AFTERMATH - Plymouth State University

Roger Blake is a lecturer who joined the department in 2001. Hisprimary teaching responsibilities at PSU have been Topics inAlgebra and Geometry, College Algebra, Finite Mathematics,and Statistics I. Since coming to Plymouth State, he hasperiodically been involved with the NH-IMPACT Centerconsulting with several school districts in New Hampshire and high schoolteachers who are new to the profession of mathematics education. Roger alsofacilitated the New Hampshire MathCounts Competition held at PSU on March11, and served as registration chair for the NHTM conference on March 24.Barbara Boschmans is an assistant professor of mathematicseducation who joined the department in 2003. She teachesmathematics education courses for pre-service elementaryteachers, mathematics courses and graduate mathematicseducation courses for the NH-IMPACT Center. She is interestedin integrating technology into the elementary classroom, the mathematicalknowledge elementary teachers need to be successful, and what professionaldevelopment works best for in-service teachers. Dr. Boschmans was the chair ofthe NHTM conference held at PSU in March, and has presented at several stateand national conferences.Thomas Boucher is an assistant professor of statistics who is newto the department this year. He teaches both lower and upperlevel statistics classes. Dr. Boucher helped establish the StatisticalConsulting Center (more on this later in the newsletter), which ishoused in the math department to support faculty andgraduate statistics-related research throughout Plymouth State University andbeyond. Dr. Boucher has aided the department in its efforts to offer a graduatedegree in statistics at PSU, and he continues to pursue his personal researchinterests, grant and publication efforts.Richard Evans is a professor of mathematics education andrecipient of the PSU Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. Hejoined the department in 1970. He teaches mathematicseducation courses for secondary, middle, and elementary preserviceand in-service teachers. Dr. Evans spends a lot of histime working as the co-director of the NH-IMPACT Center. The IMPACT Centerworks with local school districts to review, select and implement standardsbasedcurricula. The center also offers graduate courses at local schools duringthe academic year and a variety of summer courses for in-service teachers.Two of Dr. Evans’ research interests are education in foreign countries and howpeople learn mathematics.