Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics

Meet Dr. Ed Burger

AATM 2010 Conference Keynote Speaker

Edward Burger is Professor of Mathematics and Gaudino Scholar at Williams College. He is the author of over 30 research articles, 12 books, and 15 video series. Burger was awarded the 2000 Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Award for Distinguished Teaching and 2001 MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo National Award for Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics. The MAA named him the 2001-2003 Polya Lecturer. He was awarded the 2003 Residence Life Teaching Award from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2004 he was awarded Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize and in 2006 he was a recipient of the Lester R. Ford Prize. In 2007 and 2008 he received two awards for his video work. In 2007 Williams College awarded him the Nelson Bushnell Prize for Scholarship and Teaching. Burger is an associate editor of the American Mathematical Monthly and Math Horizons Magazine and serves as a Trustee of the Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2006, Reader's Digest listed Burger in their annual "100 Best of America" as America's Best Math Teacher. In February he appeared on a mathematics segment for NBC-TV on the Today Show and throughout the 2010 Winter Olympic coverage. Earlier this year he was named the winner of the 2010 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching---the largest ($250,000) and most prestigious prize in higher education teaching and scholarship across all disciplines in the English speaking world.

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Meet Nora Ramirez

AATM 2011 Conference Keynote Speaker

Nora Ramirez is a mathematics education consultant who recently retired from Arizona State University as the Director of Mathematics Professional Development. She is Past-President of TODOS: Mathematics for All, an organization that advocates for an equitable and high quality mathematics education for all students, in particular Hispanic/Latino students. Nora was a recent member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and also served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation’s Education and Human Resource Division. Nora has taught mathematics to students at the middle school through college levels. She has dedicated the last 20 years to working with Arizona K-12 teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Her work focuses on promoting equity, conceptual understanding of mathematics, teaching English Language Learners and making instructional decisions based on research and student thinking. Making math makes sense for all is her mission.