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- 512.863.1489
- Fondren-Jones 307
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Therese Shelton
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Expertise
Mathematical Modeling, especially with Differential Equations and especially as related to biological systems. Technology as a pedagogical tool. Dynamical Systems; Functional Analysis.
Assessment of Student Learning and of Math Programs.
Honors & Awards
National Science Foundation Grant 2018-2021 “Building Community Through Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations (SIMIODE)” Co-Principal Investigator with B. Winkel, P. Tiffany, A. Malagon, C. Harwood. NSF 15-585 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR). $450,000.
Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America: Ron Barnes Distinguished Service to Students Award 2015
Southwestern University Nominated for SU Teaching Award * 2015-16 * 2013-14 * 2012-13 * 2010-11
Southwestern University’s Nomination for the 2019 Faculty Mentoring Award in Mathematics and Computer Sciences by the Council for Undergraduate Research
Affiliations
Professional: American Mathematical Society, Association of Women in Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, Texas Association of Academic Administrators of Mathematical Sciences, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Professional Leadership
MAA Committee on Session of Contributed Papers 2018-2021.
MAA Congress member as Representative of the Texas Section 2019-2022.
MAA Congress Recorder Feb 2020 - Jan 2022.
Therese Shelton received her PhD and MS from Clemson University in 1987 and her BS from Texas A&M University in 1982.
She believes mathematics is a language which allows one to examine and express phenomena from our world as well as in a wider context.
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