TEXAS STATE VITA

I. Academic/Professional Background

A. Name: Dr. Alex White Title: Associate Professor

B. Educational Background

Degree Year University Major Thesis/DissertationPHD 1999 Michigan State

UniversityStatistics, General Exponentiated

gradient portfolios in continuous trading

MS 1992 University of Texas at El Paso

Statistics, General

BS 1988 University of Texas at El Paso

Chemistry, General

C. University Experience

Position University DatesAssociate Professor Texas State University August 2005 - PresentAssistant Professor American University September 2000 - July 2005Visiting Assistant Professor Michigan State University January 2000 - August 2000Teaching Assistant Michigan State University 1999Teaching Assistant Michigan State University 1992 - 1997Teaching Assistant University of Texas at El

Paso1990 - 1992

Teaching Assistant Stanford University 1988 - 1989

D. Relevant Professional Experience

Position Entity DatesStatistical Consultant Teachers Development

Group, West Linn, ORJuly 2016 - Present

Statistical Consultant Unit for the Measurement of the Quality of Education, Honduras

2002 - 2006

Statistical Consultant Public Housing Authorities Directors Association and Council of Large Public Housing Authorities

2000 - 2004

Coordinator of Computing and Data Analysis

Unit for the Measurement of the Quality of Education, Honduras

1997 - 1999

Statistical Consultant Old Kent Mortgage 1996High School Math and Science Teacher

Crestline School, El Paso, Texas

1989 - 1990

II. TEACHING

A. Teaching Honors and Awards:

Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society.December 2016

Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society.May 2016

Award Recipient: Teaching Excellence Award, Mathematics Department.December 2011

B. Courses Taught:

Texas State University:MATH 2111: Prin. of Math I MTE 5315: Alg. Reasoning MATH 7335: Stat IIMATH 2328: Elem. Stats MTE 5321: Prob & Stat MATH 7346: Quant. ResearchMATH 3305: Intro to Prob. MATH 5336: Applied Math MATH 7356 A: Adv. Quant.MATH 4305: Prob & Stat MATH 7302: Hist. of Math MATH 7366 D: Teach. StatsMTE 5301E: Visual Models MATH 7325: Stat I MATH 7386: Ind. StudyMATH 5390: Statistics MATH 5376 B ANOVA MATH 7356 C: Action Res.MATH 5345 Regression MATH 7x99 Dissertation

American University :MATH 390: Math Finance MATH 574: Theory of Prob STAT 202: Basic StatisticsSTAT 302: Inter. Statistics STAT 522: Time Series STAT 670/671: Lin. Estimation

Michigan State University :STT 200: Statistical Methods

STT 201: Stat. Meth. Lab STT 231: Stats for Scientists

STT 441: Prob & Stat I STT 351: Stats for Engineers

C. Directed Student Learning (i.e. theses, dissertations, exit committees, etc.):

Current Doctoral Dissertation Committees

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Mathematics in a fiber arts context: a mixed methods study to explore mathematizing experiences", Status: In Progress. (August 2016 - Present). Texas State University.Student(s):Nichole Armand.

Supervisor / Chair, Dissertation, "Proof Comprehension and Validation in Introductory Advanced Mathematics Students", Status: Proposal. (January 2016 - Present). Mathematics, Texas State Unviersity.Student(s): Joshua Fagan, Doctoral, Ph.D. in Mathematics Education.

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Developing mathematical identity in post-secondary students", Status: Proposal. (2016 - Present). Texas State University.Student(s): Joni Schneider.

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Explanatory Effects of Texas House Bill Five on College Algebra", Status: Proposal. (2015 - Present). Texas State University.Student(s):Brittany Webre.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "STEM Pipeline: Access to Blind Students to Calculus", Status: In Progress. (2015 - Present). Mathematics, Texas State University.Student(s): Nell Eichler.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Constructing and assessment of proof and conjecture", Status: In Progress. (2012 - Present). Mathematics, Texas State University.Student(s):Alana Rosenwasser.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Incremental intelligence and value reappraisal interventions in college algebra", Status: In Progress. (August 2016 - Present). Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.Student(s):Theresa Hoang, Developmental Education

Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees

Co-Chair with Dr. Warshauer, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Creating a pathway to STEM: Role of an informal mathematics program", Status: Completed. (July 2016). Texas State University.Student(s):Nama Namakshi.

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Adult learning behaviors in a roadblock mathematics course", Status: Completed. (December 2012). Texas State University.Student(s):Aimee Tennant.

Co-Chair with Dr. Keller, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The effect of mathematics

research on mathematics majors’ mathematical beliefs", Status: Completed. (2012). Texas State University.Student(s): Joshua Goodson.

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Prediction intervals for the Poisson model with applications to Atlantic storms data", Status: Completed. (2005). American University.Student(s):Valbona Bejleri.

