Lynda Wiest

Professor of Mathematics Education

wiest@unr.edu

775-682-7868

Department of Educational Specialties/299

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV 89557-0299

Mathematics Education, Gender Equity, Quantitative Literacy, Equity and Diversity Issues in Education

Curriculum Vitae

Lynda Wiest is a professor of education in the Department of Educational Specialties at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her areas of professional interest include mathematics education, educational equity, K-8 teaching and earning, and teacher education. Her research designs include qualitative and mixed methods.

Dr. Wiest′s articles have been published in numerous journals, including Mathematics Education Research Journal, Equity and Excellence in Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching Children Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, The Mathematics Teacher, and FOCUS on Learning Problems in Mathematics. Dr. Wiest was an elementary and middle school teacher in Pennsylvania for eleven years. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies/Mathematics Education at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1996.

Since she came to UNR in 1996, positions Dr. Wiest has assumed include Project Administrator for the Educational Equity Resource Center (1997-1999), Elementary Education Program Coordinator (2000-2002), and Co-chair of the College of Education Faculty Senate (2003-2005). Selected service to the field of mathematics education includes serving as a member of the Editorial Panel of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (2001-2003), Board of Directors of Women and Mathematics Education (2004-2006), and Executive Board of the Northern Nevada and Nevada Mathematics Councils (1997-present). Dr. Wiest is founder and Director of the Northern Nevada Girls Math & Technology Program, which began in 1998.