Doug Ensley, PhD

Mathematics Competitions

For the 2024-25 academic year, I am serving as Director of Competitions for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). In this position I will lead the staff who execute the various levels of the American Mathematics Competition (Grade 8, Grade 10, Grade 12, layers of invitational exams, the preparation, selection and support for the US team that competes in the annual International Mathematics Olympiad, and the annual Putnam Competition for undergraduate students.

Higher Education Consulting

Sure, I'm retired from teaching but I'm not dead yet. I am still involved in many aspects of the mathematics community, so if you think I can help with a project you are working on, let's talk. Here are some things I am currently doing for one project or another:

• Grant writing and administration. I am particularly familiar with programs within the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, and I have a great deal of experience running national programs, especially through the MAA.

• Teaching-focused professional development.  I believe that professional development for mathematics instructors and administrators is an effective way to scale up our knowledge about effective practices for teaching and learning.

• Educational technology. Because of the fate of Adobe Flash, I don't have as much to show for myself as I otherwise would, but here are some HTML/JS-based interactions for Discrete Math developed with Winston Crawley. My current passion in this area is creating technological supplements to Open Education Resources.

• Data analytics. Over the course of my career, I have developed expertise with Python / R / SQL in the context of higher education administration.

Email: dougensley@gmail..com

Education and Work Experience

BS in Mathematics: University of Alabama - Huntsville
PhD in Mathematics: Carnegie Mellon University

Assistant / Associate / Full Professor, Shippensburg University, 1993- 2022
Mathematics Department Chair, Shippensburg University, 2011- 2015

Mathematics Instructor for the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences, 1990-2000 (summers)

Visiting Mathematician, Mathematical Association of America, 2000
Deputy Executive Director, Mathematical Assocation of America, 2016 - 2018
Director of MAA OPEN Math, funded by NSF DUE #2111260, 2021 - 2026
Director of Competitions, Mathematical Association of America, 2024 - 2025

Honors and Awards

• 1993 CMU Graduate Student Teaching Award

• 2009 International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics award

• 2011 SU Student Association Faculty Member of the Year

• 2021 MAA EPADEL Crawford Award for Distinguished Teaching

• 2021 MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service