COLLEGES ATTENDED
- August 1983 - December 1988
- University of Illinois,
Urbana/Champaign
- M.S. Mathematics, May 1986
- Ph.D. Mathematics, May 1989
Ph.D. Thesis: Efficient Quotient Representation of Meromorphic
Functions
- September 1979 - May 1983
- Greenville College
- B.A. Mathematics and Physics, May 1983
- Senior Honors Papers:
- Computer Program Transformations
- Numerical Solution of the Problem of Heat Flow in a Wedge
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY-2002
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY-1992
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
- August 1999 - present
Professor of Mathematics, Southwest Baptist University. Chairman of the
Mathematics Department
- Summer 2006-present
- May 2008-August
2010
- 2011-present Grader for online scoring for Math Praxis.
Sample Selection meeting May 2011. Promoted to Scoring leader with
June 2011 reading.
- 2006-present
Have done some grading for International Baccalaureate
- Summer 2008
Reader for
AP
Calculus exam in Kansas City, MO
- Summer 2007
Reader for
AP
Calculus exam in Louisville, KY
June 2007
- Summer 2002-2006
Reader for
AP
Calculus exam in Fort Collins, CO, June 8-15, 2002;
June 1-8, 2003;
June 2-9, 2004, June 1-9, 2005,
June 2006
- Summer 2004-2005
taught a class called "MathCounts Mania" at Summerscape at Drury University.
- August 1993 - August 1999
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Southwest Baptist University.
Chairman of the Mathematics Department
- January 1989 - August 1993
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Southwest Baptist University.
Chairman of Mathematics Department since May 1989 (served in an acting
capacity the first two years of that time).
- Summer 1992
Summer Faculty Research Participation appointment at
Argonne National Laboratory . Working
with Dr. Jim Boyle in Computer Program Transformations
using TAMPR.
- August 1983 - December 1988
Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant in Mathematics at the
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign.
- June 1983 - August 1983 and September 1982 - December 1982
Student Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory. Worked with Dr. Jim
Boyle in Computer Program Transformations using TAMPR.
- June 1982 - August 1982
Summer intern at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratory. Programmed in
FORTRAN to control real-time wind tunnel experiments with Dr. Miklos
Sajben.
- January 1983 - May 1983 and May 1980 - May 1982
Student programmer in COBOL at Greenville College.
PRESENTATIONS
-
Calculus Animations with Geogebra presented
March 23, 2012 at the International
Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics in Orlando.
Here you
can download a zipped version of entire presentation.
-
Calculus Animations with Geogebra presented October
27, 2011 at the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Regional
Conference in St. Louis.
-
ALEKS
presented October 8, 2011 at the
Kansas City Regional Technology
Expo.
-
Calculus Animations with Geogebra presented April 15, 2011 at the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Annual
Meeting in Indianapolis. Here you
can download a zipped version of entire presentation.
-
PreCalculus Animations with Geogebra presented February 28, 2011 at the
Interface B.
Here you can download a zipped version of
entire presentation.
-
PreCalculus Animations with Geogebra presented December 3, 2010 at Missouri
Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.
Here you can download a zipped version of
entire presentation.
-
Math Contest Probability presented October 2, 2010 at the
Southwest Missouri
District Association of Math Teachers.
Here
you can see an pdf version of the presentation to Middle School teachers
and here a pdf version of the
Elementary School teacher presentation..
-
Calculus Animations with Geogebra
presented October 1, 2010 at the
Kansas City Regional Technology
Expo.
http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/handouts/kccalctalk.zip, you can download a zipped version of the presentation and all the
geogebra files used to demonstrate.
-
How to Recognize a Parabola-Geogebra
style presented April 10, 2010 at the Missouri Section of the
Mathematical Association of America in Warrensburg.
http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/2010momaa/para.zip, you can download a zipped version of the presentation and all the
geogebra files used to demonstrate.
-
Online Math Games
presented October 24, 2009 at the Southwest Missouri
District Association of Math Teachers.
