Nancy C. Miller's Biography

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Professional

Nancy has taught at Austin Community College for about 28 years, 13 years as a part-time instructor. She has also taught at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas; Chisholm Trail Middle School, Round Rock, Texas; Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas; and Longview Community College, Lee's Summit, Missouri.

She is a member of NCTM, and TJCTA.

She has made presentations at the NCTM 1998 annual meeting, AMATYC 1999 &1996 annual meetings, CASP 1996 annual meeting, the Developmental Mathematics Mini-conference at Bowie, Maryland, 1996 and other conferences.

She is the author of the article "Women in Consortium Calculus" Mathematics Teacher 88(October 1995):546-549.

Nancy is involved in the student organization  Campus Crusade for Christ at Austin Community College.

Nancy was very excited to receive the ACC Teaching Excellence Award for 1997.

Nancy was glad to serve the Mathematics Department at ACC as Chairperson for the 2005-2006 year.


Education

BS in mathematics and secondary education University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

MST. in mathematics University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Ph.D. in mathematics education, University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation topic was Perceptions of Motivation in Developmental Mathematics Students: I Would Rather Drill My Own Teeth.


Personal

Nancy and her husband, John lived in Austin for 25 years. They enjoy snow skiing, hiking, snorkeling, and family activities. Last summer (2009) they hiked in the Rocky Mountain National Park for 4 days. They have two children. Nancy and John now live in Boerne, Texas,

where Nancy is available to her hill country distance learning students when she is not at the Pinnacle Austin ACC Campus. They are members of First Baptist Church, Boerne.


Please send any questions, or comments to Nancy C. Miller, e-mail, nmiller@austincc.edu
Last updated June, 2010


Nancy C. Miller
Austin Community College

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