Perla Lahana Myers

Curriculum Vitae

Mathematics & Computer Science Department                 

University of San Diego                     

5998 Alcalá Park

San Diego, CA 92110

Web page: http://www.sandiego.edu/~pmyers

Email: pmyers@sandiego.edu

 

EDUCATION

* Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, June 1995.

* Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, December 1991.

* Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, with University Honors and Honors in Mathematics,

                                                          University of Houston, May 1990, Magna Cum Laude.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

* Assistant Professor, University of San Diego, September 2001-present

* Visiting Professor/Lecturer, University of San Diego, September 1999-2001.

* Lecturer, California State University, Monterey Bay, September 1997-1998.

* Teaching Assistant, UCSD, September 1992-June 1994.

* Staff Instructor, San Diego City College, Spring 1993.      

* Honors Achievement Workshop Leader, UCSD, Sept. 1990-December 1992.

* Teaching Assistant and Grader, University of Houston, 1987-89.

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

* Faculty Appreciation Award, Mortar Board, February 2006.

* Innovation in Experiential Education Award, USD, March 2002.

* Project NexT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow, 2000-2001.

* University of California President's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, July 1995-1997.

* University of California President's Dissertation Fellowship, July 1994-June 1995.

* San Diego Fellowship, September 1990-August 1992.

* University of Houston "Thesis Award with Distinction," Maxwell's Equations and Their Generalization, May 1990.

* National Chicano Council on Higher Education Science Fellowship, May 1988- 1990.

* University of Houston: Benner Scholarship, April 1989, Astronaut Award, 1988,

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Award, 1988,

and Academic Recognition Scholarship, 1987.

 

PUBLICATIONS

* “Why? Why? Why? Future Teachers’ Discovery of Mathematical Depth,” submitted.

* “A Little Area Mistake: A Sod Story,” with Colleen Pelak, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, in preparation.

* “Experiential Education for Elementary Educators: Math Enrichment Camp,” with Lynn McGrath and Jennifer Gorsky, in preparation.

* “Family Math Nights: Sharing our Passion for Mathematics,” chapter in book Math in Service to the Community: Concepts and models for service-learning in the mathematical sciences, Mathematical Association of America, 2005.

* Teaching and Encouraging Meaningful Reading of Mathematics Texts (with Jane Friedman and Jeff Wright), ICTCM 14th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics Electronic Proceedings, 2001.

* Random Walks on Generalized Euclidean Graphs, Emerging Applications of Number Theory, IMA volume 109 (1996), 451-468.

* Finite Euclidean Graphs over Rings (with A. Terras, H. Stark, A. Medrano), Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 126 (1994), 701-710.

* Finite Analogues of Euclidean Space (with A. Terras, H. Stark, A. Medrano), Journal of Computational and Applied Math 68 (1996) 221-238.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

* Advancing Science Serving Society.

* American Mathematical Society.

* Association for Mathematics Teacher Educators.

* Association for Women in Mathematics.

* Mathematical Association of America.

* National Council for Teachers in Mathematics.

* Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences.

 

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