Supervisor / Chair, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The efficiency of OLS in the presence of auto -correlated disturbances in regression models", Status: Completed. (2004). American University.Student(s):Samir Safi.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Geometry Teaching Knowledge: A Comparison Between Pre-Service and High School Geometry Teachers", Status: Completed. (2016). Mathematics, Texas State University.Student(s):Shawnda Smith.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Exploring mathematical flow: A case study of pre-service secondary teachers collaborating on model-eliciting activities.", Status: Completed. (August 2016). Texas State University.Student(s):Geoffrey Miller.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Reflective journaling as a tool to support learning in mathematical proof", Status: Completed. (May 2016). Texas State University.Student(s):Christina Starkey.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "An investigation of the relationships between conceptualization of limits and proof comprehension", Status: Completed. (May 2016). Texas State University.Student(s):Christine Herrera.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Cases of Teacher Noticing to Position Students in Linguistically Diverse Middle School Mathematic Classrooms", Status: Completed. (May 2016). Texas State University.Student(s):Rachel Bower.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The role of translanguaging in Latino mathematics classrooms", Status: Completed. (July 2015). Texas State University.Student(s):Carlos Mejia.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The use of examples in a transition-to-proof", Status: Completed. (July 2015). Texas State University.Student(s):Sarah Hanusch.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Alignment in students, teaching assistants, and instructors on the purpose of Calculus I labs", Status: Completed. (July 2015). Texas State University.Student(s):Yuliya Melnikova.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The effects of Smart Pen narrated solution sets on student study routines and their perceptions of the solution sets as a help resource.", Status: Completed. (July 2014). Texas State University.Student(s): Jake Hammons.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "An investigation of the relationships between musical training and mathematical problem solving", Status: Completed. (July 2013). Texas State University.Student(s):Debra Ward.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "The effects of a model developmental mathematics program on elementary and middle school pre-service teachers", Status: Completed. (2012). Texas State University.Student(s):Lindsey Gerber.

Member, Master Candidate Advising, "Brownian motion applied to human intersections", Status: Completed. (May 2012). Texas State University.Student(s): Jonathan Turner.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Evaluating the effectiveness of experiential learning with concrete- representational-abstract instructional technique in a Statistics and Algebra course", Status: Completed. (August 2011). Texas State University.Student(s):Terri Westbrook.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Secondary mathematics teachers’ curriculum philosophies and experience", Status: Completed. (July 2010). Texas State University.Student(s): Jill Cochran.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Universal portfolios and multiplicative updates: A comparison and smoothed guarded update", Status: Completed. (December 2006). American University.Student(s):Fotios Kokkotos.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "African Americans and STEM: An examination of one intervention program", Status: Completed. (December 2005). American University.Student(s):Debbie Gochenauer, Math Education.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Fitting concentration data with stable distributions", Status: Completed. (May 2005). American University.Student(s):Shireen Rishmawi, Statistics.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Mixtures of Erlang distributions and renewal processes based on them", Status: Completed. (July 2004). American University.Student(s):Bashir Dweik, Statistics.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Analysis of compositional data using Dirichlet covariate models", Status: Completed. (2003). American University.Student(s):Rafiq Jihazi, Statistics.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Success in university-required mathematics courses: An investigation of students with learning disabilities", Status: Completed. (May 2003). American University.Student(s):Brooke Evans, Mathematics Education.

Member, Doctoral Candidate Advising, "Secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs regarding their preparation to teach upper -level mathematics", Status: Completed. (December 2002). American University.Student(s): Janet White, Mathematics Education.

Master Thesis Committees

Member, Master Candidate Advising, Status: Completed. (May 2016). Texas State University.Student(s): Jamtsho Jamtsho.

Member, Master Candidate Advising, "Schema accuracy among demographic groups", Status: Completed. (2013). Texas State University.Student(s):Mark Boehme.

Supervisor / Chair, Master’s Project, "Change Point Analysis for Cost Data", Status: Completed. (December 2002). American University.Student(s):Deanna Ohwevwo.

Supervisor / Chair, Master’s Project, "Multiple Imputation for Economic Data", Status: Completed. (May 2002). American University.Student(s):Michelle Lalond.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Second Reader, Honor's Thesis, "Adventure Automata", Status: In Progress. (November 2016 - Present). Honors College, Texas State Unviersity.Student(s):Aaron Smothers, Undergraduate, B.S.

Second Reader, Honor Student Advising, "Evaluating Algebra Readiness", Status: Completed. (December 2011). Texas State University.Student(s):Eric Harper.

D. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:

MATH 3306: Intro to Statistical Methods, Curriculum Development, Texas State University: 2015.

MATH 7356C Action Research, New Course, Texas State University: 2010.

M.S. Math Specialist Program, New Course, Texas State University: 2006.

MATH 7325 Statistics I, New Course, Texas State University: 2005.

MATH 7335 Statistics II, New Course, Texas State University: 2005.

MTE 5321 Probability & Statistics, New Course, Texas State University: 2006 - 2008.

Regression II course for reworked Master’s degree, New Course, American University: 2005.

Master’s Degree in Statistics, Revise Existing Degree Program, American University: 2005.

E. Teaching Grants and Contracts

2. Submitted, but not Funded, External Teaching Grants and Contracts:

Acosta, Maria T (Principal), Hazlewood, Carol (Principal), White, Alexander (Supporting). Computer Science and Mathematics Scholars, National Science Foundation, Federal, $551,671.00. (Submitted: August 12, 2008). Grant.

Hazlewood, Carol (Principal), Acosta, Maria T (Principal), White, Alexander (Supporting). Computer Science and Mathematics Scholars, National Science Foundation, Federal, $488,877.00. (Submitted: April 12, 2006). Grant.

White, Alexander (Principal), Van Dyke, Frances (Principal), Gray, Mary, Zeller, Nany. GK-12: Building a Science, Mathematics, and Technology Community to Support Inquiry-Based Learning in a Diverse Population, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,549,491.00. (Submitted: June 10, 2002). Grant.

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE

A. Works in Print (including works accepted, forthcoming, in press):

1. Books:

a. Scholarly Monographs:

Non-refereed:

(2016). A. White, Z. Jiang, E. Dickey, & B. Webre (Eds.), Findings of the Dynamic Geometry Project at Texas State University. https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/6321

b. Textbooks:

Non-refereed:

White, A., Warshauer, M., McCabe, T., Shapiro, D. (2015). Combinatorics: Level 4, Textbook used for Level 4 of the Junior Summer Math Camp. Stipes Publishing.

CombinatoricsBookLatexAWMar-1.pdf

White, A., Warshauer, M., McCabe, T., Warshauer, H. (2013). MATH EXPLORATIONS: Algebra I. Stipes Publishing.

d. Chapters in Books:

Refereed:

McBroom, E. S., Jiang, Z., Sorto, M. A., White, A., Dickey, E. (2016). Dynamic Approach to Teaching Geometry: A Study of Teachers’ TPACK Development. In M. Niess, S. Driskell, & K. Hollebrands (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Transforming Teacher Education in the Digital Age (pp. 519-550). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Dynamic-Approach-to-Teaching-Geometry--A-Study-of-Teachers-TPACK-Development-1.pdf

Warshauer, M. L., McCabe, T. W., Sorto, M. A., Strickland, S. K., 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). Reston, VA: NCTM.

White, A., LePage, R., Podgorski, K., Ryznar, M. (1998). Bootstrapping Signs and Permutations for Regression with Heavy Tails: A Seamless Resampling. A practical guide to heavy tails (pp. 339--358). Boston, MA.: Birkhäuser Boston.

2. Articles:

a. Refereed Journal Articles:

Herrera, C., McCabe, T. W., Strickland, S. K., White, A. (2017). Let's Draw a

Picture. Primus. doi: 10.1080/10511970.2017.1338319LetsDrawAPicture_blindedX-1.pdf

Safi, S., White, A. (2017). Short and Long-Term Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Networks for Stick Prices in Palestine: A Comparative Study. Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis.

SafiWhiteForecastingUsingANNsAUg2016-1.pdf

Hurdle, Z., Warshauer, M., White, A. (2016). The Place and Purpose of Combinatorics. Mathematics Teacher, 110(3), 216-221.

CombinatoricsWZach-1.pdf

Safi, S., White, A. (2016). The Efficiency of Artificial Neural Networks for Forecasting in the Presence of Autocorrelated Disturbances. International Journal of Statistics and Probability, 5. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijsp/issue/view/1531

IJSPArticleOnANN-1.pdf

Sorto, M.A., Jiang, Z., White, A., Strickland, S. (2015). An Observation Protocol Measuring Secondary Teacher' Implementation of Dynamic Geometry Approach. Mathematics Teaching- Research Journal Online, 7(4). http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/MTRJ/index.htm

GTOP MT Research Journal-1.pdf

White, A., Sorto, M. A., Oktavia, R. (2014). Featured STEW Lesson Plan: The Gumball Machine. The Statistics Teacher Network, 83, 16 – 22. http://www.amstat.org/ASA/Education/STEW/home.aspx

TheGumballMachine Stew Lesson-1.pdf

White, A., Pack, C., Raczynski, K., Wang, A. (2011). Evaluation of the Safe School Ambassadors Program: A Student Led Approach to Reducing Mistreatment and Bullying in Schools. The Clearing House, 84(4), 127 - 133.

Jiang, Z., White, A., Rosenwasser, A. (2011). Randomized Control Trials on the Dynamic Geometry Approach. Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2, 8 – 17.

White, A., Lesser, L., Sorto, M. Alejandra (2011). Understanding Student Attempts to Find a Line of Fit. Teaching Statistics, 33(2), 49 – 52.

UnderstandingStudentAttemptsAtLineOfFitFinal-1.pdf

White, A., McCabe, T., Sorto, M. Alejandra (2010). Algebra on the Number Line. Mathematics Teacher, 104(5), 379.

Sorto, M. A., White, A. (2008). The gumball machine: Linking research and practice about the concept of variability. Journal of Statistics Education, 16(2). http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/

SortoWhite2008JSE-1.pdf

White, A., Van Dyke, F. (2007). Habits in the Classroom. Virginia Mathematics Teacher.

