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Department of Mathematics	Phone: (909) 793-2121
University of Redlands	FAX: (909) 335-5121
Redlands, California 92373	E-mail: janet_beery@redlands.edu

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, in Mathematics and English Literature, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, May, 1983

Full/Associate/Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Redlands, 1989-present

Courses: finite mathematics, calculus sequence (including First Year Seminars), discrete mathematics, graph theory, linear algebra, probability theory, number theory, history of mathematics, real analysis, point set topology, abstract algebra, senior research seminar, and directed studies in related fields

Trisecting Devlin’s Angle, with K. Devlin, M. Neagoy, and K. Socha, MAA Online, Mathematical Association of America, July, 2009

Formulating Figurate Numbers, BSHM Bulletin: Journal of British Society for History of Mathematics, July, 2009; and History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM) 2008 Proceedings, International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, July, 2008

Sums of Powers of Positive Integers, Loci: Convergence, Mathematical Association of America Mathematical Sciences Digital Library, April, 2009

Review of Thomas Harriot’s Artis Analyticae Praxis by Muriel Seltman and Robert Goulding, BSHM Bulletin: Journal of British Society for History of Mathematics, March, 2009

‘Ad Calculum Sinuum’: Thomas Harriot’s Sine Table Interpolation Formulas, Proceedings of Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (2008), 2009

Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers: the ‘Magisteria Magna’, with J. Stedall, European Mathematical Society, 2009

Navigating Between Triangular Numbers and Trigonometric Tables: How Thomas Harriot Developed His Interpolation Formulas, Proceedings of Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (2007), 2008

- FOCUS (Newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America), November, 2006;

- International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Newsletter, July, 2006;

- as IHMT 10-Year Anniversary, Bulletin of Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, November, 2006; and

- as Institute in the History of Mathematics and Its Use in Teaching Marks 10^th Anniversary, Mathematical Association of America History of Mathematics Special Interest Group Newsletter, June, 2006

Reviews of A Discourse Concerning Algebra: English Algebra to 1685 and The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot’s Treatise on Equations by Jacqueline A. Stedall, Historia Mathematica, May, 2006

Calculus Exploration: Concavity and the Second Derivative, in Instructor’s Manual for Calculus: Single and Multivariable, Wiley, 2005

Thomas Harriot’s Treatise on Figurate Numbers, Finite Differences, and Interpolation Formulas, in Proceedings of Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (2004), 2005

Lengths, Areas, and Volumes, with C. Dolezal, A. Sauk, and L. Shuey, in Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), 2005

Negative Numbers, with G. Cochell, C. Dolezal, A. Sauk, and L. Shuey, in Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, MAA, 2005

Thomas Harriot’s Communication of Mathematics via Symbols, Tables, and Page Layout, in History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM) 2004 Proceedings, International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, July, 2004; and in Proceedings HPM 2004 and European Summer University 4, University of Crete Press, 2006

Interdisciplinary Lively Application Project: Pollution Police, with J. Selco, in Tools for Teaching: Modules 2000-2001, Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP);

and as Pollution Police: How to Determine Spectroscopic Selection Rules, Journal of Chemical Education, February, 2004

Interdisciplinary Lively Application Project: Saving a Drug Poisoning Victim, with J. Selco, in Tools for Teaching: Modules 2000-2001, COMAP; and as Saving a Drug Poisoning Victim: A Kinetics Simulation, Journal of Chemical Education, May, 2002

‘Ad Calculum Sinuum’: Thomas Harriot’s Sine Table Interpolation Formulas, American Mathematical Society (AMS)-Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Joint National Meetings, San Francisco, California, January, 2010; and Annual Conference of Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June, 2008

Sums of Powers of Positive Integers, American Mathematical Society (AMS) Western Section Meeting, University of California, Riverside, November, 2009; and Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Portland, Oregon, August, 2009

A Whirlwind Tour of MathDL and Workshop on Mathematical Sciences Digital Library, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Southern California-Nevada Fall Section Meeting, California State University, San Bernardino, October, 2009

Navigating Between Triangular Numbers and Trigonometric Tables: How Thomas Harriot Developed His Interpolation Formulas, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Madison, Wisconsin, August, 2008; and Joint Conference of British Society for History of Mathematics and Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, July, 2007

Thomas Harriot’s Pythagorean Triples: Could He List Them All?, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Madison, Wisconsin, August, 2008

