MAA CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

GERALD J. PORTER

 

Positions Held:

                        1991-96       Director, Interactive Mathematics Text Project[1]

                        1992-2001   Treasurer, Mathematical Association of America

           

            Sectional Level:    

1975-78       Member, Executive Committee, Philadelphia Section MAA (the section name was changed to EPADEL - Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware in 1976)

1999                      Governor representing EPADEL Section

1979           Speaker and organizer: Spring Meeting EPADEL Section, Theme: Computer Graphics and Undergraduate Mathematics Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1989           Moderator and Organizer, Spring meeting EPADEL section, MAA, The role of Computer Algebra Systems in teaching mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1993           EPADEL Section, Spring Meeting, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

1997-                    Speaker: Spring Meeting, EPADEL Section MAA, Wilkes Barre, PA

1998-                    Organizer, EPADEL Fall Meeting, University of Pennsylvania

1999           Program organizer, EPADEL Spring Meeting, Villanova, University

                                          Numerous section nominating committees and program committees

                        2000           webmaster – EPADEL home page

            National Level:

1980-83       Governor representing EPADEL Section

1981-82       Chairman, Committee to Review Association Meeting Programs

1982           Program Committee, Toronto Meeting

1983-87       Committee on Computers in Mathematics Education, chair 1983-87

1983-          Investment Committee, chair 1986-2002

1986-          Governor at large

1986-92       Audit and Budget Committee, chair 1988-90

1986-          Finance Committee   

1986-92       Technical Advisory Committee

1986-91       Committee on Meetings, chair 1991

1986           ad hoc Committee to Review the Development Office

1987-89       MAA Representative to Section T, AAAS

1988           ad hoc Committee to Recommend a Decision on the MAA Headquarters

1988           ad hoc Committee on Financial Management

1988           ad hoc Committee on Headquarter's Renovation

1989           ad hoc Committee on the Polya bequest

1989-          Building Committee

1990           AMS-MAA Committee on Summer Meetings

1990-1        ad hoc committee to review the Math Olympiad Award Ceremony, chair

1991           AMS-MAA Joint Program Committee for the Orono Meeting

1991           AMS-MAA Joint Program Committee for the Baltimore Meeting

1991-7        Committee on the Participation of Women

1991-6        Interactive Mathematics Text Project, director

1991-6        Advisory Board, Interactive Mathematics Text Project, ex-officio

1991-          Council on Meetings

1991-5        ad hoc Committee on Committee Reports

1991-5        Principal Investigator, ILI-LLD Grant (USE-9150272)

1992-5        Principal Investigator, ILI-LLD Grant (DUE-9251037)

1992-4        ad hoc Committee to study JUMR

1992-2001   Treasurer

1992-2001   Executive Committee

1992-2001   Publications Management Committee

1992-2001   Committee on Management Evaluation and Oversight, chair

                  (formerly Staff and Services Committee)

1992-2001   Fund for Aid to Sections

1993-2001   Budget Committee

1993-2002   Committee on Electronic Services

1993-8        Joint Policy Board for Mathematics

1993-8        Science Policy Committee

1993-5        Principal Investigator, NSF Faculty Enhancement Grant (DUE-9255479)

1993-2001   Personnel Committee

1993-6        Principal Investigator,NSF Grant, ESIE-9254453 "Introducing Interactive Texts into High Schools"

1994-          Membership Committee, chair 2004-

1994-6        Ad hoc Committee on Foreign Memberships

1995           Ad hoc Joint Committee on the Summer 1996 meeting

1995-6        Task Force on Summer Meetings

1995-6        Search Committee for an Editor of Electronic Services

1995-2003   Committee on Professional Development, chair

1995-6        Nominating Committee for Secretary

1995-6        Task Force on AAAS Representatives

1996-7        Task Force on the Profession

1996-7        1997 Mathfest Planning Committee

1997-                    Task Force on Institutional Memberships, chair

                  Search Committee for Executive Director

1999           Candidate for President

                  Search Committee for Associate Executive Director

2002-                    Committee on Graduate Students

2003-                    Web Advisory Committee

Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Planning

2005           Search Committee for a JOMA Editor

 

            MAA Presentations:

1976           Speaker: Special Session on the Use of Computers in Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

1979           Speaker and organizer: Spring Meeting EPADEL Section, Theme: Computer Graphics and Undergraduate Mathematics Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1980           Speaker: Computer Graphics and Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Summer meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan         

1981           Speaker and Organizer: Special Session on Microcomputer Graphics In Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Summer meeting, Pittsburgh, PA

1983           Lecturer: MAA Minicourse: The Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado

                  Lecturer: MAA Sponsored shortcourse: The Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics, Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD

1984           Lecturer: Workshop on the Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics, MD, D.C., VA Section of the MAA

1985           Moderator and Organizer: Panel Discussion on Symbolic Manipulation Programs (sponsored by CCIME), Summer meeting, Laramie, Wyoming

1986           Moderator and Speaker: Panel discussion on Calculus and Computing: Past, Present, and Future, (sponsored by CCIME) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

1989           Moderator and Organizer, Spring meeting EPADEL section, MAA, The role of Computer Algebra Systems in teaching mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1990           Speaker, Panel discussion on securing computer resources for mathematics, Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY

1993           Poster Session, ILI Projects, Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas

                  EPADEL Section, Spring Meeting, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

                  Ohio Section, Spring Meeting, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

                  SIAM national meeting, Philadelphia, PA

                  Speaker, Panel presentations on Interactive Texts, Joint Summer meetings, Vancouver, CANADA

1994           Electronic Poster Session - Annual Math Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio

                  IMTP Developers' Conference, Multimedia in Math Education, Durham, NC

1995           Talk in special CRAFTY session on the first two years,  Annual Math Meetings, San Francisco, CA

                  Speaker: Spring Meeting, EPADEL Section MAA, Wilkes Barre, PA

                  Speaker: Spring Meeting, North Central Section, Carleton College, Carleton, MN

1996           Annual Mathematics Meetings, Orlando, FL

                        Panel Organizer (with Susanna Epps): You're the Author, What's Next?

                        Speaker (with David Hill) Linear Algebra in Mathcad, contributed paper session on Linear Algebra

                        Organizer and moderator of panel discussion, Interactive Mathematics Texts

                        Moderator: Panel Discussion on Math Awareness Week activities

                  NCTM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: Introducing Interactive Texts into          High Schools, organizer of MAA invited paper session and presenter


[1] The Interactive Mathematics Text Project is a project of the Mathematical Association of America which aims to encourage the use of interactive computer based texts in mathematics education.  The IMTP has received funding of $2.4 million in cash and equipment from the IBM Corporation, significant donations of software by Mathsoft, Inc, Wolfram Research, and Waterloo Maple and three grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $363,582.