Resume, 15 June 2009
Resume, 15 June 2009
Resume, 15 June 2009
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Brooklyn, NY 11216 Sameer J. Shah (310) 922-3527
University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) M.A., History of Science 2005
GPA 4.0/4.0
Research: Studied the history of American physics education in the late nineteenth century 2005-2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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)
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425 Eastern Parkway, Apartment 3 sshah@packer.edu
Brooklyn, NY 11216 Sameer J. Shah (310) 922-3527
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Editor, Layout Editor, & Treasurer Rune: The MIT Journal of Arts and Letters 2001-2003
• 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
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)