of Assessment in Clinical Interviewing. Proceedings of the Twentieth Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – NA XX, In S. Berenson, K. Dawkins, M. Blanton, W. Coulombe, J. Kolb, K. Norwood, & L. Stiff (eds.). Raleigh, NC, 1, 692-6, 1998.

Mathematics in the News Project. http://gargoyle.arcadia.edu/appelbaum/newsproject.htm.

 Evaluation: Wisconsin SERC Staff Development Workshops. K-8 Science and NCTM's Standards for School Mathematics. Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Madison, WI, 1994.

Bibliographic Report: Central monographs in the history of education. Max Planck Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen, Germany, 1994.

 

Math in School is Art for Social Change. Administrator of FaceBook networking group facilitating international collaborations among critical mathematics educators.

 

Presentations

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy through 'Taking Action'. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Presession, Washington, DC, April 20-22, 2009.

Who’s Guilty of What? Postmodern “Undetectives” and Content Learning. American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April 13-17, 2009.

Taking Action: Public Pedagogy as Culturally Relevant Classroom Pedagogy, Standards, Objectives, and Transforming the World. American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April 13-17, 2009.

Researcher and Pupil-Auteurs on Classrooms and YouTube: Mathematical Différance and Theories of Everyday Practice. American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April 13-17, 2009. With Wolfram Meyerhöfer, University of Paderborn, Germany.

Who’s Guilty of What? Researchers as Undetectives. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, San Diego, CA. April 10-13, 2009.

Who’s Guilty of What? Post-neostructuralism and the art of an undetective. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, October 16-19, 2008.

Carnival of the Uncanny: multiculturalism and epistemologies of ignorance. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, October 16-19, 2008.

Sense and Representation in Elementary Mathematics. Plenary Address. Children's Mathematical Education Conference, Iwonicz-Zdrój, Poland, August 17-22, 2008.

Educational Studies for Intercultural Organizations, lecture series, University of Fulda, Germany, April 10-11, May 19-20, Jun 12-13, 2008.Why Are We Here? What a good enough teacher of mathematics might think about. Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 21, 2007.

Beyond the Idea of Inquiry. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2008.

„Von der Forschung zur Praxis: Gloria Ladson-Billings und die sechs Gewohnheiten der höchstwirksamen Lehrer“, oder „Warum sind wir hier? - Was ein möglichst guter Lehrer sich fragen sollte“. University of Potsdam, Germany. May 6, 2008.

Techne, the Polis, Juggling, and Prague: Technologies of the Moral Body or Ethical Stance? American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, New York, NY, March 21-24, 2008.

Why am I Here? Self-Doubts of the Expert Non-Expert.  Invited Fireside Chat Presentation, Opportunities for International Curriculum Studies. Division B. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, May 24-28, 2008.

The Great Snape Debate: The luminal terrain of popular culture and educational discourse. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, May 24-28, 2008.

Mathematics Education and Social Justice: Gatekeeper, politics and teacher agency. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, May 24-28, 2008.

Opening the Research TXt: Bootleg Mathematics. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, May 24-28, 2008.

‘Criteria for Understanding’ versus ‘Instructions for What to Do’. International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Education (CIEAEM). Dobogókö, Hungary, July 23-29, 2007.

Polya, Mason, Brown; Solving, Conjecturing, and Posing; Communities of Mathematicians. International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Education (CIEAEM). Dobogókö, Hungary, July 23-29, 2007.

Mining Mathematics Education for Labor History. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, Apr 9-13, 2007. with Robert Klein, Ohio University.

A Curriculum Studies Perspective on Teacher Education. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. Chicago, Apr 6-9, 2007. with Sarah Smitherman Pratt, University of North Carolina.

Children’s Books for Grown-up Teachers: A method of currere, JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, October 19-21, 2006

Labyrinth Typology, JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, October 19-21, 2006

Burning the Labor Movement Mathematics Education Strawman, JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, October 19-21, 2006

How can youth cultural practices (and popular culture) inform classroom pedagogy? International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Education. Srni, Czech Republic, July 9-15, 2006.

Dark Matter and the Discovery of the Secret Treasure. World Curriculum Studies Conference. Tampere, Finland, May 21-24, 2006.

Conversations with Nakul on the Impossibilities of School: On "Being Smart," Apathy, and the Importance of Learning

JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 20-22, 2005, with Nakul Deshpande, Penasco High School.

Twixt Psychoanalysis and education: mathematics. American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada, April 11-15, 2005.

When Students Don’t Learn: Resistance, codependency, advice, and learning in mathematics education. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Montréal, Canada, April 8-11, 2005.