White, A., Cavey, L., Mehavier, T., Parker, E. (2007). MathNerds and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. The Constructivist. http://www.odu.edu/educ/act/journal/vol18no1/index.html

White, A., Safi, S. (2006). The Efficiency of OLS in the Presence of Autocorrelated Errors in Regression Models. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation.

White, A., Van Dyke, F. (2006). Habits in the Classroom. Mathematics Teacher, 100(4), 270 -274.

White, A., Van Dyke, F. (2004). A Tool to Use the First Day of Calculus. Primus, 14(3), 213-229.

PrimusPaper-1.pdf

White, A., Van Dyke, F. (2004). Examining Students' Reluctance to Use Graphs. Mathematics Teacher, 98(2), 110-117.

mt2004-09-110a-1.pdf

White, A., Van Dyke, F. (2004). Making Graphs Count. Mathematics Teaching, 188, 42 - 45.

making_graphs_count-1.pdf

b. Non-refereed Articles:

White, A., Sorto, A. (2004). Statistical Knowledge of Prospective Teachers and its Application to Teaching. TSG 11 (Topic Study Group 11): Research and development in the teaching and learning of probability and statistics, at ICME-10 (the 10th International Congress on Mathematical Education, 4-11. http://iase-web.org/documents/papers/icme10/SortoWhite.pdf

3. Conference Proceedings:

a. Refereed Conference Proceedings:

Sorto, M. A., Wilson, A. T., White, A. (in press). Teacher Knowledge and Teaching Practices in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. In G. Kaiser (Ed.), ICME-13 Monographs. Paper presented at 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME), Hamburg, Germany, July 24-31, 2016. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-62597-3

TSG31_AP_Sorto_May25_2017-1.pdf

White, A., Jiang, Z., Sorto, M. A. (in press). The Effect of Dynamic Geometry Approach on Achievement and Conjecture Ability. Paper presented at 13th International Congress of Mathematical Education, Hamburg, Germany, July 2016.

TSG13_WhiteFinal-1.pdf

Jiang, Z., White, A., Sorto, A., Dickey, E., McBroom, E., Rosenwasser, A. (2015). A Dynamic Geometry-Centered Teacher Professional Development Program and Its Impact. Paper presented at The 37th annual meeting of the North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, November 5, 2015. (pp. 1202-1209). East Lansing, MI:.

PMENA Proceedings DG Paper-1.pdf

Jiang, Z., Webre, B., White, A. (2015). Characteristics of Different Learning Environments in Geometry Classrooms. Paper presented at Research Council on Mathematics Learning Conference, Las Vegas, February 26, 2015. Las Vegas, Nevada:.

RCMLpaper-1.pdf

Zhonghong, J., White, A., Sorto, M. A., Rosenwasser, A. (2013). Investigating the impact of a technological-centered teacher professional department program. Paper presented at The Eleventh International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching, Bari, Italy, July 9, 2013. Bari, Italy:.

CompleteMeritPackage-1.pdf

Bejleri, V., White, A. (2010). The Future Outcome from a Discrete Distribution. Proceedings of the Intellectbase International Consortium. Paper presented at Intellectbase International Consortium Academic Conference, Houston, Texas, March 18-20, 2010. (pp. 120-130). Intellectbase International Consortium. http://www.intellectbase.org/IHART_Spring_2010b.php

ValbonaPredictIntervalsDiscreteDistribution-1.pdf

Kaigh, W.D., White, A. (1993). Total time on test function orthogonal components and tests of exponentiality. Paper presented at 38th Conference on the Design of Experiments in Army Research Development and Testing, Santa Monica, California, October 28, 1992. (pp. 65 - 86). Army Research Office.

7. Reports:

White, A., Pack, C., Raczynski, K., Wang, A. (2010). Evaluation of the Safe School Ambassadors Program: A Student Led Approach to Reducing Mistreatment and Bullying in Schools.

White, A., Marshal, J., Rapalo, R. (1999). Multivariate Analysis of Achievement. Tegucigalpa: Unit for the Measurement of Educational Quality.

White, A. (1998). Achievement Report: 1st Collection of Data. Tegucigalpa.

White, A. (1998). Factors Associated with Academic Achievement. Tegucigalpa.

9. Book Reviews:

White, A. (2008). [Review of the book Unkn()wn Quantity: a real and imaginary history of algebra].

White, A. [Review of the book Conceptual Statistics for Beginners, 3rd edition].

13. Other Works in Print:

News Medias:

White, A. (2002). PHADA statistician makes recommendations to Harvard's Operating Fund Cost Model (vol. 17). Public Housing Authorities Directors Association.

White, A. (2001). Statistics professor comments on Harvard Operating Cost Study (vol. 16). Public Housing Authorities Directors Association.

