PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, BRYANT

COLLEGE

February, 2000

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:::TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 1971 to Present, Smithfield, RI - Professor

of Mathematics

Director of Applied Actuarial Mathematics

Advisor, Student Actuarial Association

January 1970 - August 1971, College of

Business Administration - Instructor

September 1969 - December 1970

- Mathematics

Department - Teaching Assistant

September 1968 - June 1969

Johnston Junior High School - Mathematics Teacher

:::EDUCATION

April 1989

Ph.D. - Statistics:

Dissertation: "Analysis of the

Length of Success Runs in a Two-State Markov Chain"

June 1970

Master of Science - Mathematics:

June 1967

B.A. - Major: Mathematics,

Minor: English:

:::HONOR SOCIETIES

Pi Mu Delta -

Mathematics

Kappa Delta Pi - Education

Phi Kappa Phi - General

:::AWARDS

Bryant Faculty

Federation Distinguished Faculty Award - September 1993

Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award -

June 1996

Merit Award – Bryant College - June

1996

Outstanding Service Award - Bryant

College - June 1997

:::PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Statistical

Society - RI Chapter, Vice-President 1993-1995, President

1996-1998

Mathematics Association of America

:::COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate: Pre-College Algebra, Mathematics Of

Analysis I and II, Statistics I and II, Calculus and Analytic Geometry,

Mathematics of Finance, Applied Statistics, Statistical Data Analysis,

Actuarial Mathematical Statistics I and II

Graduate: Statistics, Algebra and Calculus,

Quantitative Methods

Distance Learning: Quantitative Methods and Statistics taught

in Distance

MBA program

:::COMMITTEE WORK

Served on various college committees - standing committees

and search committees including the Strategic Planning Committee and College

Re-engineering Committee, Curriculum Committee, Graduate Faculty Council,

Annual Giving Committee, Served as chair of the Faculty Development Committee

for five years, Chair of Academic computer Users Committee, and chair of

Admissions Advisory Committee, and Secretary of the Faculty Federation, Chair

of Vice-President of Academic Affairs Search Committee, Co-Chair of Convocation

Committee, Academic Advisor, Actuarial Majors

:::COMMUNITY SERVICE

NRI - URI Extension

- Member of the Board of Directors

PEP - Parents Group - Scituate High

(Secretary/Treasurer, three years)

Trinity Church, Scituate-Vestry,

Sunday School Teacher

Society of Actuaries - Exam

Supervisor, 1992- 1998

R. I. Department of Education,

Mathematics Student Performance Indicator Writing Group

:::PRESENTATIONS

December 1984 - ATME

Fall Conference - "Statistics - A Brief Introduction"

April 1989 - Bryant College -

Computing Seminar for Faculty - "SAS/GRAPH"

April 1989 - Third New England

Statistics Symposium - "An Analysis of Success Runs in a Two-State

Markov Chain", University of Connecticut.

Summer 1989 - 17th Annual North

American Conference International Business Schools

Computer Users Group - Paper:

"Computerizing an Introductory Statistics Course in an MBA Program Using

PCs" and Workshop: "Demonstration and Comparison of MINITAB and

SPSS/PC+ Student Programs as Utilized in Introductory Statistic Courses"

(with Alan Olinsky).

Fall 1989 - Bryant College -

Computing Seminar for Faculty - "A Comparison of SPSS/PC+ and

MINITAB"

November 1990 - Boston ASA Meeting -

Sloan School at MIT - "Regression Results Using Computer Simulation in

the Class Room"

Spring 1990 - Bryant College -

Computing Seminar for Faculty - "A Comparison of Quantitative Math

Packages"

March 1990 - Statistics Seminar -

URI- "Analysis of the Length of Success Runs in a Markov Chain"

June 1990 - First Annual Conference

for SPSS/PC+ users - Montreal - "Teaching an MBA Statistics Course Using

SPSS/PC+" (abstract published)

November, 1990 - Sloan School, MIT -

Regression Results Using Computer Simulation in the Class Room"

April, 1994 - The Eighth New England

Statistics Symposium, URI - "Gender Differences in Predictors of Success

in College Mathematics", Statistical Inference Session, Chair

March 1995 - Bryant Seminar Series -

"Gender Differences in Predictors of Success in College

Mathematics"

May 1995 - Sonia Kovalesky Day, R I

College. "Some Interesting Statistic Examples"

April 1996 - Pi Mu Delta Honor

Society Induction, URI, "Careers in Mathematics"

June, 1997 – MAA Northeastern

Section, Merrimack College, "A ttitudes Towards Mathematics and

Predictors of College Mathematics Grades: Gender Differences in a Four-Year

Business College" (with Pat Odell)

August 1997 – American Psychological

Association, Chicago, "Incidence and Correlates of Pathological Internet

Use." (with Janet Morahan-Martin)

August 1998 - American Psychological

Association, San Francisco, CA, "Are Internet and Computer Experiences

and Attitudes Related?: Gender Differences." ( presented by co-author,

Janet Morahan-Martin)

August 1999 - American Psychological

Association, Boston, "Loneliness and Social Use of the Internet."