How can youth cultural practices (and popular culture) inform classroom pedagogy? American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Montréal, Canada, April 8-11, 2005.

Problematizing problems of gender in mathematics education. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Presession, Anaheim, CA, April 4-6, 2005.

Implications of recent research in gender and mathematics for classroom practice. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Anaheim, CA, April 6-9, 2005.

A Critical Discussion of Gender and Mathematics: Addressing Globalization, Technology and Identifying Gender as "Problem." Working Group Co-Facilitator. PME-NA. Toronto, Ontario, Oct.14-21, 2004.

The Ideology of Invisibility. Gallery Talk, “Open.” Arcadia University Art Gallery, July 13, 2004.

What patterns expect of us: a romp through snapshots of classroom practice. (Invited Plenary Address) Mathematics Education Conference, Braga, Portugal, June 3-6, 2004.

Rhythms and Ratios: Ratio and Proportion through Invented Pattern Representations of Music and Dance. Mathematics Education Conference, Braga, Portugal, June 3-6, 2004.

Disciplinary perspectives on the multi- and inter- disciplinary. Invited panel on “What is Curriculum Studies?” American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. San Diego, April 9-12, 2004.

Trajectories and Metaphors: How we talk about mathematics education either makes a difference or tells others how we are different. (Keynote Presentation) Mathematics, Science and Technology Conference. Ohio State University. October 31- Nov. 1, 2003.

Perception stinks, vision sucks, and mediation isn’t any better; but maybe that’s really not so bad. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 2-4, 2003.

Research Catalyst Conference on “Studying the Impact of the Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,” invited working group on the “Changing Nature of Schooling and school Demographics,” National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA, Sept. 11-13, 2003.

Curriculum Research about Diversity and Equity from an American Perspective: Poaching in the International Context. University of Cape Town Spencer Fellow Seminar, South Africa, July 2003.

Critical considerations on the didactic materials of critical thinking in mathematics, and critical mathematics education. (Quasi-plenary lecture) International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching, Płock, Poland. July 22-28, 2003.

What is a Jewish Educational Experience? Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, Philadelphia, PA, May 2003.

Certified to Know: Students' Interpretations of Measures of Mathematical Success. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. April, 2003. with Robert Klein, Ohio State University.

A Curriculum Studies Standpoint on “Teaching and the Social Meanings of Technologies.” American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. April, 2003.

"Smartgrrls," Glass Walls, and Critical Studies of Media: Stop Making Sense (A Case Study of Mathematics and Gender as Disciplinary Curriculum Work). American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Chicago, IL, April, 2003.

Consuming Curriculum. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-27, 2002.

Teaching Cultural Studies: An Exploration of Denial. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-27, 2002.

Theorizing the “Neo” in Neopets. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-27, 2002.

Addiction Curriculum. AERA Session on Violent Visions: Predatory Youth. New Orleans, LA, April, 2002.

Weirding & Poaching. Internationalization of Curriculum Studies, New Orleans, LA, April 2002.

Critical Points for Critical Thinking. Arcadia University Graduate Colloquium Series, March 12, 2002.

I Can See the River/Learning About Nothing. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-29, 2001. with Stella Clark, University of Cape Town.

Weirding Curriculum. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-29, 2001.

Skirting the Issue: A Play Reading. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 24-29, 2001.

Strategies for “Really Doing” Diversity Education. New Jersey Conference on Multicultural Education, William Paterson University, April 2001.

What are We Afraid to Know? Cultural Studies and Curriculum Theory.  Paper delivered as chair of symposium, American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA, April 10-14, 2001.

Zero and Infinity: Addiction Education for the New Millennium (Zero Tolerance versus the Unbounded Pleasures of Technology).  Curriculum & Pedagogy Conference, Austin, TX, Nov. 8-12, 2000.

Disconceptualizing Curriculum: Is There a Next in the Generational Text? JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 25-28, 2000.

The Paralysis Called Academic Life: Problematizing self-deception between life story and structure. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 25-28, 2000.

Relating to Spaces of Difference.  Working group Co-facilitator, Gender and Mathematics. Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America, Tucson, AZ, October 22-27, 2000.

Mathematics Teachers Achieving Standards Through Metaphors.  University of Cape Town Spencer Fellow Seminar, South Africa, June 2000.

Critical Theory Research in Mathematics Education. Symposium on Research Paradigms in Mathematics Education.  Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America, Tucson, AZ, October 7-10, 2000.

