Dr. Jennifer Whitfield

Instructional Professor - Mathematics
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Equity, & Inclusion - College of Arts & Sciences

Offices

ACAD 429B (Assistant Dean)
BLOC 300C (Teaching)

Contact

Email: jwhitfld at tamu.edu

Education

PhD Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University, 2017
MS Mathematics, Texas A&M University, 2000
BA Mathematics with Emphasis in Computer Science, Colorado College 1993

Curriculum Vita
CV (updated 9/28/22)

Open Education Resources (OER) and improving the student experience in MATH 140 and MATH 142 (EDGE)

(TPR)^2
Investigating STEM Teacher Preparation with Focus on Rural Persistence and Retention

Scholars@TAMU Site

Selected Teaching and Service Awards

University Professorship for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University, 2022.
Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement University-Level Awards in Teaching, TAMU, 2022.
Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement College-Level Awards in Teaching, College of Science, 2021.
TAMU Mathematics Departmental Award for Leadership in Online Instructional Training, Spring 2020.
Distinguished Ph.D. Honor Graduate, Texas A&M Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, December 2017.
Grant Recipient Award, Texas A&M Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, May 2015.
Texas A&M Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators, 2014.
Center for Research, Evaluation, and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE) Award for Exemplary Faculty Practice, 2013.
Texas A&M University Fish Camp Namesake 2013.
College of Education and Human Development John E. Trott, Jr. Award in Student Recruiting, 2012.
Texas A&M University Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE), 2009.
Department of Mathematics Outstanding Service Award, 2009.
The Physician’s Center Hospital Honorary Guest Coach TAMU Women’s Softball, 2009.
Department of Mathematics Outstanding Teaching Award, 2005.

Selected Grant Awards

National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Investigating STEM Teacher Preparation and Rural Teacher Persistence and Retention (TPR)², $365,871; August 2021 – July 2025, DUE #2050249. Total collaborative award $2,099,102.
Texas A&M University Open Education Resource Grant, Widening Access for all Students in MATH 140 and MATH 142 with Low- or No-cost Open Education Resources, $100,000, June 2019 – May 2022.
Texas A&M University Enhancing the Design of Gateway Experiences (EDGE) Grant, Increasing Student Success in Gateway Courses for the Applied Calculus Course Sequence, $290,500, January 2019 – May 2022.
Texas A&M University Tier-One Program Grant (TOP), Math Virtual Learning Center (MVLC), $300,000; September 2016 – August 2019.
National Science Foundation, Connected STEM – Promoting STEM Education through Connected Devices and Building Automation, $834,654; September 2016 – August 2021, DRL #1615019.
National Science Foundation, Texas A&M University Noyce Monitoring and Evaluation, $299,987; September 2014 – August 2019, DUE #1439907.
National Science Foundation, Retention Through Remediation: Enhancing Calculus I Success, $1,150,000; August 2009 – October 2016, DUE #0856767.

Selected Publications

Whitfield, J., Banerjee, M., Waxman, H., Scott, T., Capraro, M. M., (2020). Recruitment and retention of STEM teachers through the Noyce scholarship: A longitudinal study. Teaching and Teacher Education, Accepted, April 2021.
Whitfield, J., Waxman, H., & Scott, T. (2016). Comparing Robert Noyce scholars and non-Robert Noyce scholar’s perceptions of teaching. Journal of Research in STEM Education, 2, 90-105.
Bollinger, K., & Coffelt, V. (2020). Mathematics for business and social sciences. Texas A&M University Libraries OAKTrust. https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/188687. Acknowledgement of support: Whitfield, J.
Allen, A., & Orchard, P. (2021). Calculus for business and social sciences. Texas A&M University Libraries OAKTrust. (link coming soon). Contributing authors: Bollinger, K., Coffelt, V., Kilmer, K., & Whitfield, J.
Strutchens, M., Whitfield, J., Erikson, D., & Conway, B. (2020). Fostering collaborative and reflective teacher candidates through paired placement student teaching experiences. In W.G. Martin, B. Lawler, A. Lischka, W. Smith (Eds.) The mathematics teacher education partnership: The power of a networked improvement community to transform secondary mathematics teacher preparation. Information Age Publishing.
Strutchens, M., Sears, R., Whitfield, J., Biagetti, S., Brosnan, P., Olaff-Lewis, J., Junor-Clarke, P., Erickson, D., Parrish, C., Conway, B., & Ellis, R. (2018). Implementation of paired placement and co-planning/co-teaching field experience models across multiple contexts. In T. Hodges & A. Baum (Eds.) Handbook of research on field-based teacher education. IGI Global.
Capraro, M. M., Whitfield, J., Etchells, M. J., & Capraro, R. M. (Eds.). (2016). A companion to interdisciplinary STEM project-based learning: For educators by educators (2nd ed.). Sense.