Faculty Profile for Dr. Cody Lynn Patterson

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Dr. Cody Lynn Patterson
Assistant Professor — Mathematics
ELTB B213
phone: (512) 245-5259
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 B.S. Mathematics, Texas A&M University, 2002.
M.S. Mathematics, Texas A&M University, 2003.
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 2010.

Teaching Interests

 I enjoy teaching courses for mathematics majors, including analysis, topology, and abstract algebra. I also enjoy teaching courses in the calculus sequence and mathematics content courses for preservice and inservice mathematics teachers.

Research Interests

 Mathematical knowledge for teaching secondary mathematics; problem solving; teachers' and students' epistemologies of mathematics.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Patterson, C. L., & McGraw, R. (2018). When time is an implicit variable: An investigation of students’ ways of understanding graphing tasks. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 20(4), 295–323. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10986065.2018.1509421
  • Morrell, G. B., & Patterson, C. L. (n.d.). At the Crossroads of Inquiry and Equity: Synergies and Tensions in Instructor Decision-Making. Blacksburg, VA, United States: Virginia Tech.
  • Patterson, C. L., Dawkins, P. C., Zolt, H. M., Tucci, A. A., Lew, K. M., & Melhuish, K. M. (2024). Adapting the proof of Lagrange’s Theorem into a sequence of group-work tasks. PRIMUS, 1–15.
  • Melhuish, K. M., Patterson, C. L., Dawkins, P. C., & Lew, K. M. (2024). Moving Beyond Show and Tell in Proof-Based Courses. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 72(1), 51–59.
  • Patterson, C. L., & Gerber, E. J. M. (2024). Building a Global Math Community: The Joyful Math Jamboree. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117(2).

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: MAA Texas Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America - Texas Section. February 21, 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America. July 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Research Excellence Award, Texas State Department of Mathematics. December 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Service Excellence Award, Texas State Department of Mathematics. December 2, 2022
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University. June 10, 2022

Selected Grants

  • Hauk, Shandy (Principal), Speer, Natasha (Principal), Yee, Sean (Principal), Jackson, Billy (Principal), Patterson, Cody Lynn (Principal), Tsay, David (Principal). Supporting the Faculty Who Provide Teaching-Focused Professional Development to the Next Generation of College Mathematics Instructors, National Science Foundation, Federal, $50324. (Funded: October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2028). Grant.
  • Patterson, Cody Lynn (Principal), Prasad, Priya (Co-Principal), Bonner, Emily (Co-Principal). Reasoning Language for Teaching Secondary Algebra (ReLaTe-SA), National Science Foundation (Discovery Research PreK-12), Federal, $444474. (Funded: September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022). 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.
  • Patterson, Cody Lynn. G. R. White Trust, G. R. White Trust, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $23728. (Submitted: July 2023, Funded: October 2023 - October 2024). Grant.
  • Warshauer, Hiroko K (Principal), Warshauer, Max K (Co-Principal), Patterson, Cody L. HEB Tournament of Champions, HEB, HEB, $16000. (Submitted: October 2022, Funded: February 2023 - August 2023). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Board Member
American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) Editorial Board
June 24, 2019-Present
Chair-Elect
Special Interest Group of the MAA on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (SIGMAA MKT)
June 1, 2025-Present
University Mentor
Department of Mathematics
August 2024-Present
Member
MATH 5111/7111 Redesign Committee
August 2024-Present
Member
Summer Programs Consortium Document Repository Committee
January 2024-Present