Opportunities Through Education. Symposium Chair. The Fourth Annual Academic and Leadership Development Conference for African-American and Latino College Men, Wayne, NJ, April 1-2, 2000.

Poaching: Sanctifying Time. International Association of Curriculum Studies. Baton Rouge, LA, April 31-May 2, 2000.

Harry Potter's World: Magic, Technoculture, and Becoming Human.  Symposium on Technoculture and Curriculum Theory.  American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 24-31, 2000.

What is (Mathematics) Education?  Symposium/Exhibit on Arts-based Research in Education.  American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 24-31, 2000.

Poaching: sanctifying time and place.  University Research Day.  William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, April 10, 2000.

When Professors' Parents Send Their Kids to School, or "Oh No!  You've Got the Professor's Kid in Your Class." Symposium Chair and Presenter. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 27-30, 1999.

Poaching. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Dayton, OH, Oct. 27-30, 1999.

What We Know and What We Need to Know About SmartGrrls and Glass Walls.  Working Group on Gender and Mathematics: Exploring the Absences.  Working group Co-facilitator. Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America, Cuernavaca, Mexico, October 22-27, 1999.

Sharpening Teachers' Assessment Skills Through Technology-Supported Clinical Supervision. With Rochelle Kaplan & Barbara Rosenfeld, WPU.  Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America, Cuernavaca, Mexico, October 22-27, 1999.

Heterarchic Interpretations of Family Involvement.  Symposium on Parent Involvement in Mathematics Education.  American Educational Research Association, Montreal, 1999.

What is Education? -- Mathematics and Science.  Arts-based Research Symposium/Exhibit. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, 1999.

Feminist Pedagogy or Just Good Teaching?  Feminist Pedagogy Panel on Math, Science and Technology.  Women's History Month, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Mar. 1999.

The Case of Science and Technology.  Feminist Pedagogy Panel, Department of Women’s Studies, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Jan. 1999.

Pastiche Science: Bringing Cultural Studies of Science to Education, Situating Educational Studies at the Heart of Science Studies.  Symposium Chair and Presenter.  American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 4-8, 1998.

What We Learn Through Research Based on Critical Theory and Media Studies; Working Group Facilitator on Current Research on Gender and Gender Issues in Mathematics Education.  Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America.  Raleigh, NC, Nov. 1-3, 1998.

And We Built a Crooked Place: Beyond the Commodity/Cultural Resource Dualism Through Curriculum as Klein Bottle.  JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 21-25, 1998.

Math Talk. JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 21-25, 1998.

Performed by the Space: The Spatial Turn: Where Are We Now? American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 4-8, 1998.

What Does the Clinical Interview Tell Us? Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America.  Raleigh, NC, Nov. 1-3, 1998.

Gender as a Constructed “Problem” in Mathematics.  The New Jersey Project on Women’s Studies.  Brookdale, NJ, Mar. 1998.

My Teacher is an Alien. Symposium on Science Fiction as a Metaphor for Curriculum.  JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 15-19, 1997.

Student Choice in Grading: A Community Context. with Charles Carter, Lincoln University.  American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL, Mar. 24-28, 1997.

Using Technology for Performance Assessment in the Classroom. Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey, Montclair, NJ, May, 1997.

Saturday Morning Magic and Magical Morality. American Educational Studies Association, Montreal, ON, Nov., 1996.

Student Choice in Grading in a Preservice Course. with Charles Carter, Lincoln University. American Educational Studies Association, Montreal, ON, Nov., 1996.

The Stench of Perception and the Cacophony of Mediation: Technology Educator Positioned by Practice. JCT Conference on Curriculum and Classroom Practice, Monteagle TN, Oct., 1996.

Performance Assessment with Technology in the Classroom. Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey, East Brunswick, NJ, Oct., 1996.

Social, Cultural, and Political Questions in the Field of Mathematics Education Studies: The Formation of School Curricula and Pedagogic Experience. Cyborg Collective, Trenton, NJ, Apr., 1996.

Science Fun: A Critical Analysis of Design/Content/Evaluation. with Stella Clark, University of Cape Town, South Africa. American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, Apr. 1996.

Meeting NCTM Standards Through Software and Technology in the Classroom. Workshop Director, Continuing Education, William Paterson College, Apr. 1996.

 Making "Sense" of Curriculum as Commodity AND Cultural Resource. American Educational Studies Association, Cleveland, OH, Nov., 1995.

Preservice Teachers' Approaches to Problem Solving Lead to a Model of Conceptual Change. with Rochelle Kaplan, WPU.  Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America, Columbus, OH., Oct., 1995.