Software:

White, A., Lesser, L. M. (2016). Different Perspectives on Achieving the Median of a Distribution. Wolfram Demonstrations Project. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/DifferentPerspectivesOnTheMedianOfADistribution/

White, A., Guyot, L., Straughn, M. (2016). Different Perspectives on Achieving the Mean of a Distributiion. Wolfram Demonstrations Project. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/DifferentPerspectivesOnAchievingTheMeanOfADistribution/

White, A., Herrera, C. (2016). Examples of Limits of Real Sequences. Wolfram Demonstrations Project. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ExamplesOfLimitsOfRealSequences/

White, A., Curtin, E. (2016). From the Tether Problem to the Involute of a Circle. Wolfram Demonstrations Project. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FromTheTetherProblemToTheInvoluteOfACircle/

White, A., Sorto, Rodriguez (2008). Mayan Pyramid. Wolfram Demonstrations Project. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MayanPyramid/

B. Works Not in Print:

1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

Jiang, Z., White, A., Sorto, M. A., 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education, "The impact of a dynamic geometry-centered teacher professional development program," ICME, Hamburg, Germany. (July 24, 2016).

White, A., Jiang, Z., Sorto, A., Rosenwasser, A., National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, "The Impact of a Dynamic Geometry-Centered Teacher Professional Development Program," New Orleans. (April 8, 2014).

White, A., International Congress for Mathematical Education, "Randomized Control Trials on the Dynamic Geometry Approach," Seoul, South Korea. (July 11, 2012).

White, A. (Presenter), Pack, C. (Presenter), AERA National Meeting, "Evaluation of the Safe School Ambassadors Program: A Student Led Approach to Reducing Mistreatment and Bullying in Schools," Denver, CO. (May 2, 2010).

White, A., Bejleri, V., Joint Statistical Meetings, "Bayesian Prediction Limits for Atlantic Tropical Storm Occurrence," Minneapolis. (August 10, 2005).

White, A., ASA/IMS Joint meeting, "Comparison of Automated Investment Strategies," Minneapolis. (August 8, 2005).

Sorto, A., White, A., International Congress of Mathematical Education, "Statistical Knowledge for Teaching," Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. (July 9, 2004).

White, A., Van Dyke, F., NCTM Research Pre-session, "Visual Comprehension for Algebra, Statistics and Calculus," San Antonio, TX. (April 9, 2003).

White, A., Blazek, R., Mathematica Developers Conference, "A Library of Statistical Functions in Mathematica," Urbana, IL. (October 1995).

White, A., Kaigh, W. D., Meeting of Texas Statisticians, "EQF Goodness of Fit Tests for Exponentiality," Waco, TX. (April 1992).

White, A., Regional Meeting of the AMS, "Goodness of Fit based on the Quantile Function," Las Cruces, NM. (1991).

2. Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations:

Herrera, C., White, A., Joint Mathematics Meeting, "Exploring Sequences through Technology to Expand Students' Example Space," Mathematical Association of America, Hyatt Regency of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States. (January 5, 2017).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Exploring the quantification of evidence: A Better Fit for Goodness-Of-Fit," Texas State University. (December 2, 2016).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "P-Values: What are they good for?," Texas State University. (April 29, 2016).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Tips for Successfully Navigating the Dissertation Process," Texas State University. (April 27, 2015).

White, A., Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Exploring the quantification of evidence: A Better Fit for Goodness-Of-Fit," San Antonio. (January 12, 2015).

White, A. (Panelist), Warshauer, M. L. (Panelist), Warshauer, H. K. (Panelist), McCabe, T. W. (Panelist), Strickland, S. K. (Panelist), Mathworks Mathematics Education Symposium, "Mathworks," Mathworks, San Marcos Conference Center, San Marcos, TX, United States. (September 2014).

White, A., Graduate Open House, "That’s so Random," Texas State University. (November 8, 2013).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Bayes Theorem, Bayesian Statistics and Predicting the Election Result," Texas State University. (November 2, 2012).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Building an Academic C.V.," Texas State University. (September 7, 2012).

Jiang, Z., White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "The Effect of the DG Approach of Teaching: Preliminary Results," Texas State University. (September 30, 2011).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Data looking for a context: A statistics opening day icebreaker activity," Texas State University. (September 25, 2009).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Student's Initial Perception of Fitting the Best Line," Texas State University. (January 30, 2009).

White, A., Mathematics Education Seminar, "Creating Demonstrations in Mathematica," Texas State University. (April 25, 2008).

White, A., MSP Learning Network Conference, "PD3: Opening Classroom Doors as a Vehicle for Change," Washington, DC. (January 29, 2008).

White, A., Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, "Developing an Online Statistics Class for Middle School Teachers," Tulsa, OK. (January 25, 2008).

White, A., American Mathematical Association and Mathematical Association of America Joint Meetings, "Developing an Online Statistics Class for Middle School Teachers," San Diego. (January 7, 2008).

McCabe, T. W., Warshauer, M. L., Warshauer, H. K., White, A., AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I,, "Creating Math Learning Communities Locally and using ITV", American Mathematics Society and Mathematics Association of America, New Orleans, LA, United States. (January 8, 2007).

White, A., Cavey, L., Mehavier, T., American Mathematical Association and Mathematical Association of America Joint Meetings, "Mathnerds, Moore Method, and mathematics education: What do they have in common?," New Orleans. (January 8, 2007).