Here
you can see an pdf version of the presentation to Middle School teachers
(also did an Elementary School version, just a different ordering of the
sites).
-
Classroom
Response Systems
presented October 3, 2008 at the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in Oklahoma City.
-
TI Study Cards presented October 3, 2008
at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in
Oklahoma City.
-
Math Contest Camp presented Sept. 18, 2008, at the Math Educators
of South Central Missouri in West Plain, MO.
- Classroom Response Systems:
presented Nov. 30, 2007 at Missouri
Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.
- Classroom Response Systems:
presented Nov. 1, 2007 at SBU
conference for first
year teachers.
- Classroom Response Systems:
presented Oct. 26, 2007 at National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Regional conference in Kansas City.
- Classroom Response Systems:
presented March, 2007 at Missouri
Section of the Mathematical Association of America meeting.
- Classroom Response Systems:
was to be presented Dec. 1, 2006 at Missouri
Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, but bad weather
prevented attendance.
- TI
Study Cards presented
October 1, 2005, at MEGSL (Math Educators of Greater St. Louis)
conference, October 7, 2005, at Kansas City Area Math Technology Expo,
and December 2, 2005, at Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics
conference.
- Experiences of a Beginning MathCounts Coach presented
October 11, 2004 at the Gifted
Association of Missouri Conference. Here you can see an html
version of the presentation. This was also presented December 3,
2004 at Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference and
February, 2005 at Interface-A and B conferences at Tan-Tar-A, MO.
- Careers in Mathematics presented April 6, 2004 at Clever
High School. Here you can
see an html version of the presentation.
- Careers in Mathematics presented December 6, 2002 at MCTM conference in Columbia,
MO. Here you can see an html
version of the presentation.
- How Can Computers Help Math Teachers? presented March 14,
2002 at Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers.
Here you can see an html version of the presentation.
- How Can Computers Help Elementary Math Teachers? presented
February 22, 2002 at Interface-A conference at Tan-Tar-A,
MO. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation.
- How Can Computers Help Elementary Math Teachers? presented
Dec. 7-8, 2001 at MCTM conference
in Columbia, MO. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation.
- How Can Computers Help Elementary Math Teachers? presented
October 6, 2001 at Southwest Baptist University's Education
Day. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation. Participants
actually are in the lab and could read, follow links, and experiment
with on-line activities as they wanted to during the presentation.
- My Computer ... Funny?? presented February, 2000 at
Interface '2000 A and B.
- My Computer ... Funny?? presented December, 1999 at the
MCTM conference in Columbia, MO.
- My Computer ... Funny?? presented November12, 1999 at the
NCTM regional conference in Topeka, KS.
- Preparing a Class Website at Southwest Baptist
University's Education Day held October 9, 1999. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation. Participants
actually are in the lab and could read, follow links, and experiment
with a web page editor as they wanted to during the presentation.
It will be more of a hands-on learning experience than a presentation.
- What is the Internet? Free Community Presentation for
Bolivar, Missouri, held Feb. 18, 1999 at Polk County Christian
School. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation
- How the Internet Can Help Meet Teachers’ Needs at
Interface C, 1999 February 22, 1999 at Tan-Tar-A,
MO. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is an updated
version of the presentation from fall 1997 and early 1998 and the same
as the Oct. 1998 talk).
- Preparing a Class Website at Interface B, 1999
February 19, 1999 at Tan-Tar-A, MO. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation. It is
essentially the same as the October 10, 1998 presentation.
- How the Internet Can Help Meet Teachers’ Needs at the
Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics held December 4-5, 1998, in
Columbia, MO. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is an updated
version of the presentation from fall 1997 and early 1998 and the same
as the Oct. 1998 talk).
- How Can the Internet Help Teachers? at the Southern
Regional Conference of the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics held October 29-31, 1998, in
Little Rock, Arkansas. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is an updated
version of the presentation from fall 1997 and early 1998).
