Eric Stade
Eric Stade is a Professor of Mathematics and President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder. He currently directs the Libby Arts Residential Academic Program, a campus living-and-learning community with an academic focus on the visual and performing arts, and on creativity. For much of his career, Dr. Stade has been actively involved in the mathematical training of future K12 teachers. He regularly coordinates and teaches the Math Department's Spirit and Uses of Mathematics (a.k.a. Math for Elementary Education) course sequence, and presently helps lead the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTE-P), a nationwide initiative whose goal is "To transform the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers." In recognition of his successful teaching, Dr. Stade was selected by the Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America as the recipient of a 2010 Burton W. Jones Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.