Degree: PhD

Olufunke Adefope entered the doctoral program in Mathematics Education (Educational Inquiry Methodology minor) in the fall of 2008. Olu was born in Manhattan, New York but spent her formative years in her country, Nigeria. In 1992, she returned to New York, where she completed both her undergraduate and graduate education.

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Degree: PhD

Rachael Aming-Attai is from Trinidad and Tobago, the twin island jewels of the Caribbean. Before coming to the United States, Rachael taught as a generalist at the elementary level for ten years. She also taught mathematics at the secondary level for six years. She came to the United States in 2003 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Mathematics Education at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After finishing this degree in 2005, she went on to obtain a Master’s of Arts degree in Educational Psychology, also from Ball State University.

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Degree: PhD

My name is Mark Creager. 2011 is my first year full-time in the Mathematics Education PhD program. I taught at the high school level in Indiana for 5 years before coming to IU.

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Degree: PhD

Michael Daiga entered the doctoral program in Mathematics Education in the summer of 2009. He has taught secondary mathematics at an urban, rural, and suburban districts. His research interests include the history of mathematics, probability, and mathematics teacher development.

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Degree: PhD

I think my desire to teach mathematics materialized in 1992 while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer. I had just turned 30 and was working as a small business advisor in Senegal. I had never been to a developing country before and was rather naive in the great scheme of world affairs.

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