Curriculum Vita, Barry Peratt, Spring 2019 CURRICULUM VITA Barry Peratt Full Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Winona State University

I. Academic Degrees: • Ph.D. in Mathematics: August, 1996, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-2553. GPA 3.94/4.00. • M.S. in Mathematics: May, 1991, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-2553. GPA 3.92/4.00 • B.S. in Mathematics: May, 1989, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 18018-2316. GPA 3.83/4.00.

II. Professional Certificates, Licenses, Honors: • edTPA Local Grader: trained in diagnostic grading the edTPA for local program purposes • Secondary Teaching Certification: PA Instructional I, Inductee Graduate • MAA-NCS Teacher of the Year: Spring 2018 (Mathematical Associate of America, North Central Section) • Baxter-Sloyer Teaching Award, University of Delaware, 1992 • Phi Delta Kappa Student Teacher of the Year Award, Moravian College, 1989 • Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Mathematical Society, Moravian College, 1988-present

III. Teaching WSU Employment History: Full Professor, 2010 to Present; Associate Professor, 2001 to 2010; Assistant Professor, 1996 to 2001. Responsible for teaching a wide variety of undergraduate mathematics courses. Heavily involved in curriculum reform of the Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Differential Equations, and Chaos Theory courses. Active in seminars concerning mathematics and pedagogy.

IV. Non-Teaching Assignments or Other Activities: • Supervision of Teacher Candidates, Spring 2013 to Present: observe teacher candidates in middle school and secondary mathematics education (5-6 visits per semester per candidate), facilitate three seminars for candidates, advise candidates on completion of edTPA. • Consultant: for the Calculus and Applied Calculus texts by Hughes-Hallet, various times from 1997 to present

V. Prior Experience (prior to WSU): • Widener University, Chester, PA: Math Center Lead Tutor, Fall 1995. Provided walk-in tutoring services to students in College Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, and graduate-level Real Analysis. • University of Delaware, Newark, DE: Math Insurance Program Co-Coordinator (program to enhance experience of minorities in engineering), Instructor (taught variety of undergraduate courses, utilizing various technologies such as Derive and Maple on SPARC Workstations). • Bethlehem Area School District, Bethlehem, PA: o Secondary Mathematics Teacher, 1993–1994 at Freedom High School. o Student Teacher, Spring 1989 at Nitschmann Middle and Freedom High School. o MathCounts Coach, Fall 1988 at East Hills Middle School. Successfully prepared eight top seventh grade students for regional level MathCounts competition. • Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA: Adjunct Faculty, Summer 1991. Taught Calculus I for non- mathematics majors and remedial Algebra using, almost exclusively, a concept induction approach. • Other Employment: o Resident Geometer, Summer 1989. Worked with the Visual Geometry Project under a joint NSF grant to Moravian and Swarthmore. Project goal is to reintroduce solid geometry into the high school curriculum. I conducted research on the technical and historical aspects of the Platonic Solids and then created many hands-on activities for the Platonic Solids Workbook. The VGP materials, including the final version of the Platonic Solids Workbook, have been published by the Key Curriculum Press.

Page 1 of 5 Curriculum Vita, Barry Peratt, Spring 2019 o Technical Consultant, Summer 1989, Dale Seymour Publications. Contracted as a technical consultant on their proposed republication of Susan and Peter Pearce’s Polyhedra Primer.

VI. Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications: • The Topology of Tank Stirring, co-author with Judy A. Kennedy, Journal of Nonlinear Systems and Applications, 1(1), pp. 40-50 (2010) • Painting Your Way to Profit, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Is a Percent a Percent?, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Planning a Trip, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Mathematical Magic: Operations with Real Numbers, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Silk Screen Start-Up, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Solving Equations and Inequalities, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Looking for Patterns, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • How Big is Big?: Working with Exponents and Polynomials, co-author with Nicole Williams, Monterey Institute for Technology in Educations, to appear (2010) • Generic Properties of Altitude Functions, co-author with Judy A. Kennedy, Topology and its Applications, 106 (2000) 57-68 • Modeling Continuous Mixing of Granular Solids in a Rotating Drum, co-author with James A. Yorke, Physica D, 118, pp. 293-310 (1998) • Continuous Avalanche Mixing of Granular Solids in a Rotating Drum, co-author with James A. Yorke, Europhys. Lett., 35 (1), pp. 31-35 (1 July 1996) • A Creative Take-Home Exam, February 1995, Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 169 & 172 • Platonic Solids Activity Book, assistant author and researcher, Key Curriculum Press, 1991

