Mathematics Educators Beta
Profile Activity
Meta user
Network profile
9,909
reputation
34
74

Brendan W. Sullivan

  • Graduate: Doctor of Arts (D.A.) in Mathematical Sciences, May 2013 from Carnegie Mellon University. Advised by John Mackey and Jack Schaeffer. My thesis was a textbook for an "Introduction to Proofs" course.
  • Undergraduate: Hamilton College, B.A. in Mathematics & Physics.

Now a Lecturer at Emmanuel College in Boston. Teaching a 4/4 load and doing research on Cops & Robbers on graphs. Recent publication with undergraduate collaborators featured in the College Mathematics Journal: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.48.5.322

60
answers
19
questions
~124k
people reached

Communities (12)

Top Meta Posts
4
12

Top network posts

Top tags (73)

Score 195
Posts 38
Posts % 48
Score 170
Posts 12
Score 137
Posts 11
Score 116
Posts 12
Score 100
Posts 9
Score 66
Posts 10
View all tags →

Top posts (79)

All Questions Answers
Votes Newest
68 Whence the “everything is linear” phenomenon, and what can we do about it? Mar 27 '14
58 What female mathematician can I introduce to my High School students? Apr 21 '14
40 How can I teach my students the difference between a sequence and a series? Mar 27 '14
38 Teaching undergraduates who expect a high-school-like learning environment Dec 22 '17
33 Are there any benefits to having an entire course's homework problems available from day one? Jun 25 '14
31 Impressive examples where a “proof by picture” goes wrong Mar 20 '14
30 How to teach logical implication? Mar 17 '14
30 How can we help students learn to write about their mathematics? Mar 17 '14
28 What interesting properties of the Fibonacci sequence can I share when introducing sequences? Apr 28 '14
27 Students use WolframAlpha. Can we change calculus instruction to exploit it while discouraging 'cheating'? Mar 19 '14
View all questions and answers →

Badges (108)

Gold

—

Silver

34

Rarest

Bronze

74

Rarest

View all badges →

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.