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Ashley Suominen

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., mathematics education, University of Georgia
  • M.S., computational sciences, Marquette University
  • M.A.T., teaching, Wheaton College
  • B.S., mathematics, Wheaton College

Credentials

Teaching experience

• Professor of mathematics, September 2016–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

• Lecturer, August 2015–July 2016, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• Teaching internship, Fall 2014, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• Lecturer, July 2011–June 2014, Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, GA

• Teaching assistant, August 2010–June 2011, Marquette University, Milwaukee

• Adjunct faculty, September 2007–July 2009, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee

• Adjunct faculty, Spring 2007, Judson University, Elgin, IL

Relevant work experience

• Math content curriculum author, May 2016–present, CK-12 Foundation
Author content for Pre-Calculus online textbook. Make corrections based on reviewer comments.

• Math content curriculum author, September 2015–present, Macmillan Publishers
Author homework problems and assessment items for calculus, college algebra, and remedial mathematics for general chemistry online textbooks. Each authored item includes a hint, an explanation of the correct solution, and guided responses to incorrect solutions. Make corrections based on reviewer comments.

• Advanced placement calculus, 2017–present, Educational Testing Services, Kansas City
Specialize in the grading of one question. Present and train graders and table leaders on the grading rubric. Select samples of student work to illustrate different scores on the problem. Write summary reports about how the question was graded and where common misconceptions occurred with samples.

Research experience

• Research assistant, May 2010–May 2015, CAREER: Learning to Support Productive Collective Argumentation in Secondary Mathematics Classes, University of Georgia Department of Mathematics and Science Education

• Research assistant, August 2009–July 2010, Algebraic Habits of the Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee

Awards, recognitions, and honors

• Forward Thinking Poster Sessions and Colloquy poster presentation winner, 2009
• Pi Mu Epsilon, Illinois Iota Chapter (National Mathematics Honor Society), 2003

Organizations

• School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA)
• Special Interest Group of the MAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME)

Publications and presentations

Publications

• “Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Expectations for Middle Grades Students’ Arguments,” with Park, H. and Conner, A., submitted for publication, 2017.
• “Moufang loops of order 243,” Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatie Carolinae, with Slattery, M.C., 53, 3, 2012.

Presentations and poster sessions

• “Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching Proof,” poster presented at the annual College of Education Research Conference with Gomez, C. N., Conner, A., Park, H., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., April 2016.
• “Identifying and Classifying Connections Between Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics,” individual session presentation at the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), Irvine, Calif., January 2016.
• “Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics: Identifying Mathematical Connections in Textbooks,” paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Pittsburgh, February 2015.
• “Expectations of Students: The Effects on Proof Validation,” paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Park, H., & Conner, A., Pittsburgh, February 2015.
• “Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary School Mathematics: How Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators Discuss Mathematical Connections,” paper presented at the 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, January 2015.

Refereed conference proceedings

• “Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics: Identifying Mathematical Connections in Textbooks.” In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 238-251), Pittsburgh, 2015.
• “Proof Expectations of Students: The Effects on Proof Validation.” In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Park, H., & Conner, A. (pp. 252-262), Pittsburgh, 2015.
• “Perceptions in Abstract Algebra: Identifying Major Concepts and Concept Connections within Abstract Algebra.” In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, G. Karakok, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 274-286), Denver, 2014.
• “Prospective Secondary Teachers’ Conceptions of Proof and Interpretations of Arguments.” In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, G. Karakok, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Conner, A., Francisco, R., Gomez, C. N., & Park, H. (pp. 56-68), Denver, 2014.