Faculty Member

Jessica Smith

Education

PhD, Florida State University, 2022

Major: Curriculum & Instruction - Mathematics

BS, University of Georgia, 2017

Major: Mathematics

BS, University of Georgia, 2013

Major: Mathematics Education

Teaching

MATH 1050

College Algebra, Spring 2026

MATH 2270

Linear Algebra, Spring 2026

MATH 2020

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II, Spring 2026

MATH 2020

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II, Spring 2026

Presentations

Bettersworth, Zachary (Presenter & Author), Smith, Jessica L (Presenter & Author), Mauntel, Matthew (Presenter & Author), Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, "Rearranging the hallways_ Student reasoning about changing the dimension of the null space of a linear transformation", Mathematical Association of America, Alexandria, VA. (February, 2026)
Smith, Jessica L (Presenter & Author), Mauntel, Matthew (Presenter & Author), Bettersworth, Zachary (Co-Author), Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, "Building Hallways to Collaborative Reasoning in Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra Activity", MAA, Alexandria, VA. (February, 2025)
Mauntel, Matthew (Presenter & Author), Bettersworth, Zachary (Co-Author), Smith, Jessica (Co-Author), Northeastern Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education Conference, "Exploring null spaces with hallways_ A playful mathematics task in linear algebra". (October, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Smith, Jessica L, Jaber, Lama , Whitacre, Ian , Caro-Rora, Domonique , "“It was pretty much an emotional roller coaster” Exploring an elementary preservice teacher’s evolving sense of agency in a math teacher education course" . Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
Andrews-Larson, Christine , Mauntel, Matthew , Watford, Mark , Plaxco, David , Smith, Jessica L, Kim, Minah , "Authors and consumers of loop-based reasoning_ Social positioning in a guided reinvention of null spaces" . Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.
Smith, Jessica L, Mauntel, Matthew , Betterworth, Zachary , (2025) "Building Hallways to Collaborative Reasoning in Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra Activity" . Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
Bettersworth, Zachary , Smith, Jessica , Mauntel, Matthew , "Rearranging the hallways_ Student reasoning about changing the dimension of the null space of a linear transformation" . Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.