Linda Hutchison

Associate Professor of Secondary Education

Contact Information

Office: McWhinnie Hall 314
Phone: 307-766-5077
Email: lhutch@uwyo.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., University of Washington 1992
• M.A., Stanford University 1986
• Credential, Humboldt State/Stanford University 1979
• B.A., Humboldt State University, California 1978

Biography

Linda Hutchison is an associate professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches courses in quantitative reasoning and mathematics pedagogy.  Dr. Hutchison just finished her final year of an eleven-year term as the department head of Secondary Education.  While at UW, she has secured over three million dollars in grants and contracts to continue her research in mathematics teacher education, mathematics education, and integrating technology into mathematics teaching.  She has researched professional development in mathematics for rural teachers both in Wyoming and New Zealand.  Dr. Hutchison has published in Arithmetic Teacher, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Early Childhood Education Journal, Encyclopedia of Mathematics Applications, and Teacher Education Quarterly.

Research Interests

• Mathematics teacher education
• Professional development in mathematics for rural teachers
• Mathematics education
• Using technology in mathematics teaching

Teaching

• Secondary Mathematics Methods I and II
• Theory and Practice of Mathematics Teaching
• Residency in Teaching

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative