Natasha E. Gerstenschlager
646 McKean Drive
Smyrna, TN 37167
neg2d@mtmail.mtsu.edu
(615)995-0425
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Degrees
Ph.D.
ongoing
Middle Tennessee State University
Mathematics and Science Education
GPA: 4.0
M.S.
expected 2013
Middle Tennessee State University
General Mathematics, Cognate: Statistics
GPA: 4.0
B.S.
2009
Middle Tennessee State University
General Mathematics
GPA: 3.9
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Dean’s List 2006 - 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COURSES TAUGHT
Middle Tennessee State University
MATH 1530 – Applied Statistics (Fall 2012)
Riverdale High School
Co-taught Statistics from a randomization approach (Fall 2013)
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Green, L., Gerstenschlager, N., Hanson, B., & Rowell, G. (2012). Building a “course
community” in a digital age for teaching undergraduate probability. In JSM
Proceedings, Statistics Education Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical
Association. 2709 – 2807.
PRESENTATIONS
I MAJORLY CONTRIBUTED TO ALL MARKED (*) PRESENTATIONS ALTHOUGH I DID NOT PRESENT.
THOSE MARKED (**) ARE POSTER PRESENTATIONS.
(**)Cuff, C., Fisher, D., Gerstenschlager, N., Hanson, B., & Rowell, G. (2013, May). Math
Digital Library – what’s in it for you! United States Conference on Teaching Statistics,
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
(**) Green, L.B., McDaniel, S., McCormick, N., Strayer, J., Rowell, G.H., Gerstenschlager, N.,
& Hanson, B. (2013, May). Modules for teaching statistics with pedagogies using active
learning. United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina.
(*) Green, L. B., McCormick, N., McDaniel, S., & Strayer, J. (2013, February). Tools to assist
teacher’s transition to using active learning in introductory statistics: An initial
assessment. Tennessee STEM Education Center 2013 Conference, Murfreesboro,
Tennessee.
(*)(**) Green, L.B., McDaniel, S., McCormick, N., Strayer, J., Rowell, G.H., Gerstenschlager,
N., & Hanson, B. (2013, April). Modules for teaching statistics with pedagogies using
active learning. Middle Tennessee State University Scholars Day, Murfreesboro,
Tennessee.
(**) Green, L.B., McDaniel, S., McCormick, N., Strayer, J., Rowell, G.H., Gerstenschlager, N.,
& Hanson, B. (2013, May). Modules for teaching statistics with pedagogies using active
learning. United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina.
(*) Rowell, G.H., & Siegrist, K. (2012, July). Building a ‘course community’ in a digital age for
teaching undergraduate probability. Joint Statistical Meeting, San Diego, California.
Gerstenschlager, N., Rowell, G., McCormick, N., Green, L. Strayer, J. McDaniel, S., & Hanson,
B. (2013, August). Introductory statistics students’ achievement in a flipped-concept
classroom using active learning. 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings, Montréal, Québec,
Canada.
Gerstenschlager, N., Hanson, B., Rowlett, J., & Rowell, G. (2012, March). Podcasts, digital
pens, and other technologies for enhancing learning: Examples from statistics courses.
Twenty-fourth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics,
Orlando, Florida.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Title: Project IMPACT – Implementing Mathematical Practices And Content into Teaching
(Math and Science Partnership Grant)
Funding Source: Tennessee Department of Education
Grant Status: $235,000 funded for 2013
Role: Graduate Research Assistant, assisted in qualitative data analysis, lead teacher professional
development, observed classrooms
Title: MTStatPAL – Modules for Teaching Statistics with Pedagogies using Active Learning
Funding Source: National Science Foundation (NSF) and Middle Tennessee State University
Grant Status: $175,000 (NSF) + $20,000 (MTSU), Fall 2013 - current
Role: Graduate Research Assistant, assist in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, observe
classrooms
Title: Investigation of Granular Segregation in a Horizontal Rotating Tube from an Energy
Perspective
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Grant Status: declined
Role: Assisted in preparing grant application, wrote educational component
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Presenter and Group Leader, Expanding Your Horizons (EYH), 2006 – current
Treasurer for the Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Student Association, 2012 -2014
Poster Judge, Middle Tennessee State University’s Scholars Week, March 2012
Poster Judge, Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Undergraduate
Research, February 2012
Graduate Student Senator for the Middle Tennessee State University Student Government
Association, 2011-2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Assisted in creating professional development for middle grades teachers in geometry and
measurement
Contributor to the Probability Course Community, a NSDL Pathway Project for the
Mathematical Association of America during Spring and Summer of 2012
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Event Coordinator, Elementary Science Olympiad in Rutherford County, TN, May 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded $750.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics and Science
Education PhD program, August 2013
Awarded $500.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University College of Graduate
Studies, August 2013
Awarded $500.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics
Department, May 2013
Awarded $250.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics and Science
Education PhD program, May 2013
Awarded $500.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University College of Graduate
Studies, March 2012
Awarded $250.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics and Science
Education PhD program, March 2012
Awarded $500.00 travel grant from Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics and Science
Education PhD program, January 2012
Awarded a Full-time Graduate Assistantship from Middle Tennessee State University, 2011 –
current
Awarded the National SMART Grant, 2008
Awarded the Middle Tennessee State University Mathematics Scholarship, 2007
Awarded the Middle Tennessee State University Incoming Freshman Scholarship, 2006-2009
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Statistical Association, 2013 – present
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, 2013 – present
Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Student Association, 2011 – present
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2013 Joint Statistical Meetings, Montréal, Québec, Canada, August 2013
United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, May 2013
7th Annual MTSU STEM Education Research Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, February 2013
eCOTS: Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics, May 2012
24th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando
Florida, March 2012
American Mathematical Society Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, January
2012
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Summer 2008