Rebecca Swanson
Teaching Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Education
- PhD Indiana University
- MA Indiana University
- BA Dakota Wesleyan University
Research Areas
- Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Combinatorics
Publications
- D. Carney, K. Leiderman, R. Swanson, Society for Women in Mathematics at Mines, Association for Women in Mathematics: The First Fifty Years, Springer, Accepted.
- D. Carney, M. Sanders, S. R. Swanson, A. Calculus II Redesign: Supporting Faculty in Pedagogical, (2020) (Problems, Re and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2020.1746450
- R. Swanson, 101 Careers in Mathematics, 4th Edition (Ed. D. Haunsperger, R. Thompson), MAA Press, 2019. 223-224
- D. Carney, N. Ormes, R. Swanson, Partially Flipped Linear Algebra: A Team-Based Approach, Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies 25 (2015), 641-654
- S. Pankavich, R. Swanson, Principal Components Analysis: Resources for an essential application of Linear Algebra, Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies 25 (2015), 400-420
- D. Haunsperger, R. Swanson, High School Math Days, MAA Focus Magazine, 34 (Dec. 2014 – Jan. 2015), 22-23
Recent Courses
- MATH332: Linear Algebra
- MATH112: Calculus II
- MATH213: Calculus III
- MATH300: Foundations of Advanced Mathematics
Honors and Awards
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Association for Women in Mathematics prize for Professional Development (for our local chapter), July 2019
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Board of Trustees Outstanding Faculty Award, Colorado School of Mines, May 2017
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Colorado Mathematics Award for Outstanding Service to Students (for work with the Putnam Team), Colorado Mathematics Awards, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
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Early Career Teaching Award, Mathematical Association of America Rocky Mountain Section, April 2016
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Award (for supporting women in mathematics), Colorado School of Mines, January 2015
Selected Service Activities (Current/Recent)
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Society for Women in Mathematics co-advisor (Mines)
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Putnam Team co-advisor (Mines)
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Section NExT co-organizer (Mathematical Association of America – Rocky Mountain Section)
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Pro Mathematica Arte Council Member (Advisory council for Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education programs)
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Project NExT Flipped Classroom Team facilitator (Mathematical Association of America)