DR. KEVIN W. HOPKINS

COLLEGES ATTENDED

August 1983 - December 1988

September 1979 - May 1983

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

2006

2007

2008

May 2008-present

Worked with Connect 9

http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/trcc/

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

Summerscape

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

Argonne National Laboratory

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

PRESENTATIONS

Classroom Response Systems to be presented October 3, 2008 at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in Oklahoma City.
TI Study Cards to be presented October 3, 2008 at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in Oklahoma City.
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 presentationat 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

The Mathematical Association of America
American Mathematical Society
(MAT)^2-Missouri Mathematics Association for the Advancement of Teacher Training , serving as President-Elect 2003-2004.
Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL MEETING ATTENDED

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, 2042
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, 1992.
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-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

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.

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 August 22, 2008.

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