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Department of Mathematics
MCT 250
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA 17257
Phone: (717) 477-1431
Fax: (717) 477-4009
math@ship.edu

 
 

Department of Mathematics Faculty

Kate McGivney

Ph.D., Mathematics, Lehigh University
M.S., Mathematics, Northeastern University
B.S., Mathematics/Management, University of Hartford

Office: MCT 277
Phone: (717) 477-1490
E-mail: kgmcgi@ship.edu

Personal web page: http://webspace.ship.edu/kgmcgi/

Recent courses

  • Statistics II
  • Applied Statistics
  • History of Math
  • Calculus I
  • Discrete Math
  • Elementary Linear Algebra

Recent projects and activities

Recent Book/Book Chapters/Refereed Papers
  • Co-authoring Introductory Statistics, by M. E. Davis and K. McGivney, W.H. Freeman and Company (under contract)
  • J. McGivney-Burelle, K. McGivney, J. Wilburne, Re-Solving the Tension Between Interdisciplinary and Assessment: The Case of Mathematics, In: Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment,  Ed. T. Osborn and D. Moss,  Routledge, New York, NY, 2008, pp. 71-86.
  • K. McGivney, R.McGivney, R. Zegarelli, “Light it Up:  Predicting the Winner of an NBA Game Before the End”, Chance, Vol 21, No. 4, Fall 2008, pp. 45-50.
  • J. McGivney-Burelle, R. McGivney, K. McGivney, “Investigating the Relationship Between Latitude and Temperature”, Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 102, No. 3, October 2008, pp. 172-177.
 Recent Presentations
  • Invited workshop presenter, Central PA Science and Mathematics Conference for Girls, Wilson College, April 2010.
  • Making Sense of Sampling Distributions: Activities for an Introductory Statistics Course, AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2010.
  • Frontloading Statistical Inference Topics in an Introductory Statistics Course, MAA Mathfest Meeting, Madison, WI, July 2008.
  • Origins of Trigonometric Functions, MAA Session on “Using Ideas from Asian Mathematics in the Classroom”, AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 2008.
  • Invited Panelist, “Tenure and Promotion:  You Know You Want It”, organized by the Young Mathematicians Network, AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA January 2008.