CV 2014 Margret Höft Professor Emerita Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 Email: mhoft@umich.edu Phone: (734) 6632992 or (313) 593 5414 Education Ph.D. (1973), Mathematics, University of Houston, Texas M.S. (1968), Mathematics and Physics (Staatsexamen), University of Bonn, Germany Professional Experience 2012 Professor Emerita, University of Michigan-Dearborn 1990-2012 Professor, Dept. Math. University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) 1998-2004 Chair, Dept. Math., UMD 1985-1986 Visiting Professor University of Kaiserslautern, Germany 1984-1990 Associate Professor Dept. Math., UMD 1979-1984 Assistant Professor Dept. Math., UMD 1978-1979 Lecturer Dept. Math., UMD 1973-1978 Adjunct Lecturer Dept. Math., UMD 1972 Research Associate Technical University Darmstadt, Germany Professional Affiliations American Mathematical Society Association for Women in Mathematics Mathematical Association of America Publications Books Computing with Mathematica (with H. Höft). (Book and CD-ROM), Academic Press, Boston, MA, first edition 1998, second edition 2002. Calculus: The Dynamics of Change (W. Roberts, M. Flashman, S. Gordon, M Höft, S. Ross). MAA Notes, Volume 39, 1995. Laboratories for Calculus I Using Mathematica. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1992. Instructor's Solutions Manual for Laboratories for Calculus I Using Mathematica. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1993. Articles Urban High School Students IT/STEM Learning: Findings from a Collaborative Inquiry- and Design-Based Afterschool Program (Mesut Duran, Margret Höft, Dan B. Lawson, Brahim Medjahed, Elsayed A. Orady), Journal of Science Education and Technology, Springer Verlag, 23(1), 116 137, February 2014.
A Michigan Section Project NExT. Michigan Section-MAA Newsletter, Volume 25, Number 2, 27-28, 1999. The Interactive Mathematics Text Project of the Mathematical Association of America, in Connections, Faculty Voices 1993, Ed. T-L. Pebworth and C. Summers, The University of Michigan-Dearborn, 131-136, 1993. Least Squares Lines as a Calculus I Topic (with H. Höft). Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, Vol II, No. 3, 213-223, 1992. Fixed Point Free Components in Lexicographic Sums with the Fixed Point Property (with H. Höft). Demonstratio Mathematica, No 1-2, Vol 24, 295-304, 1991. First Semester Calculus: a Laboratory Course. The Laboratory Approach to Teaching Calculus, MAA Notes No. 20, 121-129, 1991. Computers and Calculus at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (with D. James). Priming the Calculus Pump: Innovations and Resources, MAA Notes No. 17, 141-159, 1991. Computer Demonstrations for Calculus I (with D. James). Proceedings of the Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, The Ohio State University, October 1989; Addison- Wesley Publishing Co., 207 211, 1990. Computers-in-Calculus: an Experiment at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (with J. Fink and D. James). Proceedings of the Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, The Ohio State University, October 1988, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 162 165, 1989. Fixed point invariant reductions and a characterization theorem for lexicographic sums (with H.Höft). Houston Journal of Mathematics Vol. 14, No. 4, 1-12, 1988. A fixed point theorem for multifunctions and an application. Algebra Universalis, 24, 283-289, 1987. Sums of systems of ordered sets (with E. Graczynska). Contributions to General Algebra 5, 171-185, 1987. Fixed points for functions and multifunctions. Proceedings of the Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory, Bethesda, Maryland, July 1986. A Fibonacci sequence of distributive lattices (with H.Höft). Fibonacci Quarterly 23, 232-237, 1985. An order-theoretic representation of polygonal numbers (with H.Höft). Fibonacci Quarterly 22, 318-323, 1984. Sums of double systems of partially ordered sets. Demonstratio Math. Vol. 16 (1), 229-238, 1983. Coinitial sets and fixed points in partially ordered sets (with H.Höft). Algebra Universalis 16, 258-260, 1983. Some fixed point theorems for partially ordered sets (with H.Höft). Can. J. Math. Vol. 28 (5), 992-997, 1976. Lexicographic ideals and the order-sum of k-semilattices. Algebra Universalis 6, 1-8, 1975. The order-sum in classes of partially ordered algebras. Journal Reine u. Angew. Math., Bd. 278/79, 78-92, 1975. The order-sum in classes of partially ordered algebras, a summary. Proc. Univ. of Houston Lattice Theory Conference, Houston, 169-179, 1973. 2
Reviews 2002 Refereed for the International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. 1986-2002 Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews; 2 book reviews and 39 reviews of research articles; all printed in Mathematical Reviews; now available on-line. 1986-2002 Reviewer for Zentralblatt für Mathematik; 25 book reviews and 24 reviews of research articles; all printed in Zentralblatt für Mathematik. 1990-1991 Reviewer for National Science Foundation ILI Grant Proposals; 26 proposals in 1990 and 26 proposals in 1991. 