Dr. Bush's curriculm vita

Educational Background

• EdD, Mathematics Education, University of Georgia, Athens
• MA, Secondary Education, University of Kentucky
• BS, Mathematics, University of Kentucky

Teaching Areas

• Mathematics methods courses for elementary, middle, and high school teachers
• Research in mathematics education
• Special topics in mathematics education

Research Interests

• Mathematics teachers’ conceptions and beliefs, affect, and understanding of mathematics
• Mathematics teacher education
• Teacher professional development
• Mathematics assessment
• Mathematics teacher assessment
• Mathematics education in rural contexts

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Scholar, University of Louisville, 2006
• First AMTE Service Award, 2007

Professional Memberships

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• American Educational Research Association
• Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Professional Activities

• Primary author on grants that have accrued approximately $30 million
• Served as director, principal investigator, or co-principal investigator of four NSF-funded projects
• Kentucky K-4 Mathematics Specialist Program
• Kentucky Middle Grades Mathematics Teacher Network
• Lexington Area Systemic Education Reform in Mathematics and Science
• Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics
• Louisville Area Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruitment and Teacher Education
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• Served as director, principal investigator, or co-principal investigator of four state-funded projects:
• Kentucky Middle School Mathematics Academies
• Formative Assessments in Middle Mathematics
• End-of-Course Assessments in Algebra I and Geometry
• Project director of federally funded Urban University Partnership for Mathematics and Science Teaching
• Chair, Kentucky Mathematics Achievement Committee
• Member, Kentucky Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Task Force
• Reviwer, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Journal for Research in Rural Education, Mathematics Teacher, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Teaching Elementary Mathematics, Journal of Teacher Education