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ROBERT STEPHEN WATSON (Steve), Ph. D.
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EMPLOYMENT
New York City Department of Education (2003-Present) Public high school teaching experience includes all strands of the New York State high school mathematics curriculum plus advanced statistics.

	New York City Teaching Fellow (Cohort 6, June 2003).
	Thomas Jefferson High School (2003-2004) - Single and double period Math A classes
	FDR High School (2004-2006) - Single and double period Math A classes
	International High School @ Prospect Heights (2006-present) - Junior and senior level math classes for English Language Learners

CUNY System (The City University of New York)
City College of New York (2009-present) Lecturer in mathematics education. Courses taught:

	EDSE 6102E: Teaching and Learning Middle School Mathematics
	EDSE 6103E: Teaching and Learning High School Mathematics
	EDSE 0201I: Action Research in Mathematics Education

Brooklyn College (2006-present) Lecturer in mathematics education. Courses taught:

	ED 701.23T Seminar in Applied Theory and Research in Mathematics Education
	ED 702.23T Seminar in Applied Theory and Research in Mathematics Education
	ED 725.03T Teaching Mathematics in Middle School
	ED 763.03T Seminar I in Pedagogy and Curriculum: Mathematics
	ED 763.03T Seminar II in Pedagogy and Curriculum: Mathematics

Financial Services Industry (highest positions shown) (1978-2002)

Senior Vice President, Government Relations (AIG/American General)

Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and Board Member

	United States Life Insurance Company
	American General Life Insurance Company of New York

United States Army (1975-1978)

	Behavioral Sciences Instructor: United States Academy of Health Sciences
	Medic, Delta Company, 48^th Medical Battalion, 2^nd Armor Division, Third U.S. Army

EDUCATION

Graduate Center of the City University of New York (2005-2010)

	Ph.D. Urban Education (Math, Science, and Technology)
	Dissertation Title: Stability and Change in New York State Regents Mathematics Examinations, 1866-2009: a Socio-Historical Analysis

Brooklyn College (2003-2005)

MS Ed. with Graduate Honors in Mathematics Education

Baylor University (1977)

Certificates in Instructional Systems Design and in Behavioral Sciences

Purdue University

	MS Ed. Counseling (1972-1973)
	BA Speech Communications (1968-1972)

HONORS/AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

· Meritorious Service Medal (presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States).

· Peer-Reviewed Paper: Changes in Mathematics Curricula and Assessments: A Bernsteinian Analysis of Mathematics Education in the New York State Public Schools: by Robert Stephen Watson, Susan Semel, and Alan Sadovnik. This paper was presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) National Convention in New Orleans, LA, April 2011.

· Chancellor’s Fellow at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center

· Graduate Honors at Brooklyn College

· Michael Jordan Fundamentals Grant (2006-2007) for “Mathematics in the Park”

· Michael Jordan Fundamentals Grant (2007-2008) for “New York Commencement Level Mathematics for English Language Learners”

· Conference Paper: Changes in Mathematics Curricula: A Socio-historical Analysis of Mathematics Education in the Public Schools of New York (1866-2010). Sixth International Basil Bernstein Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia; July 2010.

· Peer-Reviewed Publication: Acres of Diamonds in New York’s High Stakes Testing Environment; Empowering Educators via the Internet. Mathematics Teaching-Research Journal (MTRJ) Online. Volume 2, Issue 1; September 2007.

· Article: Sheriff John Watson of Prince Edward County, Virginia and his descendants, including Thomas S. Watson Sr. business partner of Andrew Jackson, Virginia Tidewater Genealogy, Volume 34, Numbers 2, 3, and 4. June, September and December, 2003. Genealogical Society of Tidewater Virginia.

· Article: Thomas S. Watson Sr., Miller, Ironmaster, & Business Partner of Andrew Jackson, in "From Knickers to Body Stockings" and Other Essays from the Nashville Historical Newsletter, published by Nashville Historic Newsletter, Nashville, 2006.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

· Principal and co-founder: The Jefferson Math Project. See www.jmap.org (2004-present).

· Presenter: “Fellows at Five” – NYCTF Conference (2005)

· Member: New York City Department of Education High School Mathematics Curriculum and Textbook Selection Committee (2006-2010)

· IHS@PH Testing Coordinator (2007-2009)

· IHS@PH Professional Development Committee/Inquiry Team Member (2007-2009)

· IHS@PH Data Specialist (2007-2009)

· IHS@PH Advisor to Students for a Free Tibet club (2007-2008)

· Mathematics Advisor for planning committee of a new small school approved by NYCDOE for start up in September 2009.

· IHS@PH UFT Chapter Leader (2009-present)

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