Regents Professor Emerita
Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky
Linda Sheffield, Ph. D. (sheffield@nku.edu; www.lindajsheffield.com), Regents Professor Emerita of Mathematics Education at Northern Kentucky University and founding director of the Kentucky Center of Mathematics, is a co-author of Math Innovations, a middle grades mathematics series, the Javits-funded Project M^3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds, the NSF Project M^2: Mentoring Young Mathematicians, and the new Project A^3: Awesome Advanced Activities, three series of units for advanced elementary and primary students. She was the founding vice president of the International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (MCG), a leader of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) STEM Network, the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) Special Interest Group on Mathematically Promising, was chair of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Task Force on Promising Students, and is a past president of the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA). Among the over 100 books that she has authored, co-authored, or edited are the NAGC/ NCTM/ NCSM book Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics with Gifted and Advanced Learners; the NCTM/NAGC/AMLE book The Peak in the Middle; Extending the Challenge in Mathematics; Awesome Math Problems for Creative Thinking; the PreK–2 NCTM Navigations series; and math methods books for early childhood, elementary and middle school teachers. She has conducted seminars for educators, parents and students across the United States and in over twenty other countries with an emphasis on helping students develop their mathematical creativity, engagement, enjoyment and abilities to the fullest extent possible.
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Friday, November 18, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Saturday, November 19, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM