Faculty/Staff

Mrs. Sheila Doran

Senior Academic Staff, Mathematics

First Year at Xavier University:

1981

Degrees:

B.A., Mathematics, Miami University
B.S., Education, Miami University
M.Ed, Xavier University
M.A., Theology, Xavier University

Professional Interests:

Mathematics content for middle and early childhood pre-service and in-service teachers

Biography:

Sheila Doran teaches the core mathematics courses at Xavier in addition to the mathematics content courses for middle and early childhood elementary education majors. She also teaches professional development courses in mathematics content for Cincinnati area in-service teachers. Prior to coming to Xavier, Ms. Doran taught at Delhi Junior High School. In 2005, through a grant from the Ohio Higher Education Network, Ms. Doran and Dr. Danny Otero completely revised the mathematics content courses for Xavier’s middle childhood and early childhood education majors. Ms. Doran has also developed two Mathematical Perspectives (MATH 125) courses: the first, Women and Mathematics, and the second, Mathematics and Music. In the summer of 2012 Ms. Doran participated in Xavier’s Online Initiative by teaching MATH 150, Elements of Calculus, online.

From July 2009 through August 2012 Ms. Doran served as the Acting Director of the Center for Adult and Part-Time Students. While there she initiated the evening accelerated courses and, through a Wheeler grant, led a faculty committee in the development of a capstone course for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree.

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