Assistant Professor of Math Education
Email: ygunpinar@uttyler.edu
Building: BEP 247D
Department: Education
Yasemin Gunpinar
Degrees
- Ph.D. University of Florida
- M.Ed. Marmara University
- B.S Marmara University
Biography
Yasemin Gunpinar completed her Ph.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an
emphasis in Mathematics Education at the University of Florida in 2014. She worked
as a middle school mathematics teacher in private and public schools before coming
to her current position. She is currently working on two different research fields
including representational fluency in mathematics and data mining applications in
teacher education. She has ranked first in the Marmara University Mathematics Teaching
in Elementary Education Undergraduate Program and received “Outstanding International
Student Award” two years in a row at the University of Florida during pursing her
PhD. She was selected to participate in a program titled Service, Teaching, and Research
(STaR) under the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE).
Courses Taught at UT Tyler
- EDUC 4301 – Mathematical Problem Solving in EC6
Research and Professional Interests
- Representational Fluency and Mathematical Modeling in Mathematics Education
- Data Science Applications in Education
- Recruitment and Retention of Teachers
- Online Education