- Preparing a Class Website at Southwest Baptist
University's Education Day October 10, 1998. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation. Participants
actually are in the lab and could read, follow links, and experiment
with a web page editor as they wanted to during the presentation.
It was more of a hands-on learning experience than a presentation.
- Professional Development Opportunities which Involve Higher
Education as part of a panel presentation at the 1998 Articulation
and Transfer Conference, held Feb. 11-12, at Tan-Tar-A, MO. Here
is an html version of the presentation.
- How Can the Internet Help Teachers? at the Central
Regional Conference of the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics held January 29-31, 1998, in St.
Louis, Missouri. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is the same as
the previous two presentations with the same name)
- How Can the Internet Help Teachers? at Southwest Baptist
University's Education Day October 18, 1997. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is the same as
the previous and following presentations with the same name).
Participants actually are in the lab and could read and follow links as
they wanted to during the presentation. It was more of a hands-on
learning experience than a presentation.
- How Can the Internet Help Teachers? at Science Teachers
of Missouri Fall Conference October 17, 1997. Here
you can see an html version of the presentation (which is the same as
the next two presentations with the same name).
- What‘s Available on the World Wide Web? at
Greenville, Illinois, Kiwanis Club, July 22, 1997.
- What‘s Available on the World Wide Web? at
Warsaw High School Math Banquet, May 12, 1997.
- What Educational Materials are Available on the
World Wide Web? at Interface '97 B February 27-March 1, 1997 at
Tan-Tar-A. Click here
for the zipped PowerPoint version of the slides. Click here
for a rather unformatted text version of the slides.
- What Educational Materials are Available on the
World Wide Web? at Central Regional Conference of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics held Oct. 10-12, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri. Click here
for the zipped PowerPoint version of the slides. Click here
for a rather unformatted text version of the slides. Click here
for the zipped Word 6.0 version of the text of the slides.
- What Educational Materials are Available on the
World Wide Web? at Southwest Baptist University's 9th Annual
Education
Day Conference held Oct. 5, 1996. Click here
for the zipped PowerPoint version of the slides. Click here
for a rather unformatted text version of the slides. Click here
for the zipped Word 6.0 version of the text of the slides.
- Introduction to Mathematica
, presented at the Regional meeting of the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, held in Springfield, MO Oct. 12-14, 1995.
- What is CD-ROM? A Look at a CD-ROM Calculus Text at the
Central Plains Small College Computing Conference in Bolivar, MO,
March 31-April 1, 1995.
- What is CD-ROM? A Look at a CD-ROM Calculus Text at the
Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO, Dec. 2-3, 1994.
- What is CD-ROM? A Look at a CD-ROM Calculus Text at the
Southern Region Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Oct. 13-15, 1994 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Results of an In-Service Training for Missouri Secondary
Mathematics Teachers in the Use of Graphing Utilities presented
Dec. 3, 1993, with Bob Glasgow at the Missouri Council of Teachers of
Mathematics
fall meeting.
- Results of an In-Service Training for Missouri Secondary
Mathematics Teachers in the Use of Graphing Utilities presented
Oct. 2, 1993, with Bob Glasgow at the Third Annual Greater Kansas City
Regional Mathematics Technology Expo.
- Interface '93 Using Animation to Teach Mathematics ,
Feb. 21 & 23, 1993.
- Various software workshops in the Springfield Public
High Schools, fall 1992 and spring 1993.
- Introducing Mathematica at Warsaw High School Mathematics
Banquet, May 12, 1992.
- Interface '92 Function Graphing Software , Three
Dimensional Software, Computer Algebra Systems, Feb. 24,
1992, with Bob Glasgow.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
PROFESSIONAL MEETING ATTENDED
- Twenty Fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics at Orlando, FL March 23-24, 2012.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference October 27-28, 2011, in St.
Louis, MO.
- Kansas City Area Math Technology Expo, October 8, 2011.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting April 2011, in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Spring,
2011.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of
Mathematics conference, December 2010.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Fall,
2010.
