S.1 1966 Secondary Education Kenyatta Teachers College (Kenya)

B.Ed. 1971 Secondary Mathematics University of Oregon

B.Sc. 1971 Mathematics University of Oregon

M.Sc. 1974 Mathematics University of Oregon

Ed.D. Present Education Seattle University

UNIVERSITY HONORS

1969 Mortar Board National Honorary for University Women

1970 Pi Mu Epsilon National Honorary for Mathematics

1970 Phi Beta Kappa National Honorary

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

USA

1994 - Present Assistant Professor of Mathematics, PLU

1984-1994 Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, PLU

1982-1984 Lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, PLU

1979-1980 Math Teacher, Mountain View Junior High, Beaverton, OR.

1978-1979 Math Teacher, Colin Kelly Junior High, Eugene, OR.

1974-1978 Math Teacher, Roosevelt Junior High, Eugene, OR.
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KENYA

1966-1968 High School Teacher, Kapkenda Girls High School, Eldoret
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PUBLICATIONS

"The Game of Sim", The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, April 1977

"Sprouts", The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, May 1977

"Four Color Theorem Proved", (Part 1), The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, September 1977, (with Bryan Dorner)

"Four Color Theorem Proved", (Part 2), The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, October 1977,(with Bryan Dorner)

"Why Go Metric?", The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, April 1978

"A Computer Unit", The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, May 1978

"Mathematics Labs For Grades 6-9", developed for the Beaverton School District, Oregon, Summer 1980 (with Bonnie Mellow and Kathy Pfaendler)

"Timberland Base", published in the PreCalculus Source Book, Summer 1993, a result of a NSF grant (with Carl Swenson, Janet Ray and twenty other Washington college math. instructors)

"Developing Better Assessment Tools With Bloom's Taxonomy", published in the Washington Center Calculus Assessment Handbook, Summer 1995.
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GRANTS

"Using the TI-81 Graphing Calculator as a vehicle for involving students in their Mathematics Education." A seed grant for active learning from the Center for Teaching and Learning, $1000. (with Margaret Herzog, Chris Meyer and Gary Peterson), 1993.

"Mathematics Computer Classroom", National Science Foundation grant, $28,286 (written by Bryan Dorner with Margaret Herzog and Gary Peterson), 1994.

BOOK REVIEWS

PC Software Workbook, by O'Brien and Durham, 1987

Microsoft BASIC, Programming the IBM PC, by Bent and Sethares, second edition, 1989

Trigonometry, by Grossman, 1990
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MEMBERSHIPSÝ

Mathematics Association of America

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Columbia History of Science Group

Puget Sound Women's Math Network Group

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