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.