I wanted a way to find and access all of the research and practice on mathematics education without needing a research university account or 4 different professional association accounts or subscriptions to 4 journal publishing companies.

Since I am currently in a position with the focus on mathematics education research, I wanted to find a way to make the wealth of research and practice documented more accessible to those who are not researchers. I wanted to make it accessible in the retrieving content respect, but also accessible in the comprehension respect. 

I don't want to read the ten citations in the beginning of a paper to begin how to understand how they operationalized the words "learning" or "teaching" or "curriculum" over the last 30 years of their career. I want information provided in a way that you can take your understandings to the ideas. 

With that said, I have a significant appreciation for that work, so I also wanted to connect the depth of the topics and articles in a way that could be linked (literally) if a reader wanted to know more about how these ideas came into being. 

I am Michael. I am a 1st year PhD student at the University of Iowa.

I received my Associates of Arts at Grand Rapids Community College in 2009. I received my Bachelors of Science in Mathematics in 2021. I received my Professional Teacher's License for Teaching 5-12 Mathematics & Masters of Arts in Teaching Mathematics in 2023.

I have taught for ≅ 3 years at Indiana University and University of Iowa. I have a life time of mathematical love, many years of working with students from every mathematical entry point. My main problem is that I have more curiosity than time. 

I think my current research interest is how people re-engage with mathematics. But it will probably change next week.