VII. Scholarly Presentations: • Leveraging Applications and Cooperative Learning to Enhance Student Motivation and Conceptual Understanding, MAA-NCS Sectional Meeting, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN, 2018 • Topological Structures that Arise in Tank Stirring under Minimal Conditions, Mathematics Seminar, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 2013 • The Topology of Tank Stirring, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, New Orleans, LA, 2011 • The Topology of Tank Stirring, AMS Regional Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 2010 • Avalanche Mixing of Powders in a Rotating Drum, Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1999 • Avalanche Mixing of Powders in a Rotating Drum, SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, 1998 • Properties of Generic Altitude Functions, Mathematics Seminar, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 1997 • Using the TI-82 to Aid Student Learning at Any Level, middle and high school mathematics and science teacher in-service presentation, Bethlehem Area School District, 1993 • Opportunities in Graduate School, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1992 • The Hopf Bifurcation in Galloping Power Lines, Seminar on Applied Mathematics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1992 • Fractals: Can We Control Their Shape?, Seminar on Dynamical Systems, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1992

Page 2 of 5 Curriculum Vita, Barry Peratt, Spring 2019 • Combinatorics and Polyhedra, Combinatorics Seminar, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1990 • Fractal Geometry, middle and high school mathematics and science teacher in-service presentation, Bethlehem Area School District, 1989 • Fractal Geometry: A New Dimension in Thought, regional Math Conference & Pi Mu Epsilon induction, Moravian College, 1988 • The Mathematics of Escher: Tilings of the Plane on the Macintosh, Science Day, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1988

VIII. Professional/Academic Memberships & Positions: • ACMS (Associaton of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences) • MAA (Mathematical Association of America) • NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)

IX. Professional Development Activities: • Conference: MAA-NCS Regional Meeting, October 2018, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN • Conference: Joint Meetings of the MAA and AMS, January 2011, New Orleans, LA • Conference: AMS Regional Spring Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, April 2010 • Conference: ACMS, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, May 2001 • Conference: Joint Meetings of the MAA and AMS, January 2000, New Orleans, LA • Reading: Special course preparation for Chaos Theory (Math 280) and Math for Earth & Life Sciences II (Math 150/155), 1999-2000. Preparation for both of these courses required extensive reading and study • Seminar: Education in Singapore, Nancy Nutting, 1999, WSU • Conference: SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems, May 1999, Snowbird, UT • Workshop: Teaching to the Majority, Dr. Sue Rosser, 1998 • Course: Introduction to Online Teaching Technologies with Gerry Bedore via the UCLA Extension Program, Spring 1997, Grade: A • Workshop: SciMath Learning Project, Spring 1997, WSU • Conference: SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems, May 1997, Snowbird, UT • Conference: Midwest Conference on Dynamical Systems, October 1996, Northwestern University. • Conference: SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems, May 1995, Snowbird, UT • Conference: Annual Spring Topology Conferences, April 1995, University of Delaware. April 1993, University of South Carolina • Conference: MD/PSU Dynamical Systems Conferences, October 1994, Penn State University, State College, PA. Spring 1994, University of Maryland, College Park, MD • Conference: Mathematics Under Construction, NCTM, Spring 1994, Harrisburg, PA • Conference: The Head and Heart of Chaos: Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems, June 1992, N.I.H., Bethesda, MD • Conference: MAA Regional Meetings, Fall 1989, Swarthmore College. Spring 1988, Moravian College.

