Wood and glass

Size15.25 x 12.5

Bio:

Ira J. Papick is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008-2011) and an Emeritus Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1978-2008). He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rutgers University in 1975.  His research areas are in Commutative Algebra and Mathematics Education.  He has published numerous research papers and co-authored the research level book, Prufer Domains, Marcel Dekker Pure and Applied Mathematics Series, 1996, and authored the undergraduate textbook for middle grade mathematics teachers, Algebra Connections, Prentice Hall, 2005. Professor Papick has extensive involvement in K-12 mathematics reform with particular emphasis on teacher preparation and was the PI or co-PI on several National Science Foundation grants focusing on K-12 mathematics curricular materials and teaching practices. Professor Papick is the recipient of five University of Missouri teaching awards (Purple Chalk Award, Amoco Award, Mystical 7 Award, Kemper Award, President’s Award), the most prominent of which is the Intercampus Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2001.