Brief Bio of Richard S. Millman

 

 

Dr. Millman is the Outreach Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky, a tenured faculty in the Department of Mathematics created to support ongoing efforts of the Department of Mathematics to support pre-service and in-service teacher training for PreK-12 mathematics teachers, coordinate outreach activities to public schools throughout the Commonwealth, and advocate the cause of Mathematics Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Most recently, he is Principal Investigator and Project Director, GK12, ALGEBRA CUBED, (with co-PIs, G.T. Lineberry, Xin Ma, Paul Prater, and Jeff Osborn),  of an award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Kentucky, 3/06 -3/09, in the amount of  $1,829,662.

 

Dr. Millman has co-authored three books in mathematics, co-edited two other scholarly works and received nine peer reviewed grants. He has published over 40 articles about mathematics or mathematics education and has taught a wide variety of mathematics and mathematics education courses throughout the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.  He has given 40 invited seminars on mathematics or mathematics education at various universities and conferences internationally. He received an Outstanding Performance Award of the National Science Foundation and, with a former student, was awarded an Excel Prize for Expository Writing.

 

Richard Millman received a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Mathematics. He was the President of Knox College (Galesburg, IL) and Provost of Whittier College (Whittier, CA) both of which are national liberal arts colleges.   In addition, he was the founding Provost for the new university, California State University, San Marcos.

Professional Background

Richard s. Millman

Outreach Professor of Mathematics

Phone: (859)257-6821   •   E-mail: millman@ms.uky.edu