X. University and Community Service: • University o Chair, Specialties Studies Advisory Council, 2003-2006 o Chair, Teacher Education Assembly, 2001-2003, 2015-2018 o Member, Teacher Education Assembly, 2001-present o Member, WSU Student Appeals Committee, 2009-2012 o Member of the Dissertation Committee for August Thurmer of St. Mary's University of Minnesota, 2000 • Department o Member and Chair, Mathematics Subgroup (member all years, chair AY 2005-2006, 2008- present)

Page 3 of 5 Curriculum Vita, Barry Peratt, Spring 2019 o Member, Mathematics Education Subgroup (member all years to 2006, secretary AY 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, member 2009-present) o Member, Department Programs Committee (member AY 2005-2006) o Member and Chair, Equipment & Software Committee (member all years, chair for several years) o Member, Program Improvement Committee, 2007-present o Member, and twice chair, of Mathematics Education Search Committee (1998-2003) o Webmaster for the Third Annual Undergraduate Data Analysis Contest (1 year) o Presenter, Chaos Theory at Academic Preview Day o Technical consultant for the mathematics department, assisting faculty with problems and decisions regarding technology (1996-present) o Liaison to humanities departments as they developed their list of course outcomes for the Arts & Sciences core (1 year) o Presenter: library poster session for the department o Advisor for summer registration o Chair of Pre-Calculus Reform Committee (1 year) o Laptop Implementation Committee (1 year) o Differential-Equations Reform Committee (1 year) o Co-chair, with Jeff Anderson, of the Online Intermediate Algebra Course Committee (1 year) o Co-author, with Jeff Anderson, of a brochure advertising our mathematics major (1 year) o Paid consultant to Wiley concerning their reform text by Hughes-Hallet, et. al. (2 years) o Fixed-Term Search Committee Chair (1 year) o Co-Coordinator, with Darrin Frey and Steve Leonhardi, for the MAA Neural Networks Short Course (1 year) • Students o Member of Master’s Thesis Committee, Is China Going to be the World’s Largest Economy? - Comparing Standard of Living in China and U.S in the Next Twenty Years, Esther Y. Peng, St. Cloud State University, 2019 o Supervised Human to Instrument Audio Conversion, Cameron Pelzer, 2019 o Supervised Chaotic Random Number Generation, Michael Holmblad, 2016-2018 o Reader for honors research project, Kevin Greimel, 2009 (Joyati Debnath, advisor) o Reader for honors research project, Megan Placko, 2009 (Joyati Debnath, advisor) o Reader for independent study project, Fahd Al Ghazzi's, 2006, (Dan Rand, advisor) o Supervised Self-Organized Systems, Jonathan Wrolstad, Summer of 2006 o Supervised Dynamic Systems with Time Scales, Jonathan Wrolstad, Summer of 2006 o Taught Complex Analysis to Vikki Reuter in the Spring of 2005 o Taught Advanced Calculus to Kristy Ranta in the Summer of 2004 o Taught Calculus II ITV class to students in Mayo High School and Century High School in Rochester (1999) o Coordinator for MCM Mathematical Modeling Contest (3 years) o Evaluator for Minnesota State High School Mathematics League Contest (3 years) o Advisor for many Mathematics and Mathematics Education Majors o Have written many letters of recommendation on behalf of students and faculty o Reviewer for honors presentations for several students (6+) o Department liason for the Summer Mathematics Program for Women Undergraduates (2 years) o Faculty advisor to the honorary mathematical fraternity Pi Mu Epsilon (1997-present) o Faculty advisor for the Math/Stat Club (1999-2006) o Faculty advisor for Newman Center (2005-present) o Faculty advisor for the Warriors for Life student club (1999-present) • Community o Member, Diaconal Formation Committee, (2011-2012) o Member, Winona Catholic Community Lifelong Formation Committee in the capacity of professional educator (2005-2012) o Technical consultant for Birthright of Winona (2005-present) o Tutored various Winona citizens in mathematics (1996-present) o Applied Mathematical Consultant to Armor Asphalt Coating (1 semester)

Page 4 of 5 Curriculum Vita, Barry Peratt, Spring 2019 o Consulted high school student Micheal Chansky regarding original research he completed on the Quadratic Map as a discrete dynamical system (1 year) o Treasurer, Winona Church of the Nazarene (1998-2005) o Member, Minnesota District Finance Committee for the International Church of the Nazarene (2004)

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