White, A., Warshauer, M. L., Warshauer, H. K., McCabe, T. W., American Mathematical Association and Mathematical Association of America Joint Meetings, "Recruiting Future Math Teachers with an Early K-12 Classroom Experience," San Antonio, TX. (January 13, 2006).

White, A. (Presenter), Van Dyke, F. (Presenter), NCTM Eastern Regional Meeting, "Hidden Practices in the Classroom," Hartford, CT. (October 6, 2005).

White, A., "Continuous Optimization of Portfolios," University of Maryland-Baltimore County. (February 20, 2002).

White, A., Regional Meeting of the MAA, "Visual Comprehension of Incoming Calculus and Applied Calculus Students," Virginia Tech University. (October 20, 2001).

White, A., Regional Meeting of the MAA, "Making the Most out of Histograms in Basic Stat," Virginia Military Institute. (April 21, 2001).

White, A., Regional Meeting of the AMS, "A Time Continuous Analog of the Multiplicative Update Portfolio Selection," Detroit, MI. (May 1997).

White, A., "Goodness of Fit Tests for Exponentiality," American University. (October 24, 2000).

11. Consultancies:

Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Teachers Development Group, West Linn, OR, United States. (July 1, 2016 - Present).

Statistical Consultant, Community Matters. (January 2007 - January 2011).

Statistical Consultant, Unit for the Measurement of the Quality of Education, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (2002 - 2005).

Statistical Consultant, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association and Council of Large Public Housing Authorities. (July 2000 - March 2004).

Statistical Consultant, Old Kent Mortgage, Grand Rapids, MI. (September 1996 - December 1996).

Statistical Consultant, Robust Analysis, Inc. on a SBIR N02-190 grant from Department of the Navy. (1925).

12. Workshops:

Walker, A. N. (lead author), Guyot, L., White, A., Czocher, J., Ioudina, V., United States Conference on Teaching Statistics 2017, "Data Collection for Independent Student Projects: Case Studies," CAUSE, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, Penn Stater, PA. (May 19, 2017).

White, A., Professional Development for Middle School Teachers, 7 hour training, "Using Math Explorations," Lago Vista Middle School, Lago Vista, TX. (August 10, 2015).

White, A., Sorto, A., Workshop at the IASE Satellite Conference, "Visualizando Regresion. [Visualizing Regression]," Rio de Janiero, Brazil. (July 22, 2015).

White, A., Sorto, A., Workshop at 9th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS9), "¿De dónde sale esa fórmula?: Explorando y deduciendo la cuantificación de la evidencia en el ciclo de investigación. [Where does that formula come from? Exploring and deducing the quantification of evidence in the investigation cycle]," Flagstaff, AZ. (July 13, 2014).

White, A., Professional Development for Middle School Teachers, 40 hour training, "Using Math Explorations," Miller Middle School, San Marcos, TX. (2013).

White, A., Professional Development for 6th Grade teachers in Midland ISD, "Math Explorations Training." (2010).

White, A., Professional Development for Dallas Can Academy, "Math Explorations Training," Carrolton, TX. (2010).

White, A., Presentation to San Marcos Math Circle, "Using Runs to Determine if it’s Random." (March 2010).

White, A., Professional Development for San Marcos High School, "Algebra I Math Inquiry Groups." (2006).

White, A., Professional Development for Hartford County Public School Mathematics Teachers, "Dealing with Student’s Reluctance to Use Graphs," Aberdeen, MD. (September 9, 2004).

White, A., Sonya Kovaleski Day, "Functions, Functions," American University. (March 24, 2004).

White, A., Sonya Kovaleski Day, "Visual Comprehension in Algebra," American University. (April 5, 2003).

White, A., Sonya Kovaleski Day, "Math in Finance," American University. (March 2, 2002).

White, A., Sonya Kovaleski Day, "Using Titanic in the Classroom," American University. (March 24, 2001).

White, A., the Honduran Bureau of Census and Statistics, "Introduction to SPSS for Windows," Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (May 1999).

White, A., the VIII’th Mathematics Education Encounter, "Modern Graphical Techniques," Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (October 1998).

13. Other Works not in Print:

c. Other Works Not in Print:

Posters:Walker, A. N. (Presenter), White, A., U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics,

"Exploring the Law of Large Numbers through the Egg Roulette Game in Fathom," Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education, Penn Stater Conference Hotel, State College, PA, United States. (May 19, 2017).

Walker, A. N., White, A., Guyot, L., Ioudina, V., Czocher, J. A., U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, "Data in Search of a Context: An Icebreaker Activity," Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education, The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA, United States. (May 18, 2017).

White, A., Safi, S., 7th OxMetrics User Conference, "The Efficiency of Artificial Neural Networks for Forecasting in the Presence of Autocorrelated Disturbances," Washington, DC. (March 17, 2016).

C. Scholarly / Creative Grants and Contracts:

1. Funded External Grants and Contracts:

Warshauer, Max L (Principal), Warshauer, Hiroko K (Co-Principal), White, Alexander (Supporting). Mathworks Algebra Program, Meadows Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $306,000.00. (Funded: 2012 - Present). Grant.

