Lindsay M Keazer
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Dr. Lindsay M. Keazer is a teacher educator and researcher at Sacred Heart University. Before joining the faculty at Sacred Heart University, Lindsay was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Central Connecticut State University (2015-2019) and a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University (2012-2015) working on an NSF-funded grant project titled “Learning About New Demands in Schools: Considering Algebra Policy Environments (LANDSCAPE).” Lindsay completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics Education from Purdue University in 2012, after starting her career as a middle and high school mathematics teacher.
Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction: Mathematics Education, Purdue University (2012)
- MS Curriculum & Instruction: Mathematics Education, Purdue University (2007)
- BS Mathematics Education: Secondary Certification, Ball State University (2004)
Teaching Responsibilities
- Secondary Curriculum: Mathematics
- Secondary Methods: Mathematics
- Investigating Mathematics Deeply to Integrate STEAM
- Social Justice Pedagogies
- Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
- Number & Operations for Elementary Teachers
- Geometry for Elementary Teachers
- Algebra & Data for Elementary Teachers
- Elementary Mathematics Methods
Research
Her research and teaching focus on developing teachers’ – including her own – practices and pedagogies for promoting culturally sustaining inquiry-based mathematics learning. Recent publications focus on a self-reflection framework to support mathematics teacher educators in growing their culturally sustaining pedagogies. Other research strands study prospective elementary teachers’ evidence of conceptual understanding in mathematics, and secondary mathematics teachers’ instructional changes towards reasoning-based pedagogies.
With National Science Foundation funding, Lindsay is currently working with SHU colleagues Elliott Bertrand (Department of Mathematics) and Jennifer Phaiah (Department of Teacher Education) to connect the Universal Design for Learning guidelines to research and best practices in mathematics education. Their framework development and a professional learning community are designed to offer undergraduate instructors options for making mathematics teaching more inclusive.
Grants
- National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (NSF IUSE) Grant: “Integrating Methods for Universal Design for Learning in Introductory Undergraduate Mathematics Courses” $299,941 (2022-2025).