- Kansas City Area Math Technology Expo, October 1, 2010.
- ARML Competition, June 2010.
- Missouri Section of Mathematical Association of America, April 10, 2010
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Spring,
2010.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Fall,
2009.
- ARML Competition, May 2009.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Spring,
2009.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Fall,
2008.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting Oct. 2-3, 2008, in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- ARML Competition, May 2008.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Spring,
2008.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of
Mathematics conference, December
2007.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting Oct. 25-26, 2007, in
Kansas City, Missouri.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, Spring, Fall,
2007.
- Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America
meeting at Point Lookout, MO March 2007.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting April 2006, in
St. Louis, Missouri.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of
Mathematics conference, December
2, 2005.
- Kansas City Area Math Technology Expo, October 7, 2005.
- MEGSL
(Math Educators of Greater St. Louis) conference, October 1, 2005.
- Gifted Association of Missouri, Oct. 11, 2004.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, March
11, 2004.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 4, 2003.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, October
9, 2003.
- Mathematics Pre-Service Teacher Leadership Conference, April 4-5,
2003.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 6-7, 2002.
- Southwest Missouri District Association of Math Teachers, March
14, 2002
- Mathematics Pre-Service Teacher Conference, March, 2002.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 7-8, 2001.
- Mathematics Pre-Service Teacher Conference, March, 2001.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 4, 1999.
- Regional Conference of the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics November 14, 1999, in
Topeka, KS.
- Missouri Mathematics Leadership Conference, May 13-15, 1999 at
Lake Ozark, MO.
- Interface '99 C February 22, 1999 at Tan-Tar-A.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 4-5, 1998.
- Southern Regional Conference of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics October 29-31, 1998, in Little Rock, AR.
- 1998 Articulation and Transfer Conference, held Feb. 11-12, at
Tan-Tar-A, MO.
- Central Regional Conference of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics held January 29-31, 1998, in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Interface '97 B February 28, 1997 at Tan-Tar-A.
- National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting Oct. 10-12, 1996, in
Kansas City, Missouri.
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting
Oct. 12-14, 1995, in Springfield, Missouri.
- Missouri Section of the
Mathematical Association of America meeting in Warrensburg, MO
April 7, 1995.
- Central Plains Small College Computing Conference in Bolivar, MO
March 31-April 1, 1995.
- (MAT)2 Middle School Math Teachers Preparation Conference-Jan.
2-4, 1995, at Lake of the Ozarks.
- Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Meeting in Columbia,
MO Dec. 2-3, 1994.
- Southern Region Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Oct. 13-15, 1994, at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America
meeting in Joplin, MO April 1994.
- 1993 Fall Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting in
Columbia, MO Dec. 3-4, 1993.
- Third Annual Greater Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology
Expo , Oct. 1-2, 1993.
- Interface 93 at Tan-Tar-A Feb. 21 & 23, 1993.
- Fifth Annual International Conference on Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics at Chicago, IL Nov. 13-15, 1992.
- Interface 92 at Tan-Tar-A Feb. 24, 1992.
- Fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics at Portland, OR Nov. 15-17, 1991.
- Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
meeting at Wheaton, IL May 1991.
- Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America
meeting at Rolla, MO April 1991.
- Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America
meeting at Point Lookout, MO April 1990.
MATH CONTESTS COORDINATED
WORKSHOPS HELD
-
Assisting with
Connect 9-an
Improving Teacher Quality Grant through Three Rivers Community
College. See website at
http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/trcc/.
Workshop August 4-7, 2008 in Poplar Bluff, MO. In 2009
workshop is August August 3-7. In 2010 workshop is August 2-6.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Mathematics and Science
Teachers in the Use of the Internet . Held June 6-11, 13-18,
20-25, and 27-July 2, 1999, at Penn Valley
Community College Kansas City, MO. Funded for $73,478 by a Dwight
D. Eisenhower Grant, Cycle XVI. Serving as Project Co-director with Mr.
Tim Chappell of Penn Valley Community College.