Jiang, Zhonghong (Principal), Cuevas, Gilberto Jose (Co-Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). Dynamic Geometry in Classrooms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2,090,450.00. (Submitted: 2009, Funded: September 2009 - August 2016). Grant.

Warshauer, Max L (Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). Mathematics Mentoring Network, Texas Education Agency, State, $350,000.00. (Submitted: July 2006). Grant.

White, Alexander (Principal), Warshauer, Max (Principal). Teacher Quality Grant, Texas Education Agency, State, $363,319.00. (Funded: May 2006 - 2008). Grant.

Burrill, Gail (Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). NSF Mathematics Science Partnership: PD3 - PCMI and Districts Partner to Design Professional Development. (Funded: 2005 - 2008). Grant.

Warshauer, Hiroko K (Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). Mathematics Mentoring Network, Meadows, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $13,000.00. (Submitted: July 2006). Grant.

2. Submitted, but not Funded, External Grants and Contracts:

Czocher, Jennifer Ann (Principal), White, Alexander (Supporting). CAREER: Scaffolding Strategies for Undergraduate Mathematics Modeling Skills (SUMMS), National Science Foundation, Federal. (Submitted: July 21, 2017). Grant.

Jiang, Zhonghong (Principal), White, Alexander, Dickey, Edwin (Co-Principal). Dynamic Geometry in Rural High School Classrooms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $3,000,000.00. (Submitted: September 2016). Grant.

White, Alexander (Principal). TEA: Teacher Quality Grant, Teacher Education Agency, State, $175,000.00. (Submitted: 2009). Grant.

Dean, Nathaniel (Principal), White, Alexander (Co-Principal), Ferrero, Daniela Maria (Co-Principal), Montoya, Marco (Co-Principal), Jia, Xingde (Co-Principal). CSUMS Numbers, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,250,000.00. (Submitted: October 20, 2006). Grant.

Warshauer, Max L (Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). Mathematical Explorations for Young Scientists Program, National Science Foundation, $800,000.00. (Submitted: September 2006). Grant.

Ali, Moonis (Principal), Davis, Wilbon (Co-Principal), White, Alexander (Senior Personnel). Teacher Education for Computer Science, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,200,000.00. (Submitted: February 24, 2006). Grant.

Van Dyke, Frances (Principal), White, Alexander (Co-Principal). Spencer Foundation: Exploring Teacher Knowledge and Attitude towards Graphical representations of Functions, $100,000.00. (Submitted: 2001). Grant.

3. Funded Internal Grants and Contracts:

White, Alexander (Principal). Research Enhancement Program: MathNerds and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, $7,512.00. (Funded: 2007). Grant.

White, Alexander (Principal). American University CAS Mellon Grant, $600.00. (Funded: 2001). Grant.

4. Submitted, but not Funded, Internal Grants and Contracts:

White, Alexander (Principal). Research Enhancement Program, $13,000.00. (Submitted: 2006). Grant.

D. Scholarly / Creative Fellowships, Awards, Honors:

Fellowship Recipient: Section NexT Fellow of the Mathematical Association of America.2000 - 2001

E. Scholarly / Creative Professional Development Activities Attended:

Workshop, "Secondary School Teachers Program and Designing and Implementing Professional Development," Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, UT, United States. (July 1, 2007 - July 7, 2007).

Workshop, "Workshop for Math Education Faculty," Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education, Moraga, CA, United States. (July 26, 2006 - July 27, 2006).

Workshop, "Secondary School Teachers Program and Designing and Implementing Professional Development," Park City Mathematics Institute. (June 26, 2006 - June 30, 2006).

IV. SERVICE

A. Institutional

1. University:

Faculty Senate Related Duties:

Chair (May 2017 - Present).

Vice Chair (June 2015 – May 2017).

Senator, Faculty Senate (June 2013 - Present).

Chair, Non-tenure Line Faculty Committee. (August 2015 – Aug 2017).

Senate Representative to Council of Academic Deans, (May 2017 – Present)

Senate Representative to College of Science and Engineering Council, (Sept. 2015 – Present)

Member, Institutional Effectiveness Council. (September 23, 2016 - Present).Report from Institutional Effectiveness Council-1.docx

Faculty Representative, Commencement Team. (September 2015 - Present).

Member, Faculty Development Leave Policy Review Committee (June 2017)

Member, QEP Theme Development Team. (April 1, 2017 - April 30, 2017).

Non-voting External Observer for Summative Review of Chair of Department of Management. (January 26, 2017 - March 30, 2017). Director of School of Music. (October 26, 2015 - November 23, 2015).

Member, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Search Committee. (October 2016 - January 2017).

New Non Tenure Line Faculty Orientation. (January 10, 2017 - January 11, 2017).(August 23, 2016 - August 24, 2016).

Member, Presidential Development Leave Supplemental Grant Review Committee. (December 2015 & December 2016).

Participant, Texas Council of Faculty Senates. (October 28, 2016).

Presenter, New Tenure Track Faculty Orientation. (August 24, 2016).