1989-1990 Refereed articles for Fibonacci Quarterly. External Grants (Co-director) Fostering Interest in Instructional Technology, National Science Foundation STEM Grant, August 2007 2011, $ 950,000. (Project Director) Mathematics and Engineering Scholarships to Promote Full Time Enrollment, National Science Foundation, January 2002-December 2006, $400,000. (Project Director) A Michigan Section Project NExT, for the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America, Exxon Foundation, November 1999, $4,500. (Co-director) Facilitating Student Access to Mathematics Programs - A Mathematics Learning Center, National Science Foundation, July 1997-2000, $44,500. (Co-director) Computers for the Mathematics Learning Center, Apple Computer Inc., February 1997, approximately $9,000. (Participating Investigator) Institutionalization of Innovative and Effective Instructional Reform at The University of Michigan-Dearborn, National Science Foundation, August 1996-1999, $200,000. (Project Director) Interactive Learning of Mathematics and Computer Science in a Distributed Laboratory, National Science Foundation, August 1994-1997, $93,270. (Project Director) Introducing Interactive Mathematics Texts into High Schools, National Science Foundation, MAA subcontract, July 1993-1996, $14,500. (Project Director) The Interactive Mathematics Text Project at The University of Michigan- Dearborn, Mathematical Association of America, National Science Foundation, and IBM, May 1992-August 1995, approximately $180,000. (Co-director) National Science Foundation Calculus Curriculum Development Grant, August 1990-1992, $115,000. (Co-director) Partners-in-Technology Grant, Apple Computers and Michigan Bell, July 1990, $98,000. (Project Director) Wolfram Research Educational grant to purchase copies of Mathematica, $6,300 in January 1990, $5,300 in December 1990. (Project Director) National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, August 1989, $103,000 (includes matching funds). NATO scholarship to cover travel and living expenses to attend the NATO Summer Institute on Lattice Theory, Montreal, Summer 1984. 3
Internal Grants Calculus Mentoring Proposals to CASL, Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2011, funded for $1,500 each semester. Support for Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at UMD, from Vice President for Research, Ann Arbor, Fall 2008, $2,900. FTIAC Retention Project to support FTIAC students in introductory mathematics classes, Provost s Office, Fall 2003, $15,000. FTIAC Retention Project to support FTIAC students in introductory mathematics classes, Provost s Office, Fall 2002, $26,000. (Co-director) Campus Grants Award From Non-traditional High School Mathematics Programs to UM-Dearborn, April 1999. (Co-director) Chancellor s Technology Award Improving Computer demonstrations in Calculus Classes, April 1998. Educational Enhancement Grant to allow part-time mathematics faculty to attend Interactive Mathematics Text Project workshops, April 1992. Travel Grant to attend the special session on calculus revision in Phoenix, AZ, January 1989. Travel grant to present a paper in the Session on new directions in calculus at the MAA spring meeting in Holland, MI, May 1989. Summer Grant from Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to develop materials for the Computers-in-Calculus Project, August 1989. Educational Enhancement Award for a colloquium series Lectures in Topology, Fall 1989. Travel Grant to present the paper Fixed Points for Functions and Multifunctions at the Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory in Bethesta, MD, July 1986. Travel Grant to attend the Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory in Charleston, SC, June 1984. Travel Grant to present the paper An order-theoretic representation of polygonal numbers at the Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory in Nashville, TN, June 1983. Awards 1991 The Dearborn calculus project is chosen as an Exemplary Calculus Reform Project by the Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics (subcommittee CRAFTY) of the Mathematical Association of America, with David James. 1990 Chancellor s Best in Class Award for Exploring Innovative Approaches to Teaching Calculus, with John Fink and David James. 1988 Released time from Senior Faculty Release Time Competition. 1982 Junior Faculty Research Leave, fall semester. Presentations (since 1985) Colloquium Lecture, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, December 1985. Lecture: The Fixed Point Property for Products of Ordered Sets. 4
Series of 6 two-hour lectures in the Seminar on Algebra and Logic, May and June 1986, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Lectures: Fixpunkte in geordneten Mengen. Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory, University of Salzburg, Austria, May 1986. Lecture: A Fixed Point Theorem for Multifunctions and an Application. Conference on Universal Algebra and Lattice Theory, Bethesda, Maryland, July 1986. Lecture: Fixed points for functions and multifunctions. Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Ohio State University, October 1988. Lecture: Computers in Calculus: An Experiment at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Colloquium Lecture at Eastern Michigan University, February 1989. Lecture: Computers in Calculus. Myriad of Mathematics, Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Marygrove College, May 1989. Lecture: Codes and Modular Arithmetic. Special Session on New Directions in the Calculus, Annual Meeting, Michigan Section of the MAA, Hope College, May 1989. Lecture: Computers in Calculus. National Science Foundation Workshop on Computer Algebra Systems, St. Olaf College, Northfield, July 1989. Panel Discussion: A Laboratory Approach to Calculus. AMS-MAA Joint Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, January 1990. Poster Presentation: Calculus at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Natural Sciences Department Colloquium, UMD, March 1990. Lecture (with D. James): Calculus with Computers. Tappan Junior High School, sponsored by WAM, Ann Arbor, April 1990. Workshop: The Zip Code Bar Code of the U.S. Postal System. AMS-MAA Summer Meeting, Columbus,Ohio, August 1990. Panel Discussion: Calculus Reform Today, an Overview. Greenhills High School BC Calculus Class, UMD, February 1991. Workshop: Calculus with Mathematica. MAA - Michigan Section Spring Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, May 1991. Panel Discussion: The Impact of Technology on the Teaching of Mathematics. National Science Foundation Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, October 1991. Poster Presentation: Calculus at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Portland, Oregon, November 1991. Poster Presentation: Calculus at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Colloquium Lecture at Eastern Michigan University, November 1991. Lecture: The Laboratory Approach to Teaching Mathematics. π µ ε colloquium series: Focus - on - Faculty, UM - Dearborn, March 1991. Lecture: Teaching Mathematics in the Twenty first Century. π µ ε colloquium series: Focus - on - Faculty, UM - Dearborn, November 1991. Lecture: Least Squares Lines; a Single Variable Approach. 5
Colloquium Lecture at SUNY at Buffalo, February 1992. Lecture: The Impact of Technology on the Teaching Mathematics. Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference, November 1992. Lecture: The Interactive Mathematics Text Project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Michigan Conference on College Mathematics: Calculus in Transition, UMD, March 1993. Workshop: Writing with Mathematica. Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics, Harvard University, June 1993. Lecture: The Impact of Technology on the Teaching Mathematics. Mathematica Conference, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, September 1993. Lecture: Mathematica in Education. Fall Conference, Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics, November 1993. Lecture: Mathematica in the Classroom. Sixth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Parsippany, New Jersey, November 1993. Chair: Session on Technology in Calculus. Interactive Mathematics Text Project, University of Michigan-Dearborn, July 1994. Workshop: Interactive Mathematics Texts with Mathematica. St. Clair County Intermediate School District, Port Huron, June and July 1994. Workshops: Introduction to Mathematica. Annual Conference of the Michigan Assoc. of Computer Users in Learning, Detroit, March 1995. Lecture: Computer Networks for Active Learning of Mathematics. Annual Conference of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, March 1995. Lecture (with H. Höft): Interactive Learning of Mathematics and Computer Science in a Distributed Laboratory. MMAA-Meeting, South Redford Schools/UMD Site, May 1995. Lecture: Changes in the Teaching of Calculus. St. Clair County Intermediate School District, Port Huron, October 1995. Workshop: Introduction to Mathematica. AMS-MAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, January 1996 Panel Discussion: Calculus; The Dynamics of Change. National Science Foundation Session at the AMS-MAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, January 1996. Poster Presentation (with H. Höft): Interactive Learning of Mathematics and Computer Science in a Distributed Laboratory. MAA-Michigan Section Annual Meeting, Adrian College, May 1996. Lecture (with E. Kaller): The IMTP High School Teacher Project at UMD. University of Michigan-Dearborn, Natural Sciences Faculty, June 1997. Workshop: Introduction to Mathematica. MAA- Michigan Section Annual Meeting, Western Michigan University, May 1998. Lecture: Proving Theorems with Mathematica. MAA-Michigan Section Annual Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, May 1999. Lecture: A Michigan Section Project NExT. 6
Michigan Assoc. of Two Year Colleges Conference, Macomb Comm. College, October 1998. Panel Discussion: Preparing Community College Students for Successful Mathematics Transfer. MAA- Michigan Section Annual Meeting, Saginaw Valley State University, May 2003. Panel Discussion: Women in Mathematics and Leadership. Mathematics Faculty Colloquium, University of Michigan-Dearborn, April 2005. Lecture: Division triangles Leadership 1998-2004 Department Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, (Implementation of the Master of Science program in applied and computational mathematics; design of the mathematics facilities in the new CASL building; establishment of the Mathematics Learning Center; Project Director for a National Science Foundation scholarship grant of $400,000; initiating assessment strategies; FTIAC Retention Project to support FTIAC students in introductory mathematics classes.) 