University of Nevada Las Vegas

Submitted by JShih on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:00pm

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a growing research institution that is moving towards top tier research status. The mathematics education faculty has ongoing research projects in mathematics curricula, STEM, and the use of technology in mathematics classrooms. We currently have multiple state-funded Mathematics Science Partnership grants, a Title2 Higher Ed grant, and an NSF-funded grant. We have a group of four doctoral students that will be graduating in the next year, so we are in a position where we have more graduate assistantships (teaching and research) than we can fill. We have funding! In the history of our doctoral program, every full-time doctoral student in mathematics education has been funded.

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To find more information about this program:

Effective Date(s) of Program Information:

Thu, 12/01/2016

Contact Name:

Jeffrey Shih

Contact Email:

jshih@unlv.nevada.edu

City Website:

http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/

Institution Website:

http://www.unlv.edu/

Program Website:

http://tl.unlv.edu/doctoral/phd/

Special features or areas of interest that would be of interest to potential doctoral students:

Faculty Areas of Expertise and Interest: Mathematics curricula, STEM, Mathematical Modeling, Performance Assessment, Professional Development, Using children's literature to teach math