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An NSF Graduate K-12 Project |
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Algebra Cubed |
Algebra Cubed Fellows 2008-2009 |
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High School: Marshall County High School c/o 2002 Bachelors: Secondary Math Ed, University of KY c/o 2006 Masters: Education, University of KY c/o 2007 I am beginning my second year in the math PhD program at UK in August 2008. While attending UK I have worked for Residence Life as a hall director and for the math department as a teaching assistant and tutor. I also stay very active in the UK Dance Ensemble. My favorite form of dance is contemporary. I also enjoyed volunteering as a high school ministry leader here in Lexington for a year at Southland Christian Church. My favorite things (outside of math) are: traveling, running, dancing, eating, scrapbooking, the Food Network channel, and puppies. My least favorite things are: being too cold, shopping at the mall, being bitten by bugs, taking medicine, and chocolate cake.
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Bellevue High School
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Lincoln High School, 2000 Shinnston, WV Grove City College, 2004 B.S. in mathematics University of Kentucky, 2006 M.A. in mathematics I am currently beginning my 5th year at the University of Kentucky in the mathematics department. My area of research is harmonic analysis. In my spare time I love to sing and listen to music. In fact, I am a part of the praise and worship team at my church. Also, I like reading, swimming, shopping, meeting new people, spending time with friends, and cooking. I went to a small high school in north-central West Virginia. There I was very involved with choir and theater. I love to perform and have always enjoyed the opportunity to explore being different characters. My favorite role would probably have to be when I was the Cowardly Lion from “The Wizard of Oz”. After graduate school I hope to teach math at a small college and continue to help my students gain an understanding of the beauty and importance of mathematics. In Algebra Cubed I hope to meet several fun new people, learn more about the art of teaching, and help develop creative new ways to help students cultivate a love for mathematics. |
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I graduated from Brown High School in Louisville, KY in the class of 2002. Brown was a small public K-12 school with an independent learning magnet, which took a more casual approach to education, forcing the students to take initiative and responsibility for their own education. I feel like this style is reflected in how I teach to some extent. I graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 2006, and have since taught College Algebra, Finite Math, and the first and second classes of the "Math for Elementary School Teachers" sequence. In my free time I enjoy camping, fishing, mountain biking, playing music and watching ice hockey. I have a pet snake, a 4ft Ball Python named Nathan Scott Phillips, and also live with my roommate's dog, Biscuit. I love mathematics, and look forward to teaching it in some capacity for many years. |
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I was born in Arkansas, then lived in Louisiana before moving to Kentucky in time to start high school. I graduated from Hancock County High School (Hancock county is over just East of Owensboro), then got my first Bachelor's, in English, from Transylvania University. My second Bachelor's, in Biology, is from UK, where I'm now working on a PhD., also in Biology. My research uses computer modeling to study the interaction between mechanisms of plant reproduction and the genetic makeup of populations of those plants. I suspect that when I get done with this degree, I'll pick a new field (econ maybe; or C.S.) and go get another one. My particular corners of mathematical interest include fractal generation, fourth (and higher) dimensional geometry, game theory, and the mathematics of computer science (including binary numbers, Boolean algebra, and programming theory). My extracurricular interests include film (particularly mid-20th century Italian, especially Fellini), video games (vintage and contemporary), comics (particularly Moore & Gaiman, plus some independents), & opera (particularly whatever the Cincinnati opera house happens to put on). |
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Apollo High School, 2002 - Owensboro, KY University of Kentucky, 2006 – BS in Mathematics and BBA in Finance University of Kentucky, 2008 – MA in Mathematics My name is Chris Mattingly, and I am a PhD student in Mathematics at UK. Originally, I am from Owensboro, where my family still resides. Owensboro was a great place to grow up- it was safe, neither too big nor too small, and the schools there are excellent. When I’m not in school, I enjoy playing games of all sorts – board games, video games and computer games. Starting last summer, I also started rock climbing at the UK gym which I really enjoy. I feel that I am extremely lucky to have had all of the opportunities that I have had, and am looking forward to Algebra Cubed, where I can hopefully help new students to learn and enjoy mathematics, and all of the opportunities that it affords. |
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I graduated from Springfield High School in Holland, OH (just outside Toledo) in 2001. I played trombone in both the concert and marching bands all through high school. I also played with an area youth jazz band and was in a couple of of school musicals. After high school, I went to Miami University in Oxford, OH, where I majored in mathematics and played in the Miami University Steel Band. I also dabbled in the marching band and the Society for Creative Anachronism for a bit, but never had the time to get serious about either. I graduated from Miami University with a BS in mathematics in August of 2004. That was a year early, and I had to take 8 credits that last summer to make it. Luckily I could get all 8 at once by taking an anthropology class where we actually worked an exclusive dig site. Now I live in Lexington and am 5Th year graduate student at the University of Kentucky where I am studying polytopes. Two and three dimensional polytopes are probably familiar to you by other names. Convex polygons (triangles, squares, pentagons, etc) and convex polyhedra (cubes, pyramids, soccer balls, dodecahedra, etc) are all examples of polytopes.
