Mathematics Education Faculty at Arcadia University

Education and mathematics faculty at Arcadia University collaborate to explore joint interests in meaningful mathematics education and mathematics education reform.

Peter Appelbaum, Professor of Education Coordinator of Mathematics Education & curriculum Studies Programs, and Director-at-Large of Undergraduate Curriculum. Ed.D., M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A. Duke University; B.A. Wesleyan University. Peter's interests include curriculum theory applied to mathematics education, problem posing, community involvement, and diversity education across the grade levels. homepage / appelbaum@arcadia.edu

Erica R. Davila, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Urban Education. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Erica's interests within mathematics education include teaching mathematics for social justice. davila@arcadia.edu

Louis Friedler, Professor of Mathematics and Associate, Society of Actuaries. Ph.D., University of Alberta; M.S., Case Western Reserve University; B.A., Colby College. Louis' interests include the teaching of discrete mathematics, mathematics education and culture (and particular related to Ghana), graph theory, general topology, and actuarial science. homepage / friedler@arcadia.edu

Carlos Ortiz, Assistant Professor and Chair of Computer Science and Mathematics. Ph.D., M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., B.S., Universidad de Los Andes. Carlos' interests include model theory of analytical structure, and hybrid automata. homepage / ortiz@arcadia.edu

Deborah Pomeroy, Professor Emeritus of Education. Ed.D., Harvard University; M.Ed., University of Alaska, Fairbanks; B.S., Colorado State University. Deborah's interests include science education, environmental studies, and mathematics and science education reform. pomeroy@arcadia.edu

Ned Wolff, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics. Ph.D., M.A., University of Massachusetts; A.B., Dartmouth College. Ned's interests include mathematics education reform, reform calculus, and mathematical statistics. homepage / wolff@arcadia.edu

Yanxia Jia, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Ph.D., University of Alberta; M.S., North China Institute of Computing Technology; B.S., Harbin Engineering University. Yanxia's research interests include protocol design and performance evaluation in computer networks, and QoS and energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks. homepage / jia@arcadia.edu.

Xizhong Zheng, Associate Professor of Computer Science. Professor Zheng is joining the Arcadia faculty in the Fall of 2008. Xizhong's interests are mainly in the area of computability within computer science.zhengx@arcadia.edu.

Renee Starr, Director, Developmental Mathematics and Math Tutoring Labs, and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. M.S., B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz. Renee is especially interested in developmental mathematics, mathematics anxiety, and college mathematics teaching. homepage / starr@arcadia.edu