{"id":21606,"date":"2012-11-21T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=21606"},"modified":"2013-04-05T01:40:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T01:40:48","slug":"short-interview-dr-mike-pinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2012\/11\/21\/short-interview-dr-mike-pinter\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Interview with Dr. Mike Pinter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I did a short interview with Dr. Mike Pinter, 2012 US Professor of the Year<\/a> for the state of Tennessee. Here is what he had to say.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is your favorite part of teaching?
    \nThe direct relationships I enjoy with my students.\u00a0 Our classes [    Belmont University<\/a>] are small enough (typically in the 20-30 range) that I get to know virtually all of my students and a bit more about them than just what meets the eye.<\/li>\n
  2. What is (are) your current top research interest(s)?
    \nMost of my research interests are related to the scholarship of teaching, including ideas for incorporating “mathematical characters” into the courses that I teach.\u00a0 Because of our heavy teaching load (12 hours a semester), that’s the most realistic research pursuit for me.\u00a0 Also, I manage our campus     Mathematical Problem Solving competition<\/a> – this often requires me to generate good problems that will be of general interest.\u00a0 The problems I create are generally from the discrete math realm.<\/li>\n
  3. What professional organizations are you a member of?
    \n    MAA<\/a>, POD (Professional and Organizational Development)<\/a>, Middle Tennessee Mathematics Teachers<\/a>, Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association<\/a>, AAC&U<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Do you have any interesting facts about yourself you’d like to share?
    \nI was a\u00a0first generation college student, having grown up on a family-run dairy farm in Arkansas.\u00a0\u00a0My wife,     Robbie Pinter<\/a>, has been an English Professor at Belmont since\u00a01986.\u00a0 Our only child is 19; he\u00a0is on the autism spectrum, which has taught me a great deal about learning very\u00a0broadly.\u00a0 I’ll begin serving as the Director of Belmont University’s Teaching Center<\/a> in January 2013; in this role, I’ll work with faculty from across campus on their continuing professional development as teachers, and especially with new faculty as they enter Belmont.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks to Dr. Pinter for taking time to respond to these questions!<\/p>\n

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