Meet the Members of the Elementary Mathematics Writing Task Force

Principal Investigators:

Tutita Casa, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

Janine Firmender, Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph’s University

Task Force Members:

June Cahill, Dean of Academics, Kennelly Elementary, Hartford Public Schools

Fabiana Cardetti, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

Jeff Choppin, Associate Professor, University of Rochester

Jeremy Cohen, Supervisor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor, Township of Union Public School District and Fordham University

Shelbi Cole, Senior Content Specialist (Mathematics), Student Achievement Partners

Madelyn Colonnese, Doctoral Student, University of Connecticut

Juanita Copley, Curriculum Author and Professor Emerita, University of Houston

Mike DiCicco, Fifth Grade Teacher, Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield Public Schools

Jack Dieckmann, Associate Director of Curriculum at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE), Stanford University

Jenny Dorl, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Morley and Bugbee Elementary Schools, West Hartford

Betsy Rupp Fulwiler, Science Education Consultant

Kathy Gavin, Curriculum Author and Associate Professor (ret.), University of Connecticut

Michael Hebert, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Karen Karp, Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Erika LaBella, Kindergarten Teacher, Southeast Elementary School, Mansfield Public Schools

Judit Moschkovich, Professor and Graduate Director, University of California

Karen Moylan, K-8 Math Coach, Mansfield Public Schools

Natalie Olinghouse, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

Sarah Powell, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Erin Price, Gifted Education Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia

David Pugalee, Professor and Director, Center for STEM Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Linda Sheffield, Curriculum Author and Regents Professor Emerita, Norther Kentucky University

Ryley Zawodniak, Fifth Grade Teacher, Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield Public Schools