- In-Service Training for Willow Springs School District .
Held Aug. 3-5, 1998 with Mr.
Tim Chappell of Penn Valley Community College.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Mathematics and Science
Teachers
in the Use of the Internet . Held June 7-12, June 14-19, July
5-10, and July
12-17, 1998, at Penn Valley
Community College Kansas City, MO. Funded for $69,733 by a Dwight
D. Eisenhower Grant, Cycle XV. Serving as Project Co-director with Mr.
Tim Chappell of Penn Valley Community College.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Mathematics and Science
Teachers
in the Use of the Internet . Held June 8-13, June 15-20, June
22-27, and June 29-July 3, 1997, at Penn Valley
Community College Kansas City, MO. Funded for $68,737 by a Dwight
D. Eisenhower Grant, Cycle XIV. Served as Project Co-director with Mr.
Tim Chappell of Penn Valley Community College. The site
developed
to disseminate information about these workshops has been recognized
for inclusion in THE Journal 's Road Map to the Web for Educators II.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Mathematics and Science
Teachers
in the Use of the Internet . Held July 14-19 and July 21-26, 1996,
at North Central Missouri College
, Trenton, MO. Funded for $30,420 by a Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant,
Cycle XIII. Served as Project Co-director with Mr.
Tim Chappell , then of North Central Missouri College.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Secondary Mathematics
Teachers in the Use of Graphing Utilities. Held July 30-Aug. 4 and
Aug. 6-11, 1995. Funded for $30,559 by a Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant,
Cycle XI. Served as Project Director.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Secondary Mathematics
Teachers in the Use of Graphing Utilities. Held Aug. 7-13, 1994.
Funded for $17,449 by a Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, Cycle X. Served as
Project Director.
- In-Service Training for Missouri Secondary Mathematics
Teachers in the Use of Graphing Utilities. Held Aug. 8-14, 1993.
Funded for $14,472 by a Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, Cycle IX. Served as
Project Director.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- Introducing Calculus T/L II: A four hour workshop with
J.D. Child at the Fourth Annual International Conference on
Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, November 1991.
- Technology Strategies Workshop: A Two-week Workshop at
Ohio State, summer 1991.
- Introducing Derive: A four hour workshop at the
Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences meeting, May
1991.
- Introducing Derive: A four hour workshop at the Missouri
Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 1991.
PUBLICATIONS
- Editted Use of Internet Newsletter, fall 1999 to
disseminate results of 1999 Summer Workshops. The newsletter was
composed by pulling information from Use of Internet HomePages .
- Use of Internet HomePages , edited Feb. 1999-February
2000 to disseminate results of 1999 Summer Workshops.
- Editted Use of Internet Newsletter , Novemer
1998-January 1999 to disseminate results of 1998 Summer
Workshops. The newsletter was composed by pulling information
from Use of Internet HomePages .
- Use of Internet HomePages , edited Feb. 1998-February
1999 to disseminate results of 1998 Summer Workshops.
- Edited Use of Internet Newsletter , January 1998 to
disseminate results of 1997 Summer Workshops. The newsletter was
composed by pulling information from Use of Internet HomePages .
- Use of Internet HomePages , edited Feb. 1997-February
1998 to disseminate results of 1997 Summer Workshops. These have
been recognized by THE Journal 's Road Map to the Web for Educators II .
- Edited Use of Internet Newsletter, November 1996 to
disseminate results of 1996 Summer Workshops. Click here
for a zipped Aldus Pagemaker version of the newsletter. Click here
for a rather unformatted text version of the newsletter. Click here
for a zipped Word 6.0 version of the newsletter text. The newsletter
was composed by pulling information from Use of Internet HomePages
.
- Use of Internet HomePages , edited May 1996-February 1997
to disseminate results of 1996 Summer Workshops.
- Southwest Baptist University Mathematics
Department Web Site
- Graphing Utilities Newsletter, edited November and
December 1995 to disseminate results of 1995 Summer Workshops.
