School of Education

Lambdin begins term on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Board

NCTM is the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to the teaching and learning of mathematics

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Diana Lambdin, the Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair in Teacher Education and professor of mathematics education, has just begun her three-year term on the board of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Lambdin attends her first board meeting this month.

Lambdin is the co-director of the elementary Transition to Teaching program at IU Bloomington. Additionally, she is the principal investigator on the NSF-funded Noyce scholarship program, which provides scholarships for undergraduate mathematics majors to add teacher preparation to their program of studies and provides stipends for career changers (with bachelors degrees in mathematics) who enroll in the graduate-level Transition-to-Teaching program. Lambdin also oversees the Armstrong Teacher Educator program.

Below is the release issued by the NCTM:

NCTM President-Elect Shaughnessy and Four Board Members Begin Terms

Reston, Va., July 9, 2009—J. Michael Shaughnessy is president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). He will work alongside current president Henry (Hank) Kepner until assuming the presidency in April 2010 for a two-year term (2010–12).

Beginning three-year terms (2008–11) on the NCTM Board of Directors are Barbara J. Dougherty, Diana V. Lambdin, David K. Masunaga, and Judith S. Zawojewski. The new directors fill out the 14-member board that serves as the chief policymaking body for the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to the teaching and learning of mathematics. With 100,000 members, NCTM supports mathematics educators in all 50 states and Canada. The president-elect and four new board members attend their first board meeting in July.
 
J. Michael Shaughnessy has spent most of his career as a professor of mathematics education at Portland State and Oregon State universities. He brings nearly 40 years of experience in teaching mathematics at all levels in the United States, as well as considerable work with teachers, students, and professional organizations from many other countries. He also has held visiting professorships in Spain, Australia, and New Zealand.

Shaughnessy earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from LeMoyne College, New York, and Indiana University. He received a doctorate in mathematics education from Michigan State University. His educational memberships include the Mathematical Association of America, American Statistical Association, American Educational Research Association, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, and TODOS: Mathematics for ALL.

“Forging connections between research and practice has been a personal goal throughout my career. I will work to enhance the Council’s efforts to provide more pathways for research and practice to interact and enhance each other,” said Shaughnessy. “We will need to work hard to help influence public attitudes and beliefs about mathematics education to reach NCTM’s goal of more and better mathematics for all students.”

In 2006 Shaughnessy received the Lifetime Award for Service—Oregon Mathematics Education Hall of Fame.

Barbara J. Dougherty is professor of mathematics education at the University of Mississippi. She received her bachelor’s in special education and her master’s in mathematics from Truman State University, Missouri, and her doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Missouri—Columbia. Dougherty is current president of the Mississippi Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MAMTE). She was named the Outstanding Faculty Researcher by Phi Delta Kappa, Ole Miss Chapter, in 2006 and the Outstanding Faculty Researcher by the School of Education in 2009.

Diana V. Lambdin is a professor of mathematics education at Indiana University. Lambdin is the author of numerous national and international publications and has experience as a classroom teacher, teacher educator, administrator, and curriculum evaluator. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from the University of Delaware, and her doctorate in mathematics education from Indiana University. Her educational memberships include the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Psychology of Mathematics Education, American Educational Research Association, and the prestigious honor societies Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa.

David K. Masunaga is a mathematics teacher of grades 7–12 at Iolani School in Honolulu. Masunaga earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northwestern University, and his master’s in mathematics teaching from Harvard University. He has served on major committees of NCTM and has authored, edited and illustrated numerous NCTM publications. Masunaga is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and the Edyth May Sliffe Award of the Mathematical Association of America.

Judith K. Zawojewski is a mathematics educator at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She earned her bachelor’s in secondary education and mathematics and her doctorate in mathematics education from Northwestern University, and her master’s in mathematics education from National-Louis University, Illinois. Zawojewski is a member of the American Educational Research Association, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, and the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. She is currently a reviewer for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving mathematics education in prekindergarten through grade 12. The Council’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics includes guidelines for excellence in mathematics education. Its Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence, released in 2006, identifies the most important mathematical topics for each grade level.

Contact: Gay Dillin, Media Relations Manager, (703) 620-9840 ext. 2189, gdillin@nctm.org