Judith Covington

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Judith Lynnette Covington is an American mathematician and mathematics educator who works as a professor of mathematics at Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSUS). [1]

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Education and career

Covington earned her Ph.D. in 1993 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with a dissertation in topological group theory jointly supervised by Victor P. Schneider and Bradd Clark, [2] and in the same year joined the LSUS faculty. [3] [4] In the mid-1990s, she became one of the first cohort of fellows of Project NExT, a professional development program of the Mathematical Association of America, and she has continued to be associated with Project NExT as part of its leadership team since then. [4]

Beyond her work in teacher education at LSUS, she has also contributed to local mathematics education by founding the North Louisiana Math Teachers' Circle in 2010, [5] [4] and she was elected as the governor of the Louisiana–Mississippi section of the Mathematical Association of America in 2016. [3] [4]

Recognition

In 2004 Covington was named LSUS Elmer and Barbara Simon Distinguished Teaching Professor. [6] [4] The Louisiana–Mississippi section of the Mathematical Association of America gave her their Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. [4] In 2015 Covington was one of three winners of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Judith Covington", Faculty Pages, Louisiana State University Shreveport, retrieved 2020-07-21
  2. Judith Covington at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. 1 2 3 "LSUS professor elected as MAA governor", Shreveport Times, March 22, 2016
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  5. Smith, Chuck (April 28, 2014), North Louisiana Math Teachers' Circle to host national mathematician in residence, Red River Radio
  6. LSUS Math Department News, Louisiana State University Shreveport, 2004, retrieved 2020-07-21