Teaching

Teaching Awards & Grants

• Math GTA Teaching Excellence Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2019).

• Dorothea and Edgar D. Eaves Teaching Award – Senior Level, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2019).

• Dorothea and Edgar D. Eaves Teaching Award – Junior Level, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2017).

• University of Tennessee GTA@OIT Grant, Increasing Interaction: Implementing VoiceThread in the Flipped Classroom, with Jack Ryan (2017).

• University of Tennessee GTA@OIT Grant, Group Activities in Online Basic Calculus (2016).

Teaching-Related Publications

• Amanda Harsy, Iris Horng, Adam Schultze, Brittany Stephenson, and Cara Jill Sulyok. "Running the Summer@ICERM Program," Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Journal and Proceedings, 24, 2025.

• Cara Jill Sulyok, Amanda Harsy, Chris Wielgos. "Solving with Sherlock," Women in MathArt: Research, Creativity, and Teaching, AWM Springer Nature Proceedings Volume. 2024.

• Amanda Harsy, Sarah Klanderman, Marie Meyer, Michael Smith, Brittany Stephenson, and Cara Jill Sulyok. "Surviving a Pandemic Using Alternative Assessments," Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Journal and Proceedings, 23, 2023.

Selected Teaching & Service Presentations

• MAA MathFest, Contributed Paper Presentation in SoTL: Focus on Game-Based Learning with Amanda Harsy, Marie Meyer, Adam Schultze, Michael Smith, and Brittany Stephenson, "Win, Lose, or Draw: The Impact of Games on Mathematical Thinking," Sacramento, CA (August 2025).

• Joint Mathematics Meetings, Invited Lecture Presentation in MAA Special Session on Assessment Practices that Support Equity and Inclusion with Marie Meyer and Brittany Stephenson, “Analyzing the Impact of Alternate Assessment in Mathematics Courses,” Seattle, WA (January 2025).

• Joint Mathematics Meetings, Invited Presentation in AMS Special Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Past, Present, and Future with Amanda Harsy and Marie Meyer, "Analyzing the Impact of Alternate Assessment on Growth Mindset in Mathematics Courses," Boston, MA (January 2023).

• Joint Mathematics Meetings, Invited Presentation in AWM Special Session on Women, Art, and Mathematics: Mathematics in the Literary Arts and Pedagogy in Creative Settings wth Amanda Harsy, "Solving with Sherlock," Boston, MA (January 2023).

• Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Invited Presentation in Where are we are on the mathematics and statistics hype curve? with Amanda Harsy and Michael Smith, "Grading with a Growth Mindset," Toronto, Canada (December 2022).

• Teaching and Learning Innovation, New Faculty Teaching Institute, Invited Plenary Panelist, “The Student Experience in the Classroom,”University of Tennessee, Knoxville (August 2019).

• Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, Invited Plenary Panelist, “What I Wish My University Administration Knew,” Knoxville, TN (February 2019).

• University of Tennessee Math Summit, Invited Plenary Presentation with Jack Ryan, “VoiceThread in the Flipped Classroom” & Poster Presentation, “A GTA’s Perspective on Active Coordinated Teaching in a Mentorship Program,” Knoxville, TN (March 2017). 

• Joint Mathematics Meetings, Contributed Presentation, “A GTA’s Perspective on Active Coordinated Teaching in a Mentorship Program,” Atlanta, GA (January 2017). 

Workshop Participation

• Open Educational Resources: Adoption, Curation, and Customization, American Institute of Mathematics, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (May 2025).

• Metacognition: Teaching Students to Think About Learning, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL (March 2023).

• Advising Mathematics Students Academically and Professionally, Millikin University, Decatur, IL (March 2022).

• Associate Level Certification, The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (May 2020).