¡BIENVENIDOS! & WELCOME to the homepage of
a Mathematical
Sciences Dept. Professor in the College
of Science at The Univ. of Texas at El Paso
in the UT System.
CONTACT INFO
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EMAIL
(usually the best method for contact) |
Lesser
followed by @utep.edu |
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(office) PHONE |
(915) 747-6845 |
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(daytime) FAX |
(915) 747-6502 (this fax goes to a department office, so put my
name on the coversheet) |
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Physical OFFICE |
room 213 (by water fountain
on 2nd floor) of Bell Hall (on Wiggins
Road, by north side of Library) |
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US MAIL
address |
UTEP Mathematical Sciences
Dept. 500 West University
Avenue El Paso, TX 79968-0514 |
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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:
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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 |
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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
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resources for
researchers: Equity ; Research
Resources (for statistics/mathematics education); |
QUICK
BIO: Statistics/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.
