Greg Larnell
Email: larnellg@msu.edu

Gregory Larnell is a fifth-year student in the Mathematics Education Doctoral Program in the Division of Mathematics and Science Education. He began his doctoral studies in the Department of Mathematics in the fall of 2004. Over the past few years, Gregory has developed an interest in equitable access to opportunities in mathematics education. He has worked with a number of faculty members and graduate students at MSU and at other universities to further develop those interests and to create community-wide discussions around these issues. In the past year, Gregory completed a small project focused on students' experiences in remedial mathematics courses in four-year universities to bring attention to inequities that persist in the university mathematics pipeline. He hopes to broaden some of that work as he prepares for his dissertation.

Gregory has enjoyed a number of diverse mathematics education-related experiences with the MSU faculty and graduate students. Over the past three years, he has been involved in curriculum-related research as a doctoral fellow of the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum, most notably working on analyses of state-level mathematics expectations. He has also previously taught a geometry course for future elementary teachers and, this year, will continue to learn more about pre-service mathematics teacher education through both the secondary and elementary mathematics education programs. In the fall, Gregory will teach another course for elementary mathematics pre-service teachers and will work with the secondary mathematics education pre-service interns.