Honors and Awards
- 2013 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, inducted in the inaugaral "class" of AMS Fellows
- Highlighted as a 2012 Hero in Education by Microsoft Education Worldwide
- Named the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics
by Williams College in 2012
- 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award, for Mobile Device Application,
The Association of Educational Publishers
- 2010 Telly Award, for the "Mathletes" episode of the NBC-Universal television series
"The Science of the Olympic Winter Games" (the entire series won a 2011 Emmy Award)
- Named a 2010 Game Changer by The Huffington Post "HuffPost's Game Changers salutes 100
innovators, visionaries, mavericks, and leaders who are reshaping their fields and changing the world."
- Named the Lissack Professor for Social Responsibility and Personal Ethics by Williams College in 2010
- 2010 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Baylor University; "The single largest award
in the nation given to an individual from any discipline who is an
extraordinary teacher and distinguished scholar."
See the Jan 15, 2010 article in the Waco Tribune-Herald or the Sept 15, 2010
Cherry Award Ceremony.
- 2010 Scholar In Residence, The Bishop's School
- 2009 Excellence Certification from the National Research Foundation of Korea for the
Korean edition
of the book "Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz"
- One of three Finalists named for the 2010 Robert Foster Cherry Award from Baylor University.
See also the April 29, 2009
Lariat article or the October 27, 2009
Lariat article.
- Delivered the 2008 Commencement Address at the graduation ceremonies
of the American Community Schools of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Named Gaudino Scholar by Williams College in 2008
- 2007 Award of Excellence, for "educational mathematics videos that break new ground",
Technology & Learning magazine
- 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award, for Educational Video Technology,
The Association of Educational Publishers
- 2007 Nelson Bushnell Prize, for Scholarship and Teaching, Williams College
- 2006 Lester R. Ford Award, The Mathematical Association of America
- 2006 "100 Best of America", Listed in Reader's Digest's Annual Special Issue as Best Math Teacher
- 2004 Chauvenet Prize, The Mathematical Association of America
- 2003 Residence Life Academic Teaching Award, The University of Colorado at Boulder
- 2002-2003 Stanislaw Ulam Visiting Professor of Mathematics, The University of Colorado at Boulder
- 2001-2003 George Polya Lecturer, The Mathematical Association of America
- 2001 Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, for the textbook
"The Heart of Mathematics"
- 2001 Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor, Texas Christian University
- 2001 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo
Award for Distinguished College or
University Teaching of Mathematics,
The Mathematical Association of America
- 2001 Genevieve W. Gore Distinguished Resident, Westminster College
- 2000 Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America Award
for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
- 1998-1999 Stanislaw Ulam Visiting Professor of Mathematics, The University of Colorado at Boulder
- 1988 Mathematics Teaching Award, The University of Texas at Austin
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