AMY K. VOLPE

Campus address:  Department of Mathematics, Glendale Community College,

 6000 West Olive Street, Glendale, AZ, 85302

Home:  480.634.5362;   Office:  623.845.3943;  

E-mail:  amy.volpe@gcmail.maricopa.edu

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Math Education  •  Statistics Education •  Professional Development

EDUCATION

January 2006 – Present            Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                                                PhD Student, Math Education

August 2004                             Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ,

                                                MNS in Mathematics

August 2003                             Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ,

                                                MS in Statistics

January 1999                            SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY,

                                                BA in Mathematics

EMPLOYMENT

• Residential Faculty, August 2003 to Present,

      Glendale Community College, Department of Mathematics

• Developer of Online Professional Development Math Materials for K-8 Teachers, Summers 2007, 2008

CISCO Learning Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

• Graduate Research Assistant, January 2006 to May 2007

      Arizona State University, Department of Education

• Graduate Research Assistant, January 2006 to January 2007

Arizona State University, CRESMET, MSP Grant

• Adjunct Faculty, January 2003 to August 2003,

      Glendale Community College, Department of Mathematics

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, January 2003 to May 2003,

Arizona State University, Department of Economics

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2000 to December 2002,

Arizona State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Math Instructor, March 1999 to August 2000,

Huntington Learning Center, Scottsdale, Arizona

• Teaching Assistant,  January 1998 to December 1998,

SUNY Purchase, Department of Mathematics

HONORS, AWARDS, PROJECTS

• Graduate Fellows Award, ASU, 2006 - Present
• MCLI Grant, 2005, Curriculum Development for Introductory Statistics.

• Statistics for High School Teachers, ASU, 2004, Co teacher for graduate level Professional growth course for High school teachers.

• Statistics for Middle School Teachers, ASU, 2004, Assisted graduate level professional growth course for High school teachers.

• Graduate Regents Scholarship, 1999 & 2000

• Applied Project in Statistics, 2003

Arizona State University, “Generalized Linear Mixed Models in Industrial Engineering Experiments”.

• Graduated with Honors in Mathematics, 1999       

SUNY Purchase. Prepared a thesis in Mathematics, “Avoidance Schemes in the Spanning Trees of Hyper Cubes.”

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Mathematical Association
• American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges
• Arizona Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges
• American Statistical Society
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

COURSES TAUGHT

• MAT 082: Basic Arithmetic
• MAT 092: Introductory Algebra
• MAT 108: Tutored Mathematics
• MAT 121: Intermediate Algebra (GCC and ASU)
• MAT 142: College Mathematics (GCC and ASU)
• MAT 151: College Algebra (GCC and ASU)
• MAT 156: Math for Elementary Teachers I
• MAT 157: Math for Elementary Teachers II
• MAT 172: Finite Mathematics
• MAT 182: Trigonometry
• MAT 187: Precalculus
• MAT 206: Elementary Statistics
• STP 220: Conceptual Statistics (ASU)
• MAT 212: Brief Calculus
• MAT 220: Calculus I
• MAT 230: Calculus II