Department of Mathematics Faculty
Kate McGivney
Ph.D., Mathematics
Lehigh University
Office: MCT277
Phone: (717) 477-1490
E-mail: kgmcgi@ship.edu
Personal web page: http://webspace.ship.edu/kgmcgi/
Recent courses
- Discrete Mathematics
- Statistics for Social Science
- Calculus I
- Applied Statistics I
- Applied Statistics II
- Probability
Recent projects and activities
- Grants
- Developed Maple lab activities for Discrete Math, funded by SSHE's Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
- "Collaborating with Secondary Mathematics Teachers on Curriculum Development for a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, funded by CETP-PA.
- 2005-2006: Associate Director (with T. Evitts) of the Rural Academy Program, a summer mathematics academy for 90 teachers, funded provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Education ($212,041.00).
- 2004-2005 – (w/ R. Cart, S. Harrow, C. Kimmel, D. Vernooy-Epp) Received funds to offer three writing workshops where faculty will discuss and design writing projects as well as assessment rubrics for their general education courses. ($2500)
- Recent Publications
- K. McGivney, J. Belock, (2004), In the long run: Exploring expected value with simulation, CETP-PA Monograph: Best Practices for Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science, pp. 107-112.
- K. McGivney, C. Olsen, T. Bricker, J. Wilburne, (2004), Mathematical murder mystery, Pennsylvania Council of Teachers Magazine, Volume XLII, Number 2, pp. 9-14.
- K. McGivney, J. McGivney-Burelle, T. DeFranco, R. McGivney, (2003), Equal volume – Equal surface area? An investigation of hazardous liquid containers, AMATYC Review, Volume 25, Number 1, pp. 65-74.
- Other Activities
- Co-presenter for a mini-course "Hands-On Discrete Math" with D. Ensley at the AMS/MAA Joint Meetings, 2004-2006.
- MAA, EPaDel Section Project NExT, Co-Director
- CFEST (Center for Faculty Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching) Campus Support Member
- Writing across Campus Committee Member
- Reviewer of NSF-CCLI (Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement), grant proposals, Washington, DC.
- S.U. Learning Center Advisory Board
- Co-Director (with C. Olsen and J. Wilburne), A Mathematical Detective Mystery, Shippensburg University Summer Science Academy for Girls, June 2003