Cyborg Selves in the Post Cold War. JCT Conference on Curriculum and Classroom Practice, Monteagle TN, Sept., 1995.

Don't Call Them Luddites: Becoming a Change Agent in Your School. Conference on Technology in the Teaching of Mathematics. The New Jersey Institute for Technology in Mathematics. William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. June 1995.

Ezekiel Saw the Wheel: Problem Solving On and Off TV.  Issues and Ideas Series. WPU Faculty Lecture Series.  School of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. Apr. 1995.

Learn the Mathematics You Have to Teach. Continuing Education Workshop, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ, Oct. 6 & 13, 1994 .

Popular/Culture/Mathematics/Education/Studies. Max Planck Institut für Geschichte. Göttingen, Germany, June, 1994 .

Is the Self-Esteem Engine Losing Steam? Mathematics Education, the Self, and the Politics of Race. International Network of Philosophers of Education. Leuven, Belgium, Aug., 1994.

'Pop' Goes the Cyborg: The Politics of Mathematics Music Television. American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, Mar., 1994.

Who's Afraid of the Self-Esteem Engine? Mathematics Education for "Urban" Youth. American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA., Mar., 1994.

Ezekiel Saw the Wheel: Problem Solving On and Off TV in the 1980s. American Educational Studies Association, Chicago, IL., Nov., 1993.

Groping for Understanding: Looking at Student Disengagement from Different Methodological Perspectives. Symposium Discussant. American Educational Studies Association, Chicago, IL, Nov., 1993.

Girls, Women and Math as Commodities and Consumers: The Politics of Mathematics Education in the 1980s. Women in the Public Sphere. Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May, 1993.

The Best Teacher in America: Mathematics Education Meets Cultural Studies. American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA, Mar., 1992.

Computer Conferencing for a Multicultural Experience. American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA, Mar., 1992, with Ernestine K. Enomoto.

Public Spaces and Discourses Of/For Difference? --why we can't be liberal AND post-modern. Comparative and International Education Society, Pittsburgh, PA., Nov., 1991.

Taking the Public Out of the Private and the Private Out of the Public: Computer Conferencing in an education course. Plots and Plans: National Graduate Women's Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, MI., May, 1991

Diverse Perspectives on Education: Simulations and the Multicultural Experience. Symposium Respondent. American Educational Studies Association, Orlando, FL. Nov., 1990.

Wie können wir eine umweltfreundliche Mathematikbildung schaffen? Seminar: Was ist mathematisches Denken?, Technische Universität, Berlin. Dec., 1989.

What Teachers Tell Us, What We Hear, and How We Interpret It. American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Apr., 1989.

Power in the Classroom: Teachers' Perceptions of Practice. American Education Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Apr., 1988, with Mei-Ying Tang and Linda Weller-Ferris.

 

Grants & Fellowships

Math/Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia. Two 5-year sub-grants as part of major NSF regional grant proposal, one for redesigning undergraduate mathematics courses for prospective teachers; the other for family and community involvement in middle school education. 2003-2008.

Humboldt Foundation International Collaboration Grant. Three-year research project proposal in progress with Uwe Gellert, Freie Universität, Berlin. Comparative examination of macro and micro policy and assessment discourses and related secondary classroom practices.

Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia Fellowship, 2004-2006.

Arcadia University Faculty Development Grants, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Spencer  Foundation Visiting Fellow, The University of Cape Town, South Africa. Summer 2003.

Spencer  Foundation Visiting Fellow, The University of Cape Town, South Africa. Summer 2000.

Residential Fellowship for full year. Histories of Sexuality. University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. 1990-1991.

Graduate School Fellowships, University of Michigan, 1985-1992.

Graduate Fellowships, Duke University, 1981-1983.

 

Professional Service

Commission Member. CIEAEM. International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Education.

Editorial Board Member

Journal of Curriculum Theorizing.  Section editor, Section editor, [Popular] Culture Matters, 2000-2003; Reconceptual Inquiries in Practice and Politics, 2003-present.

Transnational Curriculum Inquiry: The Journal of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. 2003-present.

On-line Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. 2004-present.

New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Focus on Education. 1996-1998.

Educational Transitions: A Journal of Shared Experiences for the Progressive Teacher. 1996-1998.

Reviewer

Journals: American Educational Research Journal; Journal for Research in Mathematics Education; Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction; Journal of Curriculum Studies; Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; For the Learning of Mathematics.

Conferences: American Educational Research Association (Division B: Curriculum Studies; Division G: Social Context of Education; Arts-based Approaches to Educational Research; Research in Mathematics Education; Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies.)