(with Janet Morhan-Martin)

"Everything You Always Wanted

to Know About Distance Learning and Were Afraid to Ask". Paper accepted

for pesentation at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Decision Sciences

Institute, Atlantic City, NY, March, 2000.

"New Technology, Gender, and

Computer and Internet Competencies and Experiences". Paper accepted for

presentation at the XXVII International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm,

Sweden, July, 2000.

:::PUBLICATIONS

Summer 1989 -

"Computerizing an Introductory Statistics Course in an MBA Program Using

PCs," Proceedings of the 17th Annual North American Conference

International Business Schools Computer Users Group (with Alan Olinsky and

Denise Lilliquist).

May 1990 - "A Comparison of

MINITAB and SPSS/PC+ Student Versions," CollegiateMicrocomputer

(with Alan Olinsky)

November, 1990 - "Illustration

of Regression Results Using Simulation and Graphical Presentations," Collegiate

Microcomputer(with Alan Olinsky)

Winter, 1990 - The Use of Simulation

in Mathematics Education," Education (with Kris Kennedy and Alan

Olinsky).

February, 1992 - "Gender

Differences in Computer Experiences, Skills and Attitudes Among Incoming

College Students," Collegiate Microcomputer(with Janet

Morahan-Martin and Alan Olinsky).

Winter, 1993 - "The

Introduction of Bootstrapping Techniques for Finding Confidence Intervals

Using Simulation, " Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science

Teaching (with Kristin Kennedy).

Summer, 1993 - "The Teaching of

Business Statistics Honors Courses" - Proceedings of 1993 Problem

Solving Across the Curriculum Conference (with Alan Olinsky) Geneva, NY.

Summer, 1993 - "Using

Simulation for the Enhancement of Basic and Intermediate Statistics

Courses" - Proceedings of 1993 Summer Computer Simulation Conference,

Boston, MA (with Kristin Kennedy).

August, 1993 - "Computer

Experiences, Attitudes, Computer and Math Anxiety and Grades of MBA

Students," Collegiate Microcomputer ( with Janet Morahan-Martin

and Alan Olinsky).

August, 1994 - "Attitudes and

Achievement in Freshman Math Courses." Proceedings of Summer meeting of

the American Statistical Association, Toronto, (with Pat Odell).

March, 1995 - "Placement in

First-Year College Mathematics Courses Using Scores On SAT- MATH and a Test

of Algebra Skills." Primus. Volume V Number 1, (with Pat Odell).

Fall, 1995 "Factors

Contributing To Job Satisfaction in Higher Education." Education.

Volume 116, (with Joe Ilacqua and Hsi Li).

Fall, 1996 - "Teaching with an

Interdisciplinary Approach: Three Examples of Integrating Computer

Programming and Statistics," Computers in the Schools. Vol 12.

#3. (with Kris Kennedy).

August, 1997 - "Gender

Differences in Internet Usage, Behaviors and Attitudes Among

Undergraduates", HCI International ’97. Proceedings of Seventh

International Human-Computer Interaction, San Francisco, California. (with

Janet Morahan-Martin)

February, 1998 -"Testing the

Impact of Trying in Behavior Intervention," Journal of Economic

Psychology. Vol 19. #1 (with Wossen Kassaye). Received Citation of

Excellence by Anbar Electronic Intelligence.

October, 1998 - "Attitudes

Towards Mathematics and Predictors of College Mathematics Grades: Gender

Differences in a Four-Year Business College". Journal of Education

for Business. Vol. 74. #1 (with Pat Odell)

Fall, 1999 - "Incidence and

Correlates of Pathological Internet Use Among College Students," (in

press) to Computers in Human Behavior. Vol.16. pp1-17(with Janet

Morahan-Martin).

November, 1999 - "Comparison of Computer and Internet Competency,

Experiences and Skills by Gender" (Abstract) Proceedings of the annual

meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, Los Angeles, CA (with

Janet Morahan-Martin). Available online: http:www.psych.uleth.ca/news/Morahanj.html

"Gender, Internet and Computer

Attitudes and Experiences," (submitted for publication to Computers in

Human Behavior with Janet Morahan-Martin).

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