¡BIENVENIDOS! & WELCOME to the homepage of

Professor Lesser ,

a Mathematical Sciences Dept. Professor in the College of Science at The Univ. of Texas at El Paso in the UT System.

                                CONTACT INFO

EMAIL (usually the best method for contact)

Lesser followed by @utep.edu

(office) PHONE

(915) 747-6845

(daytime) FAX

(915) 747-6502 (this fax goes to a department office, so put my name on the coversheet)

Physical OFFICE

room 213 (by water fountain on 2nd floor) of Bell Hall (on Wiggins Road, by north side of Library)

US MAIL address

UTEP Mathematical Sciences Dept.     500 West University Avenue      El Paso, TX    79968-0514

for deliveries (to my department)

the math dept. office is room 124 on the ground floor of Bell Hall (on Wiggins Road, near north side of Library)

and is generally open M-F 8-12 & 1-5; another map)

 

Browse his WORK/BACKGROUND, SCHEDULE & these RESOURCE PAGES:

 

outreach resources: Lottery Literacy,  Pi Day,

College Readiness, and MATH & MUSIC (Mathemusician!)       

resources for my students: Statistics & Math Ed; Study Tips; Advising; new K-12 Teachers;  GEPCTM

refereed journals I’m involved with:

Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics; Statistics Education Research Journal;  Journal of Mathematics and Culture; Texas Mathematics Teacher

resources for researchers: Equity ; Research Resources  (for statistics/mathematics education);  

QUICK BIOStatistics/math educator Lawrence (Larry) Lesser has taught math, statistics and math education courses in Colorado, Georgia, and Texas for a quarter-century. Since 2004, he has been at UTEP where he is (Full) Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. His teaching has been enriched by diverse experiences including working as a state agency statistician and as a high school math teacher. His statistics/math education interests include misconceptions/intuition/representations, language/culture, equity, teacher education/knowledge, and engagement. His research/scholarship includes 69+ peer-reviewed papers* and has led to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (given at the 2012 International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning), service on 5 national/international research or editorial boards (including a founding editor of Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics and the assistant editor of Statistics Education Research Journal) and on elected/appointed offices/committees in national organizations (e.g., National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, American Statistical Association, and Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education), and grants (such as the 2012-14 NSF TUES grant Project UPLIFT, for which he is the PI at UTEP).   His teaching innovations have generated textbooks (e.g., the COMAP/Freeman math-for-liberal-arts text For All Practical Purposes), invited keynotes (on equity, assessment, or math-and-music) at regional/national conferences (NCTM regional, MAA MathFest, etc.), stories in international mass media (e.g., CNN Headline News), radio/TV appearances, and recognitions including: 2001 AASU Gignilliat Professor, 2008-2011 UTEP CETaL Fellow, 2011 UTEP College of Science Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, the 2010 Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics Award from the Southwestern Section of the Mathematical Association of America, a 2011 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Texas System (comprising 9 universities and 10,000+ faculty), the 2013-14 Provost’s Faculty Fellow-in-Residence with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and a UTEP nominee for a 2013 US CASE Professor of the Year Award (to be announced in November).

* 200+ if also counting shorter/internally-reviewed book reviews, curriculum features, letters to the editor, editorials, papers in edited conference proceedings, etc.