MATTHEW D . SALOMONE BASIC INFORMATION msalomone @ gmail . com Website : matthematics . com WORK EXPERIENCE Interim Associate Dean Sep 2022 - Present Bridgewater State University Bartlett College of Science & Mathematics , Bridgewater State University Coordinate course scheduling , institutional assessment , student services , and special projects for seven STEM departments Manage ~$1.8M part - time faculty instructional budget Professor Sep 2022 - Present Bridgewater State University ( Promotion effective Sept . 1 , 2022 ; on leave while serving as interim associate dean ) Associate Professor Sep 2015 - Present Bridgewater State University Chairperson , Department of Mathematics ( 2017–present ) Launched " Math Boot Camp " program to support students' developmental mathematics Provided faculty development and technological support for pivot to remote teaching Coordinated ongoing reforms of math placement testing and new student advising Director , Math Services ( 2009–2017 ) Director of mathematics tutoring and structured learning assistance programs Coordinator of curriculum and instruction for developmental mathematics Coordinator , Quantity Across the Curriculum ( 2013–2017 ) Coordinate faculty development across disciplines on quantitative reasoning Assist with university - wide assessment of students' quantitative skills ( 2012 ) BSU Presidential Award for Excellence in Collaboration to Improve Teaching , with S . Sheriff Assistant Professor Director , Math Services Sep 2009 - Aug 2015 Bridgewater State University Co - investigator , STREAMS STEM retention grant ( NSF - STEP ) , 2009 - 2014 Designed and oversaw Bartlett College of Science & Mathematics' structured learning assistance program Visiting Assistant Professor Sep 2008 - June 2009 Bates College Designed series of applied projects for numerical analysis course Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow Sep 2006 - June 2008 University of Arizona Co - coordinator , Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program Co - coordinator , Mathematics Instruction Colloquium
EDUCATION Ph . D . , Mathematics Sep 2001 - June 2006 Northwestern University Dissertation : Quasi - Periodic Continuation Along a Continuous Symmetry Adviser : Zhihong Jeff Xia 2005 Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Teaching Consultant , Searle Center for Teaching Excellence B . A . , Integrated Science Program Sep 1998 - June 2001 Northwestern University Also majored in Mathematics Magna cum laude , departmental honors Phi Beta Kappa , Alpha Chapter of Illinois [ page - break ] PUBLICATIONS Parsons , A . , Salomone , M . and Smith , B . ( 2019 ) . Going Public : What Institutional Moments Bring Everyone to the Table ? In Tunstall , L . , Karaali , G . , Piercey , V . ( Ed . ) Shifting Contexts , Stable Core : Advancing Quantitative Literacy in Higher Education . Mathematical Association of America , ISBN 9780883851982. Salomone , M . and Kling , T . ( 2017 ) . Required Peer - Cooperative Learning Improves Retention of STEM Majors . International Journal of STEM Education 4 , 19. https : //doi . org/10.1186/s40594 - 017 - 0082 - 3 Salomone , M . and Bjorge , K . ( 2016 ) . Building Effective Quantitative and Math Faculty Development . In M . Schuckers , G . Coulomb , M . O'Neill . ( Eds . ) Handbook for Quantitative and Mathematics Support Centers . University of South Florida Scholar Commons , online version available at http : //scholarcommons . usf . edu/qmasc_handbook/ Kling , T . and Salomone , M . ( 2015 ) . Creating a Peer - Led Cooperative Learning Program to Improve STEM Retention . Change : The Magazine of Higher Learning 47 ( 6 ) , 42 - 50. Salomone , M . and Marcotte , J . ( 2014 ) . Loxodromic Spirals in M . C . Escher's ''Sphere Surface . '' Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 4 ( 2 ) , 25 - 46. Salomone , M . ( 2013 ) . Exploring Abstract Algebra II . YouTube lecture series , Creative Commons licensed . 