Brigitte Lahme

Department of Mathematics
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2238
email: brigitte.lahme@sonoma.edu

Education

Professional Experience

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

1999 to 2002: Teaching Post-doc, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1994 to 1999 Mathematics Instructor, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Publications

  • B. Lahme, M. Robinson: "Training Undergraduates as Peer Instructors in Mathematics", Primus (to appear, exp. Winter 2003).
  • B. Lahme, J. Morris, E. Toubassi: "The Case for Labs in Precalculus", MAA Notes, Volume: Rethinking the Road Toward Calculus (to appear January 2004)
  • C. Goff, B. Lahme: "Benefits of a Comprehensive Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program", PRIMUS, Vol. 13 NO. 1, pp. 75-84, March 2003.
  • B. Lahme, R. Miranda: "Karhunen-Loève Decomposition in the Presence of Symmetry", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 8 No. 9, September 1999.
  • Functions Modeling Change, 2nd edition (A. Gleason et al.), Wiley, 2003 (precalculus textbook co-author).
  • Instructor's Manual to accompany Functions Modeling Change (A. Gleason et al.), Wiley, 2003 (contributor).
  • ConcepTests, to accompany Calculus, 3rd edition (D. Hughes-Hallett et al.), Wiley 2003 (co-author).
  • Instructor's Manual to accompany Calculus, 3rd edition (D. Hughes-Hallett et al.), 2001.

Selected Presentations, Conferences, and Workshops

  • "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles in Precalculus and Calculus", California Mathematics Council Northern Section Conference, Asilomar, December 2003.
  • "Cryptic Cryptographic Activities", California Mathematics Council Northern Section Conference, Asilomar, December 2003.
  • Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET) Workshop, Humboldt State University, June 2003.
  • Calculus Consortium Meeting, University of Arizona, May 2003.
  • "Symmetry in Algebra, Geometry, and Dynamics", University of the Pacific, Mathematics Colloquium, April 2003.
  • "Cryptography", Expand Your Horizon Conference, Santa Rosa Junior College, March 2003.
  • "Topics Classes in Mathematics for Secondary Teachers", Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Baltimore, January 2003.
  • "The Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship Program at the University of Arizona", AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, San Diego, January 2002.
  • "Using Peer Instructors in General Education Classes", AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, San Diego, January 2002.
  • "Enriching High School Mathematics", MAA Regional Meeting, Las Cruces, April 2001.
  • "Teaching Post-doctorate Program at the University of Arizona", MAA Regional Meeting, Fort Collins, April 2000.
  • "Karhunen-Loeve Decomposition in the Presence of Symmetry", PDE Seminar, University of Arizona, February 2000.