Randolph Philipp
Randy Philipp is professor of mathematics education in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego
State University and the director of CRMSE, the Center for Research in Mathematics
and Science Education. He currently serves as the immediate-past president of the
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), the largest national association
of mathematics teacher educators. His research interests include studying teachers’
beliefs and mathematical content knowledge, the effects on prospective and practicing
teachers of integrating mathematics content and students’ mathematical thinking, mapping
a trajectory for the evolution of elementary school teachers engaged in sustained
professional development, and studying students’ integer sense. He began his professional
career as a teacher in Fissebu, Liberia (West Africa) for the U.S. Peace Corps and
in the Los Angeles area.