Who Will Be My Instructor?

Unlike many other distance education courses, ALL instruction, grading, feedback, and interaction with the students is completed by these qualified instructors listed below. We do not outsource any teaching nor grading duties outside of the U.S.

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.

Robert oversees all of the courses, manages all of the administrative processing, manages the instructional team, develops and modifies the curriculum, develops, engineers, and maintains the LiveMath software used in the majority of the courses, and is the primary instructor for these courses:

MAT 1140 - Precalculus with Trigonometry
MAT 2110 - Applied Calculus
MAT 2610 - Calculus I
MAT 3280 - Introduction to Statistics
MAT 4130 - Differential Equations
MAT 4110 - Linear Algebra
MAT 4180 - Probability Theory
CIS 3140 - Intermediate Website Engineering

Danny Davis, Ph.D.

Professor Davis is a veteran faculty member in the Mathematics Department at Shorter University. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Florida in 1978, concentrating in the field of Algebraic Number Theory.

In addition to over 25 years of classroom teaching experience, Dr. Davis has also taught a college algebra course via distance over the past few summers at Shorter, prior to the new partnership between Distance Calculus and Shorter University. Dr. Davis is also a LiveMath Power User, using the software for many years in his lectures and course activities with his students at the main Shorter campus in Rome, Georgia.

Dr. Davis currently focuses his teaching efforts in these courses:

MAT 3380 - Multivariable Calculus
MAT 2610 - Calculus I
MAT 2620 - Calculus II

Will Webber, Ph.D.

Dr. Will Webber joined the Distance Calculus instructional team in 2010, and has been a long-time LiveMath Power User, incorporating the software into his full-time teaching at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, WA. Dr. Webber earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington. You may view his home page that includes many examples of LiveMath usage, including a very original and advanced set of applets on juggling using LiveMath.

Dr. Webber currently focuses his teaching efforts in these courses:

MAT 2620 - Calculus II
MAT 2610 - Calculus I

Lee Singleton, Ph.D.

Dr. Singleton is the newest member of the Distance Calculus team. Dr. Singleton earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Mathematics in 2007 from the Florida State University at Tallahassee, and he teaches with Dr. Webber at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, WA. During his graduate studies, and then as a math instructor, Dr. Singleton has developed an online, intermediate algebra course, as well as other projects involving the use of higher technologies in laboratory environments in mathematics education.

Dr. Singleton will initially be concentrating his teaching efforts in these courses:

MAT 2610 - Calculus I
MAT 4130 - Differential Equations
MAT 4110 - Linear Algebra

Teaching Assistants

Diane Housken, B.A.

Diane completed her B.A. in Mathematics from the University of the Pacific in 1994, studying computer graphics and mathematics education. She is a 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. Diane began as Dr. Curtis's teaching assistant way back in 1991. Diane homeschooled her two sons through their entire grammar and high school years.

Diane works with Dr. Curtis primarily on these courses:

Getting Started in LiveMath Module
MAT 1140 - Precalculus with Trigonometry
MAT 2110 - Applied Calculus
CIS 2140 - Introduction to Computer Science via PHP

Alyssa Panetta, B.A.

Alyssa completed her B.A. in Mathematics from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2003. Alyssa lives in New York City, and has been a member of the Distance Calculus & LiveMath team for the past 10 years. Alyssa is also a graphic designer, whose creations include the current Distance Calculus website design and logo, the LiveMath palette icon set, and the LiveMath and MathEQ software logos and websites.

Alyssa works with Dr. Curtis primarily on the following courses:

MAT 2110 - Applied Calculus
MAT 2610 - Calculus I

Online Programs Team @ Shorter University

Sean Butcher
Director of Online Programs
sbutcher@shorter.edu

Mr. Butcher is leading the distance education initiative begun two years ago at Shorter University, building the Online Programs at Shorter into a highly respected and expanding set of courses and degree offerings. Mr. Butcher is a former barrister in his native England, now living in Rome, Georgia with his wife, Professor Carmen Butcher, and their children.

Dr. Craig Shull
Provost
Shorter University
cshull@shorter.edu

Celebrating Our 15th Year of Teaching On-Line