- Directory of Software Reviews from Graphing Utilities
Workshop , edited August 1995. Contains results from the 1995 Summer
Workshops .
- Graphing Utilities Newsletter, edited October and December
1994 to disseminate results of 1994 Summer Workshop.
- Directory of Software Reviews from Graphing Utilities
Workshop , edited August 1994. Contains results from the 1994 Summer
Workshop .
- Graphing Utilities Newsletter, edited October and December
1993 to disseminate results of 1993 Summer Workshop.
- Directory of Software Reviews from Graphing Utilities
Workshop , edited August 1993. Contains results from the 1993 Summer
Workshop .
- Departmental Newsletter, published annually 1991-1993,
1997.
- Where Do You Find Software Reviews?: talk co-authored with
Bob Glasgow and presented Nov. 15, 1992, and appearing in Proceedings
of Fifth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate
Mathematics .
- Visualization in Calculus II: talk presented Nov. 16,
1991, and appearing in Proceedings of Fourth Annual International
Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.
BOOKS REVIEWED
- Focus Group Participant for PreCalculus Project and Calculus Technology
Project at Twenty Fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics at Orlando, FL March 23-24, 2012.
- Reviewer for Wilson's
College Algebra in Fall, 2009.
- Reviewer for Smith/Minton Calculus, third edition, 2006.
- Reviewer for Coburn College
Algebra, 2006.
- Reviewer for Mathematical Marvels card series from W.H. Freeman
in Fall, 2005.
- Reviewer for
Rogawski's Calculus in Fall, 2005.
- Reviewer for NSF AP Incentive Grants in February, 2005.
- Answer Checker for Chapters 1, 7 & 9 for
Lial/Miller/Hornsby, Introductory Algebra, 5th edtion.
- Reviewer for Calculus with Derive for Brooks/Cole
Publishing Company, November 1993.
- An initial reviewer (May 1993) for Active Calculus , an
ambitious Calculus Interactive Textbook Project conducted by
Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. The interactive text is to use Calculus
T/L II.
OTHER PAPERS
- An Informal Introduction to Program Transformation and
Parallel Processors, Argonne National Laboratory preprint
MCS-P318-0892, September 1992.
- An Informal Introduction to Program Transformation ,
Argonne National Laboratory preprint MCS-P319-0892, September 1992.
- An Informal Introduction to Parallel Processors , Argonne
National Laboratory preprint MCS-P320-0892, September 1992.
HONORS
In May 2011, he was honored with the Parkway Distinguished Professor
Award, joining other award winners:
http://www.sbuniv.edu/academics/faculty/Parkway/.
Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010 Outstanding
Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year Award. Photos from that ceremony are
available at
http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/10mctm/index.htm#award.
Featured in SBU Life Faculty Feature, Fall 2010:
http://www.sbuniv.edu/Alumni/SBULife/SBULife_Fall2010.pdf
Southwest Baptist University, College of Science and Mathematics Faculty Service Award, April 2007
Southwest Baptist University Faculty Life Beautiful Award, 2006,
http://www.sbuniv.edu/academics/faculty/LifeBeautiful/2006_LifeBeau.htm
Empire’s Who’s Who, 2006.
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers-9th edition, 8th edition, 7th edition
Who's Who in American Education-7th edition
Who's Who in America-60th edition, 59th edition, 58th edition
Was considered for Who’s Who in the World
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- The work with math contest has been something I have viewed as community
service.
- Coached my children, and others, in after school math contest
preparation (8 years and counting)
- Served as a coach for Missouri ARML (American Regions Math League) team
(4 years and counting)
- Coached my children, and others, in a variety of sports (basketball,
soccer, baseball/softball, 20 times)
- Worked with children and youth at church in VBS, children’s choir, and
youth handbells (12 years)
This web page is produced by the Mathematics Department at Southwest
Baptist University. It was created March 14, 1996, by Dr.
Kevin W. Hopkins and will be periodically updated by him.
Questions/Comments
can be sent to him . It was
last updated March, 2012.
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