Pr o g r am Authors
Algebra 1 and Algebra 2
A lla n E. B ellm an, Ph.D ., is an A s so c ia te Professor o f M a th e m a tic s E ducation a t the U niversity
o f M ississippi. H e p reviously ta u g h t a t the U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia , D avis for 12 yea rs a n d in
p u b lic school in M o n tg o m e ry C ounty, M a ry la n d fo r 31. H e has b ee n an instructor fo r b oth the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and the Texas Instruments' T3 program. Bellman
has e xpertise in the use o f te c h n o lo g y in e d u c a tio n a n d assessm ent-driven instruction, a n d speaks
frequently on these topics. H e w as a 1 99 2 Tandy Technology Scholar and has tw ice been listed
in W h o 's W h o A m o n g A m e ric a 's Teachers.
Sadie Chavis Bragg, Ed.D., is S enior V ice President o f A c a d e m ic A ffa irs a n d professor o f
mathematics at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of N ew York.
She is a past president o f the Am erican M athem atical Association o f Two-Year C olleges (AMATYC).
In re c o g n itio n o f her s e rv ic e to the fie ld o f m a th e m a tic s lo c a lly , s ta te w id e , n a tio n a lly , a n d
internationally, she w as a w a rd e d A M A T Y C 's most prestigious a w a rd , the M a th em atics Excellence
A w a rd fo r 2 0 1 0. Dr. B ra gg has c o a u th o re d m ore than 5 0 m athem atics te x tb o o k s fo r kin d e rg a rte n
through college.William G. Handlin, Sr., is a classroom te a c h e r a n d D e p a rtm e n t C h a ir o f M a th e m a tic s a n d form er
D epartm ent C h a ir o f T e ch n o lo g y A p p lic a tio n s a t S pring W o o d s H ig h S c h o o l in H ouston, Texas.
A w a rd e d Life M e m b e rs h ip in the Texas C on gress o f Parents a n d Teachers fo r his con tribu tion s to the
w e ll-b e in g o f children, M r. H a n d lin is a lso a fre qu en t w o rk s h o p a n d sem in ar le a d e r in professional
meetings.Geometry
Laurie E. Bass is a classroom te a c h e r a t the 9 - 1 2 d ivision o f the Ethical C ulture Fieldston S cho ol in
Riverdale, N e w York. A classroom teacher for more than 3 0 years, M s. Bass has a w id e base of
teaching experience, ranging from G ra d e 6 through A dva nce d Placement Calculus. She w a s the
recipient o f a 2 0 0 0 H on o ra b le M e ntion for the Radio Shack N a tio n a l Teacher A w ards. She has
been a contributing w riter for a number of publications, including software-based activities for the
Algebra 1 classroom. Among her areas of special interest are cooperative learning for high school
students a n d g e o m e try e x p lo ra tio n on the com puter. M s. Bass is a fre qu en t presenter a t loca l,
regional, and national conferences.A r t Johnson, Ed.D., is a professor o f m athem atics e d u c a tio n a t Boston U niversity. H e is a
mathematics educator with 32 years of public school teaching experience, a frequent speaker and
workshop leader, and the recipient of a number of awards: the Tandy Prize for Teaching Excellence,
the Presidential A w a r d fo r E xcellence in M a th e m a tic s T eaching, a n d N e w H a m p shire T e ache r o f the
Year. H e w a s a lso p ro file d b y the D isney C o rp o ra tio n in the A m e ric a n T e ache r o f the Y ear Program.
Dr. Johnson has c o n tribu ted 18 article s to N C T M journals a n d has a u th o re d o ve r 5 0 b o o ks on
various aspects of mathematics.