Formulating Figurate Numbers, Quadrennial Meeting of International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM), Mexico City, July, 2008

Mathematical Puzzles and Games, American Association of University Women (AAUW) 8th Grade Girls Mathematics and Science Day, University of Redlands, with E. Doolittle, March, 2010; February, 2008; March, 2007; February, 2006; January, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Thomas Harriot’s Communication of Mathematics via Symbols, Tables, and Page Layout,

- American Mathematical Society (AMS) Western Section Meeting, University of California, Santa Barbara, April, 2005;

- International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Americas Section Meeting, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April, 2005; and

- Quadrennial Meeting of International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM), Uppsala University, Sweden, July, 2004

Thomas Harriot’s Treatise on Figurate Numbers, Finite Differences, and Interpolation Formulas,

- Frederick V. Pohle Colloquium Series on the History of Mathematics, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, March, 2005;

- Joint Conference of British Society for History of Mathematics and Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Cambridge University, England, July, 2004;

- American Mathematical Society (AMS)-Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Joint National Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona, January, 2004

Workshop on Historical Modules for Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, with V. Katz and K. Michalowicz, HPM Quadrennial Meeting, Uppsala University, Sweden, July, 2004

A Liberal Arts Mathematics History Course Co-taught by Future Secondary Teachers, AMS-MAA Joint National Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, January, 2003

Applying Abstract Algebra to Molecular Spectroscopy: A Classroom Project, AMS-MAA Joint National Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, January, 2003

Mathematics / Chemistry Classroom Projects: Saving a Drug Poisoning Victim and Detecting Pollutants, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Southern California Section Meeting, Whittier College, October, 2000; and MAA Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Providence, Rhode Island, August, 1999

History and Philosophy of Mathematics and Their Uses in the Classroom Paper Session, with B. Gold, A. Shell-Gellasch, and C. Simmons, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Portland, Oregon, August, 2009

History of Mathematics Paper Session, with A. Shell-Gellasch and C. Simmons, MAA Annual Summer Meeting (MathFest), Portland, Oregon, August, 2009

The Political Dimension of Ethnomathematics Panel Discussion, with A. Shell-Gellasch, AMS-MAA Joint National Meetings, San Diego, California, January, 2008

Student Poster Sessions, MAA Southern California Section Meetings, Harvey Mudd College, March, 2003; California Institute of Technology (Caltech), March, 2002; California State University, Fullerton, March, 2001; University of California, Los Angeles, March, 2000; and University of California, San Diego, March, 1999

Mathematics and Computer Science Department Seminar Series, University of Redlands, 1990-2005

History of Mathematics in the Second Millennium Paper Session, with E. Sandifer, AMS-MAA Joint National Meetings, San Diego, January, 2002

Careers for Math Majors Panels, MAA Southern California Section Meeting, California State University, Fullerton, March, 2001; and University of California, Los Angeles, March, 2000

Editor, Loci: Convergence, and Associate Editor, Loci, online journal of MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL), 2009–present

Secretary-Treasurer, MAA History of Mathematics Special Interest Group, 2005-2009

Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus Examination Development Committee, College Board, 2002-2008 (College Board Advisor for AP Calculus, 2006-2008)

Advanced Placement Calculus Examination Reader (grader), Educational Testing Service, June, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

National Curve Bank Website Advisory Board, California State University, Los Angeles, and National Science Foundation, 2001-present

Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum Guidelines Writing Team, MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, 2001-02 (published by MAA as Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004)

Writing Team Leader, Historical Modules Project, MAA and National Science Foundation, 1999-2002 (published as Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, MAA, 2005)

Collegiate mathematics education, especially the use of discovery-based learning in teaching mathematics

Algebra, especially finite permutation group theory and representation and character theory. Dissertation: Transitive Groups of Prime Degree

Undergraduate research sponsored since 2000 includes summer and senior projects involving mathematics history (1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008), algebraic coding theory (1998, 1999, 2002, 2006), algebraic combinatorics (2000), group theory in chemistry (2000-2001), Groebner bases (2002), plane symmetry groups (2002, 2004, 2008), fuzzy set theory (2005), golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence (2006), group theory in sociology (2006), Hilbert spaces (2008).

Mathematical Association of America (Special Interest Group: History of Mathematics)