2000-2004 Secretary/Treasurer of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America, (Exxon grant to establish a Michigan Project NExT; chair of the organizing committee for project NExT; initiate the archiving of Section materials with the Michigan Historical Library in Kalamazoo) 1992-1995 Regional Director of the Interactive Mathematics Text Project of the Mathematical Association of America, funded by the National Science Foundation, IBM, and Wolfram research and other software companies. The project had six sites, located in Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle and at the University if Michigan Dearborn. My proposal was selected for the mid-western site. As director I was responsible for setting up and maintaining a networked computer lab, funded by IBM, with computer algebra systems (very cutting-edge at the time!); coordinating summer training institutes for mathematics faculty from mid-western universities who used the lab for training in writing interactive texts; recruiting and selecting faculty for the institutes; housing, transportation, maintenance and all budget issues) 1989-2005 Project Director for four grants from the National Science Foundation and two other funded projects; co-director for numerous funded projects. Major Service (Selection; since 1990) National and State Level Mathematical Association of America Michigan Section, Annual Meeting, at UMD, Local Arrangements, Chair, 2007 Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Annual Meeting, at UMD, Local Arrangements, 2008. Mathematical Association of America Michigan Section, Auditing Committee for the Michigan Mathematics Price Competition, Chair, 2004-2011. Mathematical Association of America Michigan Section, Executive Committee, 2000-2004. Mathematical Association of America Michigan Section, Secretary/Treasurer, 2000-2004. Michigan Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching, mentoring of new mathematics faculty, state wide), Organizing Committee, Chair, 1998-2000. 7
Mathematical Association of America National Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics, Subcommittee on Curriculum Reform and the First Two Years, 1993-1996 and second term 1996-1999. Interactive Mathematics Text Project, Regional Director, 1992-1995. Michigan Mathematics Price Competition Grader, many times, most recent in 2007 and 2009 at Oakland University and 2011 at Saginaw Valley State University. Steering Committee of the Michigan Calculus Network, 1988-1992, Chair 1990-1991. Campus Level Distinguished Teaching Award Selection Committee, 2006 Member, 2007-2010 Chair. Chancellor Evaluation Committee, 2009. Delivered Faculty Speech at Commencement, April 2008. William E. Stirton Professorship Selection Committee, 2004. Provost s Task Force on the Undergraduate Experience, 2001-2003. Task Force on Foundational Skills in Mathematics, 2002-2003. Library and Information Technology Advisory Committee, 1994-1998, Chair 1996-1998. Campus Grants Committee, 1987-1992, Chair 1990-1992. NCA Self Study Steering Committee 1990-1992. Engineering Dean Search Committee, 1987-1989. College Level Full Professor Evaluation Committee, 1998, 2008 and 2011. CASL Executive Committee, 2004-2007. Art History Requirement Evaluation Committee 2006. Ad Hoc Committee, student grievance, 2007. CASL Building Committee, 1998-2001. CASL Curriculum Committee, 1984-1985, 1994-1998. CASL Dean Review Committee, 1991. CASL Academic Standards Committee, 1986-1989. Department Level Department Chair 1998-2004 Department Executive Committee, Winter 1987, 1988-1990, Winter 1992, Fall 1993, Fall 1995, 1997-1998, Chair 1998-2004, ex officio 2004-2007, 2008-2010. Faculty Search Committee, 2008 and 2009. Math 200 Review Committee, Chair 2008. Math Advising Review Committee, 2010-2011. Art Committee, 2006-2010. 8
Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, Chair 1998-2004. Mathematics Learning Center Committee, Chair 1999-2004. Remedial Mathematics Review Committee, Chair 1999-2000. Mathematics Concentration Advisor, 1986-1989. In addition, I served as chair and member on a multitude of ad hoc and standing committees such as departmental search committees, program evaluation committees, assessment committees, textbook selection committees, adjunct faculty evaluation committees, grievance committees, conference planning committees, and local arrangement committees. Local Service Chair of the Mathematics Team and Co-director of Fostering Interest in Instructional Technology, a project with and for students and teachers from the Detroit Public Schools, National Science Foundation STEM Grant, August 2007 2011. (This service is minimally compensated with summer pay.) Volunteer Tutor at the Family Learning Institute in Ann Arbor; reading and mathematics coach for low income students who are not performing at grade level, September 2007-present. Courses Taught MATH 105 Pre-calculus MATH 113 Calculus I for Management, Life and Social Sciences MATH 115 Calculus I MATH 215 Calculus III MATH 131 Conceptual Mathematics MATH 216 Differential Equations MATH 217 Introduction to Matrix Algebra MATH 227 Introduction to Linear Algebra MATH 116 Calculus II MATH 205 Calculus III for Engineering Students MATH 372 Computing with Mathematica (developed with NSF support) MATH 390 Topics in Mathematics MATH 331 Geometry Introduction to Graph Theory The Computational and Abstract Aspects of Mathematics (Honors Program) MATH 413/513 Linear Algebra MATH 455 Complex Variables MATH 412/512 Abstract Algebra MATH 451 Advanced Calculus I MATH 498 Introduction to Topology 9