Dissertation Committee Member

Melinda Smith, Georgia Southern University. The reconceptualization of mathematics curriculum theory. Ph.D. 4/2004.

Stella Clark, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Academic literacy and underserved populations in undergraduate science education. Ph.D. expected 9/2005.

Sandra Franco, Arizona State University. Elementary mathematics education, gender, Latina families, and popular culture. Ph.D. expected 5/2005.

Outside Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, Deakin University, Australia, “Thinking at the Limits: globalisation, postcolonialism and science education.”

Association Member

American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies

Chair, Publications Committee, 2004-pres; Webmaster http://aaacs.info/ 2001-pres; Chair, Technology Committee 2001-2004.

American Educational Research Association

Chair & Program Chair, Critical Issues in Curriculum Special Interest Group 2004-2005; Chair, Awards Committee 2002-2004.

Reviewer Award, Division B, 2004.

Chair, Division B Book Award Committee, 2005.

Program Section Chair, Division B, Curriculum in Classrooms, 2006.

Participant, Division B Senior Scholars Seminar, 2004.

Research in Mathematics Education Special Interest Group.

Arts-based Approaches to Educational Research Special Interest Group.

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators

Association of Mathematics Teachers of Philadelphia and the Vicinity

International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America

National Association for Multicultural Education

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Science Teachers Association

Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Philadelphia Math Teachers Group (online virtual community created as part of a master’s degree culminating project by a recent Arcadia graduate student advisee)

Teaching Mathematics for American Democracy Project

Administrative Committee Member, Project Learn School, Philadelphia, PA.

Steering Committee Member, “Schools in the City” multidisciplinary forum for educators and mental health professionals sponsored by the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

 

Recent Employment History

Professor, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA. September 2001-present. Mathematics Education, Curriculum Theory, and Cultural Studies. Coordinator of Mathematics Education and Curriculum Studies Programs. Director-at-Large of General Education, 2007-present. Freshmen seminars, “Invisibility” and “Strangely Familiar Music Group”, Affirmative Action Committee, University Undergraduate Academic Programs Committee; University General Education Task Force; University Intercultural Committee. Secondary Education Committee; Elementary Education Committee.

 

Guest Professor, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. 2007-2008. Learners' Perspectives Study. Potsdam Mathematics & Democracy Project: Die neue Brücke.

 

Guest Professor, Hochschule Fulda, Germany, Summer 2008. Educational Studies for Intercultural Organizations.

 

Associate Professor. William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. 1998 – 2001. Assistant Professor, 1993-1998.

Education and Women’s Studies. Program Director, Post-Baccalaureate Certification Programs.  Chair, University General Education Committee. University Research Council. Faculty Advisement Coordinator. Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Learning Project -- coordination of practicum package and methods courses to foster integrated learning experience.  Website Editor for Education & Technology on-line magazine.

 

Visiting Professor.  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  Summer 2000 - present

Curriculum and Technology in Content Areas; Foundations of Cyberspace -- on-line courses.

 

Teaching Assistant. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. September 1983 - June 1992.

Multiculturalism, diversity training, experiential sociology of education; Medical School clinical skills/sexual history trainer.

 

Research Assistant. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. September 1985-September 1992.

AERA Virtual Dictionary project -- grant writing and dissemination conceptualization (www-based discourse study); Consortium for Cross-Cultural Research in Education -- survey and focus group research on sources of teacher job satisfaction in 10 countries; Science concept learning in "Flight" series of PBS 3-2-1-Contact; U. of Chic. School Math. Project -- textbook development; 5th Grade math/science curriculum development action/research; Resident Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, 1990-1991.

 

Instructor of Mathematics. Duke University, Durham NC. September 1983-September 1985.

Director of Freshman Mathematics Program; Coordinator of dormitory-based tutoring program; College Algebra, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Geometry.

 

Education

Ed.D. 1992. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Educational Foundations, Policy and Administration. Concentrations: Curriculum Theory, Cultural Studies, Critical Feminist Studies, Multicultural Education, Philosophy of Education. Dissertation: Popular Culture, Educational Discourse, and Mathematics Education in the 1980s.

 

M.A. 1987. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Curriculum, Teaching and Psychological Studies. Concentration: Mathematics Education

M.A. 1983. Duke University, Durham, NC. Mathematics. Concentrations: Algebra, Topology, Logic, Differential Geometry.  (ABD in mathematics.)

B.A. 1981. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Ethnomusicology and Mathematics.  Honors Thesis: Rhythm: An Inquiry & Analysis.