M. Kathy Heid
M. Kathleen Heid
mkh2@psu.edu
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education
Mathematics Education Professor-in-Charge; Secondary Education interim co-Professor in charge
Dr. Heid is co-PI of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, one of the first Centers for Learning and Teaching funded by the National Science Foundation. She is Editor of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Dr. Heid has served on the Board of Governors for the Mathematical Association of America and on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She was co-director, with Dr. Rose Mary Zbiek, of the NSF-funded CAS-Intensive Mathematics curriculum project. She has coedited, with Dr. Glendon Blume, internationally authored volumes on Research on Technology and the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics. Dr. Heid's research interests centers on the mathematical understandings needed by secondary mathematics teachers, on mathematical thinking, on the impact of technology on the teaching and learning of mathematics, and on the creation and investigation of technology-intensive mathematics curricula.

