Dr. Cox is Director for Teaching Effectiveness at Miami University, where he founded and directed the annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching. He is also founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching. He directs the 1994 Hesburgh Award-winning Teaching Scholars Community for Junior Faculty and oversees the other learning communities at Miami. For the past thirty years he has taught mathematics, designing and teaching courses that celebrate and share with students the beauty of mathematics. He incorporates the use of student learning portfolios and Howard Gardner’s concept of multiple intelligences in his mathematics classes. Cox has developed programs to enable the presentation of undergraduate student papers at national professional meetings. In 1988 he received the C.C. MacDuffee Award for Distinguished Service to Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honorary Society.
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About the Author: Patrick Blessinger
Dr. Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations). Dr. Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others. Dr. Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods and he serves on doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Blessinger has been involved with accreditation certification for universities and colleges and he has been involved in various educational consulting projects. Dr. Blessinger provides professional development workshops and classes to teachers and educational leaders and regularly gives presentations at academic conferences around the world. Dr. Blessinger has received several educational awards, including: Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).