Mace Bearer, Commencement. (2014 - 2017).

Other Committee Work:

Representative, College Review Group, Texas State University. (2015).

Ad Hoc SPSS Replacement Committee, Texas State University. (2014 - 2015).

RDAG Steering Committee, Texas State University. (2010 - 2013).

Teacher Certification Council, Texas State University. (2006 - 2009).

NSF MRI Review Committee, Texas State University. (2008).

EPC Curriculum Committee, American University. (2003 - 2005).

College Computer Committee, American University. (2003).

3. Department/School:

Duties Related to Doctoral Program in Mathematics Education:

Ph.D. Program Committee:Member (2005 – Present)Interim Chair (June 1, 2012 - May 15, 2013)

Advisor for Doctoral Program (2007 – 2011, 2013 – Present)

Graduate Open House Planning CommitteeCo-Chair (September 2016 - Present)Member (2010 – May 2016)

Liaison to Dev. Ed. Doctoral Program. (September 2015 - Present).

Doctoral Outcomes Assessment. (September 2009 - Present).

Graduate Programs Alignment Committee. (2011 - 2013).

Search Committees:

Member, Mathematics Education Search Committee. (2006 -2007, 2007 – 2008, 2017 – Present)Chair, Statistics Expedited Search Committee. (2016 - 2017).Chair, Statistics Faculty Search Committee. (2012 - 2013)Member, Applied Math Search Committee. (2009 -2010, 2010 - 2011)Member, Admin II Search Committee. (2010)Member, Ad-Hoc Post-Doc Search Committee. (2008 - 2009)Member, Network/Lab Coordinator Search Committee. (2008 - 2009)Member, Mathematics Education Search Committee. (2006 – 2009)Member, Statistics Search Committee. (2005 - 2006)

Mentoring:

Faculty MenteesJennifer Czocher (January 2015 - Present)Samir Safi (September 2015 – May 2016)Timothy Trujillo (2014 - 2015)Sharon Strickland (2010 - 2015)Qiang Zhao (2008 - 2012)

Graduate Student MenteesJosh Fagan (2015 – Present)Rachel Bower (2012 – 2013)Debra Ward (2012 – 2013)Raymond Holland (2013)

HLS-AMP MenteesAndrew Suarez (2012-2013)Israel Cabello (2005)

Seminar/Colloquium:

Chair, Colloquium Committee (2005 - 2010).Organizer, Mathematics Education Seminar (2006 - 2013).Faculty Advisor, Mathematics Education Seminar (2013 - 2017).

Additional Departmental Service:

Academic Assessment Committee (January 2009 - Present).

Gave Review for the EXCET examination. (August 2005 - Present).

Member, Library Committee. (2015 - 2017).

Member, Academic Program Review Committee. (2009 & 2016).

Member, Strategic Planning Committee. (November 2016 - January 2017).

Merit Committee, Texas State University. (2008 - 2010).

Travel Committee, Texas State University. (2005 - 2009).

Service at American University:Course Coordinator, Basic Statistics. (2000 – 2001, 2004 - 2005).

Member, Merit Committee. (2003 - 2005).

Member, Statistics Search Committee. (2003 - 2005).

Chair, Colloquium Committee. (2001 - 2005).

Member, Rank and Tenure Committee. (2003).

Interim Departmental Chair. (July 2001).

B. Professional:

Reviewer / Referee, Statistics Education Research Journal. (August 2016 - Present).

Reviewer / Referee, Journal Applied Statistics. (September 2009 - Present).

Reviewer / Referee, Causeweb.org online statistical education portal. (September 2005 - Present).

Reviewer / Referee, Texas College Mathematics Journal. (September 2005 - Present).

Reviewer / Referee, International Congress for Mathematical Education. (March 2016).

Reviewer / Referee, International Association of Statistics Educators: Satellite Conference. (May 2015).

C. Community:

San Marcos High School Project Graduation Committee. (2014).

Central Texas Math Circle. (2010).

Mentor, Siemens Competition Team, Project: An Application of Subsampling Quantile Estimators to Image Denoising Team: Sumit Gogia and Sophia Chu, Results: Region Semi-finalist. (2010).

Mentor, Siemens Competition Team, Team: Jennifer Lin and Scarrlett Yin. (2009).

San Marcos Middle School Choir Booster. (2008 - 2009).

Mentor, Siemens Competition Team, Team: Rebecca Salinas, Natalie Lopez and Krystal Saxton. (2008).

Mentor, Intel and Siemens Competitions Team Project: “Mathematical Developments of the Contact Network Model: A Study of the Spread of Infectious Disease Under Random Infectivity, Susceptibility, and Contact Frequency” Team: David Price, Stephanie Chan, Jacob Shapiro

Siemens Regional Finalist. (2006).American Statistical Association Honorable Mention. (May 2007).Intel Team Project 2nd Award. (May 2007).

D. Organization Memberships:

American Educational Research Association.

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Mathematical Association of America.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

E. Service Honors and Awards:

Award Recipient: Service Excellence Award, Mathematics Department.December 2016December 2013December 2009