Faculty Profile for Dr. Sharon K Strickland
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Melhuish, K. M., Strickland, S. K., Han, S., & Sorto, M. A. (2024). Why Ask Why? An Analysis of Teachers’ Why-Questions in Elementary and Middle Grade Mathematics Classrooms. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.
- Milewski, A., & Strickland, S. K. (2020). Building on the work of teachers: Adding a functional lens to a teacher-generated framework for describing the instructional practices of responding. Linguistics & Education, 57(June 2020). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2020.100816
- Milewski, A., & Strickland, S. K. (2016). (Toward) Developing a common language for describing instructional practices of responding: A teacher-generated framework. Mathematics Teacher Educator.
- Warshauer, H. K., Strickland, S., Namakshi, N., Hickman, L., Bhattacharyya, S., Bartell, T., … Dominguez, H. (2015). Development of Preservice Teacher Noticing in a Content Course. In Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 972–975). East Lansing, MI, USA: Michigan State University.
- Warshauer, M. L., McCabe, T., Sorto, M. A., Strickland, S., Warshauer, H. K., & White, A. (2010). Equity. In M. Saul, S. Assouline, & L. J. Sheffield (Eds.), The Peak in the Middle: Developing mathematically gifted students in the middle grades (pp. 155–170). San Marcos, United States: NCTM.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Awards (Teaching), College of Science & Engineering. 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics. 2018
- Award / Honor Nominee: College of Science & Engineering Nominee to the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics. 2015
Selected Grants
- Czocher, Jennifer Ann, White, Alexander (Supporting), Strickland, Sharon K (Supporting). CAREER: Scaffolding Strategies for Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Skills, NSF, Federal, $954500. (Submitted: July 2017, Funded: September 2018 - August 2024). Grant.
- Melhuish, Kathleen Mary (Principal), Heaton, Ruth (Co-Principal), Thanheiser, Eva (Co-Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Sorto, Maria Alejandra (Co-Principal), Ellis, Brittney Marie (Co-Principal). Using Technology to Capture Classroom Interactions: The Design, Validation, and Dissemination of a Formative Assessment of Instruction Tool for Diverse K-8 Mathematics Classrooms, NSF, Federal, $1984657. (Submitted: November 2, 2017, Funded: September 4, 2018 - August 31, 2023). Grant.
- Strickland, Sharon K (Principal). MAA Tensor Women in Mathematics, $6000. (Funded: February 2010). Grant.
- Patterson, Cody Lynn (Principal), Melhuish, Kathleen Mary (Co-Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Ellis, Brittney Marie (Co-Principal). MAA OPEN Math, Mathematical Association of America, Institutional (Higher Ed), $12000. (Submitted: October 2024, Funded: May 2025 - December 2025). Grant.
- Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Van Overschelde, James P (Co-Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter G (Supporting). Preparing Engaged STEM Teachers through Multi-level Peer Mentoring and Early Teaching Experiences, National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Federal, $1200000. (Submitted: August 31, 2022, Funded: June 15, 2023 - June 14, 2028). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Reviewer / Referee
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
2020-Present
Graduate Advisor
Doctoral
2019-Present
Member
Graduate Program Committee
2016-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Mathematics Teacher Educator
2015-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of STEM Education
2014-Present