2016 MichMATYC Fall Conference

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Presenter(s): Victor Piercey, Erin Militzer, and Anil Venkatesh, Roxanne Cullen, Melissa Smith, and Deirdre Fagan (Ferris State University, Languages and Literature)
Time: 10:00am-10:50am	Room: J138
Title: The Unexpected Partnership Between Math and English: A Public Reflection
Abstract: Over the last three years, we have created freshmen learning communities centered on linking general education mathematics courses with first-year writing courses. While we expected that the students would benefit, we were surprised to find that we as faculty grew into a learning community. We will share what we have learned from one another so far and what we anticipate the future holds for this project.
Materials: (TBA)
Biographical: Deirdre Fagan is an assistant professor in the Languages and Literature Department at Ferris State University. She has previously been an associate professor and the coordinator of composition at Quincy University, and a lecturer at the University of Miami and the University at Albany. She is the author of Critical Companion to Robert Frost and has published articles, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a variety of academic and literary journals. Her area of specialization is American poetry, and her current areas of interest are poetry, creative writing, composition, and pedagogy.