Breakout Presentations

Additional Presenter's Bios:

 Julie Gunkelman is a mathematics faculty member at Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus.  She earned her Master of Arts in Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University and her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Michigan State University.  Julie  uses a variety of instructional techniques to create an active learning environment in her classes.   

Julie was awarded the MichMATYC Teaching Excellence Award in 2014 and was a finalist for the Faculty Innovation Award from the American Association of Community Colleges in 2018.  Julie served as the Professional Development Coordinator of AMATYC from 2016 through 2018.  Julie is currently the MichMATYC Webmaster and the Assistant Program Coordinator of AMATYC.  

Katy Shields received her master's in mathematics from Eastern Michigan University in 2012.  She has been teaching full time at Schoolcraft College since 2020 (that was a fun year to start).  Prior to that she taught as an adjunct at Oakland Community College, Mott Community College, Eastern Michigan University and University of Detroit Mercy.    She is course facilitator for the Quantitative Reasoning co-req at Schoolcraft and also teaches upper-level classes to remember what is like to work with students who like mathematics. 

Lisa Fellows is a faculty math instructor for Jackson College working mostly with statistics and occasionally algebra.  Most of her work is done inside correctional facilities and she is passionate about teaching in prisons.  She is also an avid reader, crazy plant lady, and recovering math hater!