57 videos , 11 hours total runtime . Burgiel , H . and Salomone , M . ( 2012 ) . Logarithmic Spirals and Projective Geometry in M . C . Escher's ``Path of Life III . '' Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 2 ( 1 ) , 22 - 35. Salomone , M . ( 2011 ) . Disenfractioned : How a Blind Spot for Fractions May Be a Hindrance to Democracy . Bridgewater Review 30 ( 2 ) , 24 - 27. Salomone , M . and Xia , Z . ( 2005 ) . Non - planar Minimizers and Rotational Symmetry in the N - body Problem . Journal of Differential Equations 215 , 1 - 15. PRESENTATIONS ( 2021 ) Salomone , M . Equal Signs : Teaching Quantitative Literacy for Equity , Equitably . DePauw University Q Center two - day faculty workshop lead facilitator , August 9 - 10. ( Virtual Conference ) ( 2021 ) Awkward , R . , Salomone , M . , Winklemes , M . Authentically , Transparently , Remotely : A Statewide Program of Quantitative Literacy Faculty Development . Southeastern Massachusetts Quantitative Engagement and Literacy ( SEQuEL ) Annual Meeting , March 19. ( Virtual Conference ) ( 2021 ) Salomone , M . & Torda , L . An Anti - Racist Case for Alternative Grading . Massachusetts Project Kaleidoscope Network Winter Meeting . ( Virtual Conference ) ( 2020 ) Salomone , M . MATHCALA : A Game , a Theorem , and a Counting Problem . BSU Math Faculty Seminar , November 19. ( Virtual Presentation ) ( 2020 ) Salomone , M . Equal Signs : A Justice Agenda for Quantitative Literacy . AMCOA Annual Assessment Conference , Massachusetts Department of Higher Education . ( Virtual Conference ) ( 2019 ) Salomone , M . The Visual Syllabus : A Platform for Inquiry and Mastery Learning . National Inquiry - Based
Teaching and Learning Annual Conference , Denver , Colo . Poster Presentation . June 6 - 8. ( 2019 ) Awkward , R . , Salomone , M . , Winklemes , M . Grow Up , Branch Out : Achieving and Assessing Quantitative Literacy for the 21st Century . Statewide faculty workshop series , supported by Massachusetts Department of Higher Education . http : //matthematics . com/grow - up - branch - out/ ( 2018 ) Salomone , M . Knot Your Average Algebra . BSU Math Faculty Seminar , March 22. ( 2018 ) Salomone , M . Mapping a Path Through the Gateway Courses : A Plan for Responsive Supplemental Instruction . STEM faculty and staff institute , lead facilitator , Cape Cod Community College , Barnstable , Mass . Supported by National Science Foundation WIDER grant , Bridget Burger , P . I . ( 2017 , 2018 , 2019 ) Salomone , M . Building Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum . AMCOA Annual Assessment Conference , Massachusetts Department of Higher Education , Westborough , Mass . ( 2017 ) Salomone , M . Reviving 'Rithmetic : Quantitative Literacy Across the College Curriculum . Opening Day Plenary Address , Cape Cod Community College , Barnstable , Mass . , August 31. ( 2017 ) Salomone , M . and Torosyan , R . Summer Teacher - Scholar Institute , Pedagogy Track , lead facilitators . Bridgewater State University , August 21 - 24. ( 2017 ) Salomone , M . A Quantitative " Habit of Mind " . BSU Math Faculty Seminar , March 27. ( 2016 ) Salomone , M . Reason , Rhetoric , and Risk : Hooking Students with Numbers in an Election Year . Southeastern Massachusetts Quantitative Engagement and Literacy ( SEQuEL ) Annual Meeting , January 14. ( 2015 ) Salomone , M . How " Quantitatively Inclined " are Incoming College Freshmen ? Northeast Consortium for Quantitative Literacy ( NECQL ) Annual Meeting , New Haven , Conn . ( 2015 ) Kling , T . , Salomone , M . , Waratuke , S . Convincing your Colleagues to Adopt a Common Intra - Departmental Peer - Cooperative Learning Program . AACU/PKAL Crossing Boundaries : Transforming STEM Education , Seattle , Wash . ( 2014 ) Arndt , M . , Boeing , J . , Salomone , M . , Slotnick , R . Assessing Quantitative Reasoning Across the Core Curriculum . New England Educational Assessment Network Annual Conference , College of the Holy Cross , Worcester , Mass . ( 2014 ) Kling , T . , Salomone , M . Designing a Peer Cooperative Learning Program . New England Conference on Student Success , Amherst , Mass . ( 2014 ) Kling , T . , Salomone , M . From Data to Faculty Development : Locate , Understand , and Use Data for Institutional Change . Leading for Change Massachusetts Diversity Conference , Bridgewater , Mass . ( 2014 ) Salomone , M . Numeracy from Practice to Theory : Using Interactive Case Studies . Northeast Consortium for Quantitative Literacy ( NECQL ) Annual Meeting , Bridgewater , Mass . ( 2014 ) Salomone , M . Numeracy from Practice to Theory : Using Interactive Case Studies . Lilly International Conference on Teaching & Learning , Bethesda , Md . ( 2013 ) Salomone , M . and Torosyan , R . Seven Habits of Highly Numerate People ( And So Can You ! ) 38th Annual POD Network Conference , Pittsburgh , Penn . ( 2012 ) Cox , M . , Salomone , M . and Sheriff , S . One Number , Many Voices : Quantity Across the Curriculum . Writing Across the Curriculum International Conference , Quinnipiac University , Hamden , Conn . ( 2012 ) Kling , T . , Salomone , M . The Dynamics of Real - Time Course Correction in the Management of STEP Projects . National Science Foundation STEP Grant Conference , Washington , D . C . ( 2010 ) Salomone , M . Beach Balls and Phony Universes : Geometric Methods in the Three - Body Problem . BSU/Stonehill/Wheaton Joint Mathematics Seminar , Stonehill College , Easton , Mass . ( 2009 ) Salomone , M . Art , Mathematics , and Escher's Print Gallery . Bowdoin College Lunch Seminar , Brunswick , Maine . ( 2008 ) Salomone , M . Using Writing to Teach Mathematics . UA Mathematics Instruction Colloquium , University of Arizona , Tucson , Ariz . ( 2008 ) Salomone , M . Negative Curvature Problems in Lagrangian Dynamics . UA Geometry Seminar , University of Arizona , Tucson , Ariz . ( 2005 ) Salomone , M . Constructing N - body Action Minimizers . Midwest Dynamical Systems Conference , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minn . TEACHING EXPERIENCE Mathematics Major Courses Linear Algebra Multivariable Calculus Abstract Algebra
Geometry & Topology Applied Mathematics Real & Complex Analysis Numerical Analysis Knot Theory Nonmajors Courses Algebra Readiness Integrated Science & Mathematics Applied Calculus for Business Quantitative Methods for Management Mathematics for Liberal Arts Strategies for Math Success RESEARCH INTERESTS Teaching & Learning Quantitative Reasoning Teaching and Technology Faculty DevelopmentApplied Geometry Conformal Geometry & Art Geometric Methods in Celestial Mechanics CONFERENCE SERVICE Southern Association of Colleges & Schools - Commission on Colleges ( SACS - COC ) Reaffirmation of Lamar University , Beaumont , TX , 2021 Lead evaluator , " Math to a Degree " Quality Enhancement Program Southeastern Massachusetts Quantitative Engagement & Literacy ( SEQuEL ) Conference Organizer , 2016–2017 Northeast Consortium on Quantitative Literacy ( NECQL ) Conference Organizer , 2014 Mathematical Association of America , Northeast Section ( MAA/NES ) Program Committee , 2012 REFERENCES References available upon request .