Rebecca Swanson

University Distinguished 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

• Association for Women in Mathematics prize for Professional Development (for our local chapter), July 2019
• Board of Trustees Outstanding Faculty Award, Colorado School of Mines, May 2017
• Colorado Mathematics Award for Outstanding Service to Students (for work with the Putnam Team), Colorado Mathematics Awards, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Early Career Teaching Award, Mathematical Association of America Rocky Mountain Section, April 2016
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Award (for supporting women in mathematics), Colorado School of Mines, January 2015

Selected Service Activities (Current/Recent)

• Society for Women in Mathematics co-advisor (Mines)
• Putnam Team co-advisor (Mines)
• Section NExT co-organizer (Mathematical Association of America – Rocky Mountain Section)
• Pro Mathematica Arte Council Member (Advisory council for Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education programs)
• Project NExT Flipped Classroom Team facilitator (Mathematical Association of America)