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John Mayer, PhD

Dr. John C. Mayer, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics at UAB, plays a very active role in both undergraduate and graduate education.  He teaches graduate courses in the research areas of topology and dynamical systems, and a variety of undergraduate courses. He has recently developed a course for mathematics majors and minors, and pre- and in-service teachers, Introduction to Mathematical Modeling. This course was implemented through the UAB EdGrid Program. Two Ph.D. students, Jamie Malaugh and Doug Childers, both UAB GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellows, assisted with the development and implementation of the class. Dr. Mayer is also co-director of the Mathematics Fast-Track Program, a combined bachelor’s and master’s of science program for mathematically-talented undergraduates aiming for an advanced degree and a career in mathematics or the sciences.

Over the past decade Dr. Mayer has been involved with colleagues, both in the UAB School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) and the UAB School of Education, in projects designed to enhance the transfer of uses of technology to middle and high school education. With colleagues in the UAB School of NSM, he participated in K-12 Higher Education Partnership (KHEP), a program designed to bring selected Birmingham high school student/teacher teams to UAB to participate in mathematical and scientific research on Saturdays. With colleagues in the UAB School of Education, he has participated in the UAB EdGrid Partnership and the UAB GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellows Program. He has attended several attended several seminars aimed at enhancing the sciences, mathematics, and technology, including the SC2000 Computer Modeling and Visualization Workshop in Dallas, Texas, November, 2000, and the Computer Modeling and Visualization Workshop at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama,

If you would like to contact Dr. John Mayer, please use the information provided below.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Campbell Hall 452

1530 3rd Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35294-1170

Phone: (205) 934-2154  Fax: (205) 934-9025  Email: jcmayer@uab.edu

Webpage: http://www.math.edu.uab/mayer

 

          

The material provided on the GK-12 UAB website is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 008645. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.