Debra Hydorn (dhydorn)

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Professor

James Farmer Hall Room 132
dhydorn@umw.edu
540-654-1028


Academic Degrees

B.S., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio; Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Debra L. Hydorn, Professor of Mathematics, earned a Ph.D. (1993) in statistics from the University of Michigan, after receiving an M.S. (1988) in mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds a B.S. (1980) in mathematics and zoology from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Hydorn has given several presentations at professional conferences, most recently “Small Teaching in Introduction to Discrete Mathematics” at the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meeting in Atlanta and “Visual and Auditory Tools to Support Student Learning” with Suzanne Sumner at the 2017 International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics in Chicago. In addition, she has given a presentation at the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings on a classification of arrangements of Wang tiles and another on undergraduate research in statistics at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings.

Her publications include a 2007 article on service learning published in the Journal of Statistics Education and a chapter on service learning in statistics courses for the 2005 Mathematical Association of America publication “Mathematics in Service to the Community.” She has received several grants from the University for a variety of projects including curriculum development and computer usage in the undergraduate curriculum. Most recently, Dr. Hydorn was selected to participate in the 2016 Mathematics Association of America PIC MATH program and in the 2015 Office of Naval Research Summary Fellow Program. In addition, she has been a Co-PI on several VA Department of Education grants with colleagues in the College of Education to provide professional development to K-12 teachers.
Dr. Hydorn is a member of the American Statistical Association, the Mathematics Association of America, the Council on Undergraduate Research and the Virginia Academy of Science. She serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Statistics Education and as a Councilor for the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Debra Hydorn in the News

Mathematics Faculty Participate in Joint Mathematics Meetings

Eight members of the Department of Mathematics presented at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta in January.  The JMM is the largest mathematics conference in the country, with registrations this year exceeding 6,000 participants.  Highlights of the meeting include: Randall Helmstutler, chair and associate professor, presented the talk "Generalized dihedral Read more…

Hydorn Attends CUR Annual Business Meeting

To begin her three year term as a Council on Undergraduate Research Councilor for the Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Debra Hydorn, professor of Mathematics, attended the recent CUR Annual Business Meeting at the University of Southern Florida.  At this meeting, Councilors worked within their disciplinary groups and also within Read more…

Hydorn Elected Councilor for CUR

Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics, was recently elected to a three-year term as Councilor for the Mathematics & Computer Science division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Councilors are the governing body of CUR and set policy and develop programs for the organization. [...] The post Hydorn Elected Councilor for CUR Read more…

McCall, Hydorn and Clayton Receive Grant

Dr. Venitta McCall, professor of the College of Education, Dr. Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics and Dr. Courtney Clayton, assistant professor of the College of Education have received a $35,600 grant from the Virginia Department of Education. The purpose of the grant is to train 30 teachers from critical teacher Read more…
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