Assistant College

Name:

Raja Khoury, Ph.D.

Wife: Suzy Khoury, CPA

Son: Nicholas Khoury

Home City: Plano, Texas

Educational experience

Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Houston, 1997, GPA = 4.00

MS, Mathematics, North Dakota State University, 1989

BS, Mathematics, North Dakota State University, 1987

ACE, Graduate of the Academy for Collegiate

Excellence (ACE), 2007

(ACE

is a rigorous leadership program designed to prepare leaders with advanced

skills from within theCollin College

District)

Professional experience

Current positions

Department Chair-2000-date, Collin County Community College,

Mathematics department

Full-time Professor-1998-date, Collin County Community College, Mathematics

department

Previous positions

District Chair-2001-2006, Collin County Community College,

Mathematics department

Part-time Instructor, Dallas County Community College, Mathematics department

Full-time Instructor, Houston Community College, Mathematics department

Full-time Lecturer, University of Houston Downtown, Mathematics department

Part-time Assistant professor, Houston Baptist University, Mathematics

department.

Elected Positions

President of Collin College Faculty Council

President of Texas Mathematical Association

of Two-Year Colleges

President of

Texas Association of Academic Administrators in the

Mathematical Sciences

Administrative experience

Assist the Dean in planning, coordinating, scheduling, and evaluating the

academic program

Participate in budgeting and help in managing capital, physical, and

instructional equipment and materials of the department

Oversee the distribution of $1.5 million in departmental budget

Assist with the development and the implementation of the academic strategic

plan within the department

Recruit, interview, and recommend employment of culturally diverse associate

faculty

Supervise 55+ part-time faculty and coordinate the departmental affairs of 21

full time faculty

Organize faculty professional development seminars and workshops necessary to

improve instruction and to maintain the knowledge of current practices/trends

that affect the teaching field of mathematics to a scholarly community

Manage departmental academic affairs including the development of class

schedule, course syllabi, course inventory, and college catalog;

Coordinate full time and associate faculty teaching schedules

Resolve students complaints and conduct class visitations and written

evaluations of associate faculty

Develop new classes and interface with CAB

Coordinate textbook selection within the department and place bookstore orders

Manage the selection of materials such as instructional equipment, computer

software, and lab materials for the department

Participate in assisting the college to maintain the criteria required for

accreditation. Oversee the department credit and honor classes as well as the

learning community courses and the collection of data for QEP/SACS

Coordinate the department search committees and the assessment and placement of

new students

Recommend instructional and laboratorial assistants to the Math Labs

Coordinate department activities for 21 full-time faculty and represent the

college within the community and across the country at various functions

Mentor new full time faculty

Teach nine credit hours per academic term (Reference Collin job description)

Evaluative experience

Supervise and evaluate 55+ part-time faculty per academic term

Design instruments to collect, evaluate, and analyze core competencies data in

introductory courses with the assistance of the faculty and the institutional

research department and under the supervision of the Dean

Work with appointed committees derived from the Faculty Association representing

different disciplines to resolve problems related to curriculum and various

functions

Participate in the cutoff scores of the new statewide assessment program, the

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), the new name for TAAS, in

conjunction with the Student Assessment and Curriculum and Professional

Development Divisions of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the approval of

the State Board of Education

Administrate the cutoff scores for Collin Math assessment and revised the

prerequisites of all the Math courses with the assistance of the faculty and

under the supervision of the Dean

Teaching and academic experience

Teach courses in accordance to the schedule of classes at all levels and follow

the approved course descriptions and syllabi established by faculty and

administered by the Dean

Developed The Center for Advanced Study in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (CASMNS)

Math Program

Teaching assignments include credit and remedial courses, distance education,

evening and weekend programs, and other instructional modalities

Non-teaching assignments include instructional development, academic advising

and assisting students, registration assignments, college-wide activities and

task forces participation, faculty association activities, and other

responsibilities

Participate in the following committees: full-time faculty hiring, textbooks,

curriculum, and internal review taskforce for QEP/SACS.

Advise and assist associate faculty in regard to course content and

instructional materials

Continue to update and revise programs and teaching methodology in order to

maintain currency and relevance

Maintain general knowledge of degree requirements, programs, and course transfer

information

Continue to seek ways to improve instruction and to maintain the knowledge of

current practices/trends that affect the teaching field of mathematics

Teach all levels of developmental Mathematics, College Algebra, Trigonometry,

Finite Mathematics, Business Calculus, Math and Science Calculus, Linear

Algebra, Differential Equations, and Statistics

Affiliation

Texas Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Texas Association of Academic

Administrators in the Mathematical Sciences

National Faculty Advisor for Eduspace powered by Blackboard and sponsored by

Cengage Learning

Board

Member of Collin College Faculty Council

Member-Mathematical Association of America s Professional Enhancement Program

Delegate-American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Member of American Mathematical Association

Member of Mathematical Association of America

Member of American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Member of Texas Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Past Member of Executive board Election committee for Texas Community College

Teachers Association

Past Secretary of Texas Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Academic awards

The Collin County Community College board of trustees recognition for

completing Power Point Slides for Thomas Calculus by Weir, Hass, and Giordano,

11th edition, Addison Wesley

The Mathematical Association of America's William Lowell Putnam Competition

Undergraduate research assistant, Virginia State University-Chemistry department

Undergraduate teaching assistant, North Dakota State University-Mathematics

department

Graduate teaching assistant, North Dakota State University- Mathematics

department

National Conferences, invited lectures, and workshops

March 2010 ICTCM - Teaching College Algebra through Calculus with the TI-Nspire

Emulator Software

March 2009 ICTCM - Teaching College Algebra through Calculus with the TI-SmartView

Emulator Software

March 2008 ICTCM - An Introduction to TI SmartView Emulator Software

June 2007 T

International Conferences - Teaching calculus with TI-83/84 Calculators

February 2007 ICTCM - Multiple teaching representations using graphing

calculator technologies

October 2004 ICTCM- Multiple representations of differentiation and integration

January 2000 AMS/MAA Joint meetings-Closest Matrices in the space of Doubly

Stochastic Matrices

January 1999 AMS/MAA Joint meetings-A Theoretical Algorithm for the closest

Matrices in the space of Doubly Stochastic Matrices

January 1998 AMS/MAA Joint meetings-Closest Generalized Doubly Stochastic

Matrices

Research interests

Linear Algebra, Doubly Stochastic matrices, Convexity, and Nonlinear

Optimization

Publications

Closest Matrices in the space of Doubly Stochastic Matrices (n less than or

equal 3), to be submitted for publication

A Theoretical Algorithm for the Closest Matrices in the space of Doubly

Stochastic, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 61-69,

2004

Closest Matrices in the space of Generalized Doubly Stochastic Matrices, Journal

of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 222, p. 562-568, 1998

Convex Functions, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 163,

p. 1-14, 1992

Efficient Calculation of General Voigt Profiles, Pergamon Journal, Vol.39,

p.163-171, 1988. (Co-author)

College/University services

Faculty Council representative

Full-time hiring committee

Textbook Selection Committee

Sabbatical Taskforce

New students advisory committee

Scholarships selection committees

Faulty Association committees representing different disciplines

Professional activities

Online National Faculty advisor for WebAssign sponsored by Cengage Learning

Online National Faculty advisor for Eduspace sponsored by Houghton Mifflin

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Plano, Texas 75074-3300

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