Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching)
is the MAA's professional development program for new and recent
Ph.D.'s in the mathematical sciences. Each year about sixty new
faculty are selected as Project NExT Fellows; application materials
for 2007-08 will be available at the Project NExT booth in the meetings
exhibit area. In addition Project NExT has organized these sessions
to which it invites all meetings participants
Getting Your First Book Published,
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., organized by T. Christine Stevens,
St. Louis University, Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton,
and Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth. The
panel features authors and acquisitions editors who will discuss
topics such as reasons for writing a book, current market trends
in math books at various levels, writing proposals for a book, the
editorial process, what editors look for when evaluating a proposal
and promotion and tenure issues related to publishing a book. There
will be ample time for questions from the audience. Panelists include
Thomas C. Hull, Merrimack College, Donald J. Albers,
MAA, Laura A. Taalman, James Madison University, and Ruth
Baruth, W. H. Freeman. The session is sponsored by Project NExT.
The following sessions were organized by the
1994-2002 Project NExT Fellows to address the concerns of faculty
who have four to ten years of teaching experience.
Becoming a Leader in your Department,
Friday,3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m., organized by Edwin P. Herman,
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, and J. Lyn Miller,
Slippery Rock University. What does it take to become a leader in
your department? This session includes panelists from a wide variety
of backgrounds who will offer advice on the do's and don'ts of taking
on leadership roles in a department. While many are chairs of their
departments, other forms of leadership will addressed as well. Panelists
include Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University, Linda
Braddy, East Central University, Duff Campbell, Hendrix
College, Jill E. Guerra, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith,
Thomas C. Ratliff, Wheaton College, and Judy L. Walker,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Updating the Undergraduate Mathematics
Major, Saturday, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., organized by Timothy
R. Ray, Southeast Missouri State University, and John W.
Thompson, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. "Changing Core
Mathematics" (MAA Notes #61, 2002) addresses how the mathematical
core should change over the ensuing five to ten years to adapt to
the modern uses of mathematics within our society. The article suggests
a closer cooperation with other disciplines, the incorporation of
technology, the readjustment of goals and curriculum content, and
instructional techniques that will be utilized. It is the goal of
this panel to consider real-world applications of change within
the mathematics major. As such, panelists from institutions that
have recently reviewed and revised their mathematics major will
briefly discuss their original and revised programs, and explain
why they made their changes. Panelists include William H. Barker,
Bowdoin College, Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A&M
University, David O. Lomen, University of Arizona, and Paul
Zorn, St. Olaf College.
Publishing Undergraduate
Research and Expository Articles, Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30
a.m., organized by Chawne M. Kimber, Lafayette College, and
Kimberly A. Roth, Wheeling Jesuit University. Panelists in
this session will address the issues related to publication of articles
that are expository in nature and articles that are the work of
undergraduates. We hope to emphasize a discussion of viable journals
and the mechanics of successfully writing these articles. Panelists
include Ezra A. Brown, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Paul J. Campbell, Beloit College, Clifford
A. Reiter, Lafayette College, and Jody Sorensen, Augsburg
College.
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