RESUME

Gary G. Cochell

Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics

Culver-Stockton College

Canton, MO  63435

573-288-6361

gcochell@culver.edu

Academic Preparation:

B.S. Mathematics, Colorado School of Mines, 1971.

M.S. Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, 1973.

Ed.D. Higher Education/Mathematics, Oklahoma State University,  1976.

Post-Doctorate Work, Operations Research, Cornell University,  1986-1987.

Professional Experience:

Culver-Stockton College, 1979 - Present.

Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland University College, 2004-Present.

Cornell University, Visiting Professor of Mathematics,  1986-87, Summers 1987-1995 & 1997- 2004.

Colorado School of Mines, Visiting Assistant Professor of  Mathematics, 1978-1979.

St. Norbert College, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1977-1978.

Quincy College, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1976-1977.

Oklahoma State University, Graduate Assistant, 1971-1976.

Professional Memberships:

Canadian Society for the History of Mathematics.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Publications:

Math Warmups, Mark Twain Media/Carson-Dellosa Publishing Co., March 2001.

The Story of Negative Numbers (with Linda Shuey, Connie Dolezal,  Angi, Sauk and Janet Beery), Historical Modules Project (sponsored  by the MAA and NSF) in preparation.

The Early History of the Cornell University Mathematics Department:  A Case Study of the Emergence of the American Mathematical  Community,  Historia Mathematica 25 (1998), 133-153.

Recent Talks:

Annie MacKinnon, presented at the Midwest Conference on the History of Mathematics, Florence, KY, October 13, 2000.

Standards 2000 and the Show-Me Standards, presented at Interface A  Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, February 14-16, 1999.

Early History of the Cornell Mathematics Department: Women and the  German Influence, presented at the  Midwest Conference on the  History of Mathematics, Ames, IA, October 2-4, 1998.

The Early History of the Cornell University Mathematics Department:  A Case Study in the Emergence of the American Mathematical  Community, presented at the AMS Meeting at Temple University,  Philadelphia, April 1998.

The Early History of the Cornell University Mathematics Department:  A Case Study in the Emergence of the American Mathematical  Community,, presented to the faculty of the Cornell Mathematics  Department, July 1997.

The Early History of the Cornell University Mathematics Department:  A Case Study in the Emergence of the American Mathematical  Community, AMS Meeting at California Institute of Technology,  Pasadena, November 1996.

Preliminary Research on the Early History of the Cornell University  Mathematics Department, AMS-MAA Meetings, Orlando, January 1996.

Using the Computer in the Classroom, (MAT)2  Technology Conference,  Columbia, MO, May 1996.

Using Derive in Teaching Calculus, Greater Kansas City Mathematics  Technology Expo, Kansas City, Kansas, October 1993.

Professional Activities:

Graded AP Calculus exams for ETS and the College Board, 2001-2006.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2002-2004.

Reviewed manuscript for the NCTM, October 2000, April 2002.

Participated in the Institute on the History of Mathematics and its Use in Teaching II, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., Summers  1998- 1999.

Appointed to the Committee for Comprehensive Mathematics  Education of Every Child  of the NCTM in 1998.

Evaluator on Eisenhower grant proposals for the Coordinating Board  of Higher Education in Missouri, January 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999.

Selected to participate in the Supporting Secondary Standards in  Missouri Mathematics (S3 M2 ) Project (1997-1998) that is being  funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary  Education.

Reader for FIPSE Proposals, UMSL, November, 1996.

Attended Institute on the History of Mathematics and its Use in  Teaching, American University, Washington, D.C., Summers 1995- 1996, sponsored by the MAA-NSF.

NCATE/NCTM mathematics portfolio reviewer.

Recent Campus Activities:

Member, Council on Teacher Education..

Past member, Library Committee.

Past member, Academic and Cultural Events Committee.

Past member, Academic Planning Council.

Past chairperson, General Education Committee.

Member, Committee on Faculty.

Community Involvement:

Former member, Canton R-V School Board of Directors.

Track Coach, Canton R-V High School, 1998-2002.

Past Elder, Canton Christian Church.

Active father of four.