Education

B.A., M.A. University of Rochester, Ph.D. Brandeis University

Areas of Expertise

Number theory and Discrete math

Interests

Inquiry-based learning and origami tesselations

Barbara Kaiser

Provost's Office
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My colleagues say that I knit all the time - in department and committee meetings, at the movies, even when I'm sitting at stop lights. They claim that when I'm not knitting, I'm folding origami tessellations. Of course, I've spent nearly 25 years teaching and I've recently joined the Provost's Office as Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Programs. So now I have emergency knitting projects sitting in desk drawers of two offices, one in Olin and one in Carlson.

In 1984, I joined the Mathematics Department. Shortly afterwards, I attended an IFRICS program to retrain in computer science. I've been teaching math and computer science courses ever since. During the late 1990s, Karl Knight, Max Hailperin and I co-authored a text book, which was published in 1999. I've been on more committees than I can remember, and participated in two of the College's mentoring programs. In 2006 I received the Faculty Service Award. In the summer of 2008, I attended an MAA/PREP workshop on using the modified Moore method to teach mathematics using inquiry-based pedagogy and then began working on designing a course in combinatorics that uses these techniques.  I joined the Provost's office in July, 2009.

I live in St. Peter with my husband, Karl Knight, and our son, Erick, visits us when he's not studying mathematics at Princeton University or being a counselor/TA at PROMYS, a summer program at Boston University for bright high school students.

Contact Information

Provost's Office
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082

Phone: 507-933-7541
E-mail: kaiser@gustavus.edu

Courses Taught

• Topics in Adv Math

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