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Covington Catholic High School, Covington, Kentucky University of Kentucky, 2006, BS in Biology I am currently pursuing a Ph.D in Biology, with a focus on Renal Physiology and Blood Pressure control. Even though I am not getting my degree in math, I use algebra every day. This following year I hope to show students a different prospective on how algebra and other areas of mathematics are important in everyday society. Outside of the classroom, I spend time with family and friends. When I get the chance, I really enjoy hunting, fishing, camping and hiking. I enjoy pretty much every sport and am an avid Cincinnati Bengals fan. I have taught entry level biology labs and physiology the past 2 years as a graduate student at UK. My passion for teaching grows each year. Algebra cubed is a great opportunity for me to improve myself as a teacher and have an important impact on the education of Kentucky’s students. |
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I am originally from a small town in southern Illinois called Pinckneyville and moved to Mt. Sterling, KY when I was 14 years old. I graduated from Montgomery County High School in 2002 and attended Morehead State University where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Math. Recently, I just received my Masters in Statistics from the University of Kentucky, where I am also pursuing my Ph.D. This will help me achieve my ultimate goal of becoming a college professor. The reason I want to become a college professor is because of my love for both teaching and for the college environment. Another one of my passions is sports. While growing up in southern Illinois I became up a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan and still am. My favorite sport is basketball. I attend numerous high school games every year and have even travelled as far as Grinnell, Iowa (674 miles) to watch a division III basketball game. I am a huge fan of UK athletics. Not only Wildcat basketball, but the football team as well (I’ve only missed one home football game in the last seven years). In my free time, when I’m not attending basketball or football games I enjoy playing Xbox 360. I am a big fan of the entire Halo series, logging countless hours as Master Chief. Another one of my favorite games is NCAA Football, once being ranked as high as second on Xbox Live. I also have two female cats, George, who is 14 years old and Bernice, who is 6 years old and weighs 18 pounds.
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Cadillac High School, Cadillac, Michigan Central Michigan University, 2001, BS in Math Ed. University of Kentucky, 2005, MS in Mathematics. I am from Cadillac, a city of about 10,000 people in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Most of my family still lives there, and I enjoy visiting them whenever I get the chance. About an hour away from my hometown is Mt. Pleasant where I received my undergraduate degree. After receiving my Master’s degree from UK, I worked as an actuary for a large insurance company for just shy of two years. In the fall of 2007 I came back to Kentucky to pursue my Ph.D in mathematics, and was lucky enough to be a Fellow in the Algebra Cubed program the second semester. Outside of the classroom I enjoy working out, playing video games, watching movies, and riding on my Harley. However, what I enjoy the most is University of Michigan football in the fall. This season I have tickets to six of there home games and plan on making multiple trips up north to watch them at the Big House. I am very enthusiastic about continuing in Algebra Cubed and working with my mentoring teacher to develop new and exciting conceptual based lessons. |
