Who Will Be My Instructor?
Robert R. Curtis, Ph.D.
Robert completed his B.A. with Highest Honors in Mathematics at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, followed by his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics at the
University of California, San Diego, writing in algebraic geometry. After a five
year tenure at San Joaquin Delta College in California, Robert moved to Boston to
form an educational web-based software development company.
Robert is the Managing Partner of MathMonkeys, LLC, producers of LiveMath™ and MathEQ™ Software. Robert is the Lead Programmer for these products, concentrating on the Macintosh side, and managing the Windows and Linux programming team.
Robert co-founded the Distance Calculus program in 1997, originally hosted at Suffolk University
in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2010, Distance Calculus moved to its new partner institution,
Shorter University, of Rome, Georgia.
Diane Housken, B.A.
Diane completed her B.A. in Mathematics from the University of the Pacific in 1995,
studying computer graphics and mathematics education.
She is co-founder of MathMonkeys, LLC, and applies her talents to on-line mathematics education and development of educational websites.
Diane has been involved with the Distance Calculus program since 1998, and is the Course Coordinator for the Distance Calculus program.
Unlike many other distance education courses, ALL instruction, grading, feedback, and interaction with
the students is completed by these two qualified instructors listed above. We do not outsource any
teaching nor grading duties outside of the U.S. (not even outside of our Distance Calculus offices in
Cambridge, Massachusetts!)
On-Line Programs Team @ Shorter University
Our team at Shorter University's On-Line Programs Division includes:
Sean Butcher
Director of Online Programs
sbutcher@shorter.edu
Julie Smith
Online Admissions
jsmith@shorter.edu