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My name is Dr. Aubrey Kemp, and I am a mathematician, educator, researcher, and life-long learner!
My research greatly informs my teaching philosophy, so I use innovative, research-based strategies in my classrooms, which leads to a more inclusive classroom and deeper student understanding. To read my Teaching, Research, and Leadership Statement, click here. To see some sample lessons I have implemented in class, click here.
More Background:
I earned my PhD in Mathematics and Statistics in August 2018 within the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Georgia State University. My research focused on Collegiate Mathematics Education, studying under Dr. Draga Vidakovic. I received my undergraduate degree from Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA in Mathematics (with a Concentration in Education).
My dissertation project pertained to the generalization and transferal of mathematical definitions from Euclidean to Taxicab geometry. This project investigated the ways students use Geometer's Sketchpad and cooperative learning to generalize definitions. In addition, within the context of APOS Theory, analysis of interviews with students resulted in a model of schema interaction for the circle schema.
"It is easy to forget that mathematics is primarily a tool for human thought...
The most important thing about mathematics is how it resides in the human brain...
When mathematics loses its connection to your minds, it dissolves into a haze...
In mathematics, what is intriguing, puzzling, interesting, surprising, boring, tedious, exciting is crucial;
they are not incidental, they shape how we think."
-Bill Thurston
I continue to educate myself on how I contribute to systemic racism, sexism, ableism, and all other social "isms" that result in injustice, opportunity gaps, and perpetuated oppression against underserved and marginalized groups.
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