Faculty Profile for Dr. Hamilton Lee Hardison

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Dr. Hamilton Lee Hardison
Assistant Professor — Mathematics
ELTB 319
phone: (512) 245-4020

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Dr. Hamilton L. Hardison has a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Georgia. His primary research interests lie in investigating students' mathematical thinking. His current research focuses on modeling how students quantify angularity, how these quantifications change over time, and how they vary across contexts. His additional interests include studying mathematical classroom discourse and discussing radical constructivism.

Research Interests

Students' Mathematical Thinking, Quantitative Reasoning, Quantifications of Angularity, Mathematical Classroom Discourse

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Hardison, H. L. (2024). Mentally Making and Measuring Angles. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12, 117(3), 217–223. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0077
  • Hardison, H. L. (2024). Researching Quantifications of Angularity Using Genetic Epistemology Constructs. In Piaget’s genetic epistemology for mathematics education research (pp. 595–604). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47386-9_20
  • Bishop, J. P., Hardison, H. L., & Przybyla-Kuchek, J. E. (2022). Responsiveness to students’ mathematical thinking in middle-grades classrooms. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 53(1), 10–40.
  • Czocher, J. A., Hardison, H. L., & Kandasamy, S. S. S. (2022). A bridging study analyzing mathematical model construction through a quantities-oriented lens. Educational Studies in Mathematics.
  • Lee, H. Y., Hardison, H. L., & Paoletti, T. (2020). Foregrounding the Background: Two Uses of Coordinate Systems. For the Learning of Mathematics, 40(2), 32–37.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, TXST Mathematics Department. 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, TXST Mathematics Department. 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Texas State University Mathematics Department. November 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University Mathematics Department. November 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State Mathematics Department. November 2022

Selected Grants

  • Lee, Hwa Young (Principal), Hardison, Hamilton Lee (Co-Principal), Zolt, Holly Marie (Other), Bui, Mai Thanh Thi (Other), Rygaard Gaspard, Brandi Renea (Other), Ford, Lucinda Louise (Other). Collaborative Research: Middle School Students' Graphing From the Ground Up (MS-GGU), NSF, Federal, $293841. (Submitted: October 2021, Funded: June 2022 - May 2025). Grant.
  • Lee, Hwa Young (Principal), Hardison, Hamilton Lee (Supporting). Undergraduate elementary prospective teachers' conceptions of angle measure: A study of an intervention, REP, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - May 31, 2021). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Organizer
Mathematics Education Seminar
January 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Mathematical Thinking and Learning
2024-Present
Conference Strand Leader
46th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
December 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [Books]
November 2023-Present
Advisory Board Member
Co-Constructing a Research Program Through Community Dialogues about Mathematical Storylines (NSF DRK12 Project; PI: Carlos Nicolas Gómez Marchant)
October 17, 2023-Present