Research Committee

Effective Dates: 
2023 to 2024
Advocacy, Equity, & Research Division
2021 to 2024
Hector Torres, Bethune-Cookman University, torresh@cookman.edu
Frances Harper, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, francesharper@utk.edu
2022 to 2025
Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Michigan State University, bhe@msu.edu
Travis Weiland, University of Houston, tweiland@uh.edu
2023 to 2026
Hyejin Park, Drake University, hyejin.park@drake.edu
Samantha Marshall, North Carolina State University, smarsha3@ncsu.edu
2023 to 2024
Michael Lolkus, Purdue University, mlolkus@purdue.edu (Grad Student Rep)

Associate Vice President for Research

Term: 
2021 to 2024
Hector Torres
Bethune-Cookman University

Advises the AMTE Board on matters pertaining to research in mathematics teacher education.

The Research Committee is charged to promote the mission and goals of AMTE by:

  • Preparing one or more articles annually for publication in the AMTE Newsletter.
  • Recommending ways to make research more visible for AMTE members.
  • Soliciting ideas from the AMTE membership regarding issues of interest or concern to which research might pertain, and then developing approaches to address those issues as feasible.
  • Working with other AMTE committees to ensure that research is considered, encouraged, and supported.
  • Helping to enable AMTE initiatives, including MTE, CITE, and AMTE Task Forces, by providing research-related advice and resources when requested.
  • Creating and maintaining a research component of the AMTE website to inform members of research-related news, including, funding opportunities, and to provide useful research-based resources to support the membership.
  • Working with the AMTE Annual Conference Program Committee and the NCTM Research Committee to support the visibility of research on mathematics teacher education at national conferences.