Dr. James M. Fetterly will join the Department of Mathematics in Fall 2015 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. His research interests are related to mathematical creativity and problem posing. Prior to joining UCA, Dr. Fetterly served as a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2011-2015) and Florida State University (2007-2011). At both of these universities, he taught mathematics methods courses along with a variety of other courses for several programs (i.e. Mathematics, Secondary, Middle, Elementary, Early Childhood, and Special Education). He received his PhD in Mathematics Education from Florida State University in 2010. In 2002, he received his master’s degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Central Arkansas. Prior to teaching at the collegiate level, he taught secondary mathematics for five years and coached middle school mathematics teachers for another two years in the Conway Public School District. He is married and has five wonderful daughters. In his leisure time, Dr. Fetterly enjoys working in the yard and reading.
Dr. Nesrin Sahin will join the Department of Mathematics Fall 2015 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. She earned her PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Central Florida in spring 2015. For her doctoral
research, she investigated the effect of Cognitively Guided Instruction on students’ problem solving strategies and the effect of students’ problem solving strategies on their mathematics achievement. She received her master’s degree in Applied Statistics from Kennesaw State University and her BS degree in Chemistry Education from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. She taught Mathematics at the secondary level for two years and Chemistry for one year while living in Turkey. She is married and has two lovely children. In her spare time, Dr. Sahin likes reading, jogging and traveling.