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Piatek-Jimenez, Katrina

Professor

FACULTY

More about Katrina Piatek-Jimenez

  • Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2004
  • B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999
My research is in mathematics education. My main research interests include:
  • Equity within the STEM disciplines, especially focusing on issues related to gender
  • Motivation for mathematical careers
  • Stereotypes of mathematicians
  • Undergraduate students’ understanding of proofs and the language of mathematics
  • Project NExT
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • North American Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
  • Mathematical Association of America
  • Association for Women in Mathematics

Courses Taught

  • Women in STEM Fields
  • Seminar in Collegiate Mathematics Education
  • A Survey of Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education
  • Methods for Teaching College Mathematics
  • College Geometry
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Introduction to Proofs
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers