Brief Biography of David A. Smith (Full CV)

B.S. Trinity College, 1958, Valedictorian

Ph.D. Yale University, 1963

Fellow of AAAS (1997), AMS (2013), and ICTCM (2015)

EDUCOM medalist, 1995

Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2001

Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Duke University. Member of the faculty 1962-2002

Author or co-author of many papers on abstract algebra, combinatorics, mathematical psychology, numerical analysis, and mathematics education, as well as textbooks and other instructional materials on calculus. Publications list.

Founding Editor of the Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications (2000-2006) and past member of editorial boards for The College Mathematics Journal, Mathematics Magazine, MAA Notes series, UME Trends, and the Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Co-Director (with Lawrence Moore) of the Connected Curriculum Project, a World Wide Web library of modular, interactive laboratory materials for lower division mathematics. CCP was supported by the National Science Foundation.

Co-Director (also with Lawrence Moore) of Project CALC: Calculus As a Laboratory Course, previously supported by the National Science Foundation. Project CALC developed a new curriculum for calculus instruction based on laboratory experiments, discovery learning, real-world applications, writing and revision of writing, and high expectations of students.

The Project CALC laboratory materials were awarded the prize of Best Curriculum Innovation: Mathematics in the 1991 EDUCOM Higher Education Software Awards Competition, and the Project CALC course was cited in 1993 by Project Kaleidoscope as one of 29 Programs That Work in science and mathematics education.

Board member of the Durham affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1998-2016, with terms as President, Vice President, Programs Director, Newsletter Editor. Teacher of NAMI courses (Family-to-Family, Basics, Homefront), co-leader of Young Families Support Group. NAMI North Carolina Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009, and Steve Jordan Award (with Dorothy Smith), 2016. Hero of Hope Award from Alliance Behavioral Healthcare, 2016.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd. Distinguished Service Award, 2012.


Last modified: November 3, 2016