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Educational
Background
- Master
of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University,
1985.
- Master
of Science in Applied Mathematics, Purdue University,
1981.
- Bachelor
of Science in Mathematics, Purdue University,
1979.
Areas
of Responsibility
- Director
of Learning Resource Center
- Coordinator
of tutoring, collaborative learning, monitoring
and special interests testing programs.
- Seeks,
hires, and trains qualified upperclass students
to aid first-year students in a variety of programs.
- Works
with individual students on mathematics courses.
- Manages
career information library, supplementary course
materials and test files.
Professional
Experience
- Math
Instructor in the Balfour-Hesburgh Program, University
of Notre Dame, 1992-present.
- Actuarial
Exams Supervisor, Society of Actuaries, 1994-present.
- Co-organizer
of a Special Session on "Cooperative Learning
in Undergraduate Mathematics Education",
AMS Central Section Meeting, Meeting #953 at Notre
Dame, IN, April 7-9, 2000.
- Presented
"Collaborative Learning Outside the Class,"
AMS Central Section Meeting, April 8, 2000.
- Presented
"Collaborative Learning and the Learning
Resource Center at the University of Notre Dame"
and led a faculty group, Faculty Reunion, Georgia
State University, June 11-14, 1999.
- Attended
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics
Education, South Bend, Indiana, 1998.
- Attended
Collaborative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics
Education (MAA Project CLUME), Faculty Workshop,
Georgia State University, June 21-July 3, 1998.
- Attended
Wakonse Conference on Teaching and Learning, Camp
Miniwanka at Stony Lake, 1996.
- Assistant
Study Manager, Eric Marder Associates, Inc., 1987.
- Math
Visiting Instructor, Purdue University, 1986.
- Math
Visiting Part-time Lecturer, Rutgers University,
1984-85.
- Math
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University,
1979-84.
Professional
Associations and Organizations
- Mathematical
Association of America
- Society
of Women Engineers
Other
Interests
- Research
in Undergraduate Mathematics Education including
collaborative learning.
- Computer
technologies.
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Links
email:
erfan.1@nd.edu
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