Resume, 15 June 2009

425 Eastern Parkway, Apartment 3 Brooklyn, NY 11216

Sameer J. Shah

[email protected] (310) 922-3527

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) M.A., History of Science GPA 4.0/4.0 Research: Studied the history of American physics education in the late nineteenth century

2005 2005-2007

Santa Fe Institute’s International Summer School (Beijing, China) Summer 2005 Studied and applied mathematical tools of complexity used in the sciences and social sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) B.S., Mathematics GPA 5.0/5.0 B.S., Science, Technology, and Society Thesis: Perceptions of Risk: Disaster Scenarios at Brookhaven National Laboratory Education Coursework: Introduction to Teaching and Learning, Exploring K-12 Classroom Teaching, Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education

2003

Massachusetts Educator’s License, Mathematics 8-12

2003

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Packer Collegiate Institute (Brooklyn, NY) 2007-present • Courses taught: 7th grade accelerated Pre-Algebra, Algebra II, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus • Advised 11 tenth grade students (2007-present) • Mathclub adviser (2007-present) • Committees: Faculty representative on the Student-Faculty Judiciary Committee (2008-present), elected representative for the Faculty and Staff Advisory Committee (2008-present), Excellence in Teaching Award Committee (2008-2009), Administrative Restructuring of the Upper School Committee (20072008), Class Dean and Assistant Head of the Upper School Hiring Committee (2007-2008), Common Read Committee (2007-2009) Professional Development • • • • • •

Attended the Anja S. Greer Conference on Secondary School Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Exeter (June 2009) Participated in the Faculty Computer Institute at Packer (June 2009), where teachers and the technology department work together on individual projects. Organized and help lead a group of 2 math and 2 science teachers to discuss how to align the math and science departments' curricula (2008-2009) Participated in the Collegiate Summer Teaching Institute in Manhattan, NY (June 15-June 28), an intensive two-week program designed for new teachers in independent schools. Attended the "new faculty" Professional Development Group at Packer (2007-2008) [Gave a presentation and led a discussion in December 2007 on Teaching, Presenting, and Smartboards. Attended the Teaching Contemporary Mathematics conference in Durham, NC (January 25-26, 2008)

University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) 2004-2005 • Taught six undergraduate History of Science discussion sections • Received high student evaluation marks in all areas (average score between 8 and 9, out of a 9 point system)

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425 Eastern Parkway, Apartment 3 Brooklyn, NY 11216

Sameer J. Shah

[email protected] (310) 922-3527

Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School (Cambridge, MA) 2002-2003 • Completed a full-year teaching practicum in a diverse, urban high school (student teaching and observation) • Designed lesson plans and exams, implemented new homework grading system, and integrated graphing calculators in the curriculum Canada/USA Mathcamp (Colby College, ME) Summer 2001 • Assisted in running a residential summer camp for 115 mathematically-talented high school students ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Organizing Committee Member MEPHISTOS Conference 2006-2007 • Worked with the committee on fundraising, advertising to universities, and selecting participants for a major international graduate student conference on the role of science, technology, and medicine in society; designed and launched conference website and print promotional posters and programs Sokendai Graduate University (Hayama, Japan) Summer 2005 • Assisted in planning the infrastructure for a new university archive and oral history project UCLA History of Science Liaison History Graduate Students Association 2004-2007 • Facilitated increased communication and interaction between students and faculty, advocated for curricular changes suggested by students, made improvements to the history of science website Adjunct Editor

UCLA’s journal Directions in Cultural History

Editor, Layout Editor, & Treasurer Rune: The MIT Journal of Arts and Letters • Performed much of the organizational and administrative work for the journal • Requested and collected funds from many sources to cover printing costs • Designed the layout for the 2003 journal

2004-2007 2001-2003

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS Grants, Fellowships, and Awards • UCLA Graduate Summer Research Fellowship • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship • MIT’s S. Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing (First Place) • Phi Beta Kappa honor society (Xi chapter)

2006 2003 2003 2003

Publications Sameer Shah, “History of Chaos Theory” (forthcoming in History of Scientific Thought encyclopedia) Sameer Shah, “If you can’t join ’em, beat ’em: Julian Schwinger’s Conflicts in Physics,” Directions in Cultural History, 21 (2005-2006) Sameer Shah and Cynthia Gangi, “Characterizing a Defect in a One-Dimensional Bar,” in Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Undergraduate Mathematics Research Journal, 4 no. 1 (2003)

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