Ana Lúcia Braz Dias
Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics
Central Michigan
University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Office: Pearce 206H
Phone: (989) 774-3508
Fax: (989) 774-2414
E-mail: dias1al@cmich.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: M W F 11:00-12:00, Tu Th 14:00-15:00 or by appointment
Bio
I got my undergraduate degree in mathematics
from Universidade de Brasília -
UnB ("University of Brasília",
in Brasil), and I am very proud of that. The mathematics
undergraduate program at UnB has repeatedly received letter grade "A"
in the evaluation of higher education programs done by the Brazilian
federal executive department of Education. And I was a very good
student. They also have a very strong master's and doctoral
programs. I attended UnB from 1982 to 1988 - first as a physics
major, then joining the mathematics department in 1985.
My graduate degree is a Ph.D.
in Mathematics Education from Indiana University, in Bloomington,
IN. I am proud to be an "academic descendant" of the great Frank
K. Lester, Jr. - my dissertation advisor. See a list of us all at
the Mathematics
Genealogy Project. I was a graduate student at IU from 1993
to 1997.
Upon receiving my degree I went back to my beloved country, where I taught at the Universidade Católica de Brasília - UCB ("Catholic University of Brasília", but I am sure you could have figured this out on your own).
My research interest lies in the intersection of Mathematics Education with Adult Education, Anthropology of Education and History of Mathematics. I am presently conducting research in ethnomathematics, writing up the results of fieldwork done on the uses of the game of uril in Cape Verde.Recent Publications
DIAS, A. L. B. (2007) The Fibonacci
numbers and fractals. In: Alfred S. Posamentier and Ingmar Lehmann, pp.
307-325, The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers.
DIAS, A. L. B, and FREITAS, S. B. (2007) Matemática e impacto social da tecnologia da informação. In: Diversidade cultural e meio ambiente: de estratégias de contagem às propriedades geométricas. Cadernos de Teoria e Prática, v. 5, pp. 13-46. Brasília, DF : FUNDESCOLA/DIPRO/FNDE/MEC.
DIAS, A. L. B, and FREITAS, S. B. (2007) Matemática e interações sociais. In: Diversidade cultural e meio ambiente: de estratégias de contagem às propriedades geométricas. Cadernos de Teoria e Prática, v. 5, pp. 47-87. Brasília, DF : FUNDESCOLA/DIPRO/FNDE/MEC.
Teaching Schedule
Spring 2007-2008
| Desig.
# |
MTH 256 |
MTH 553 |
MTH 553 |
| Title |
Prob Solv K-8 Mth Teach |
Hst Elem Mth K-8 Teacher |
Hst Elem Mth K-8 Teacher |
| Class
Times |
M W F 10:00 AM-10:50 AM |
Tu Th 11:00 AM-12:15 PM |
Tu Th 12:30 PM-01:45 PM |
| Classroom |
Pearce 225 and Pearce 404 lab |
Pearce 224 |
Pearce 225 |
| Section
No. |
22032725 |
22049021 |
22031506 |
Fall 2008-2009
| Desig.
# |
MTH 151 |
MTH 256 |
MTH 256 |
| Title |
Math Elem Teachers I |
Prob Solv K-8 Mth Teach |
Prob Solv K-8 Mth Teach |
| Class
Times |
M W F 11:00 AM-11:50 AM |
Tu Th 11:00 AM-12:15 PM |
Tu Th 12:30 PM-01:45 PM |
| Classroom |
Pearce 224 |
Pearce 224 |
Pearce 224 |
| Section
No. |
22047450 |
22048704 |
22048705 |
University Service
I am a member of the President’s Council on Affirmative Action and Campus Equity.
