David Carhart wins the NES Teaching Award

from Jason Molitierno

The Section is delighted to announce that David Carhart of Bentley College is the winner of the 2008 Northeastern Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching.  His students and colleagues give him the highest of compliments on his energy and innovation:

“His innate positive energy and curiosity was infectious among the students for which the entire class benefited.  Dave has the special ability to relate to students in a one-on-one situation, he built relationships with students based in respect and dignity for others.  He became a mentor to many, I am proud to say that I am one.”

“Dave usually arrives at work shortly after six in the morning, often six days a week, and can be found in the department office of Xerox room finalizing [brand new] handouts for his classes.  In fact, Dave prepares handouts for almost every meeting of every course.”

“David’s work encourages me to be a better teacher… His expectations for his colleagues are similarly high and we are, as a department, grateful for the resulting push to do better!”

(From the Editor: I went to Professor Carhart’s site at Bentley and I’ve reproduced below, with permission, some of the information there although I have reformatted it.)

David H. Carhart

Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Wilder Teaching Professor of Mathematical Sciences

DBA, George Washington University, 1983

Research Interests:

Multi-Disciplinary Calculus Projects

Case Studies in Mathematics

Classroom Management

Pedagogical Techniques

Curriculum Development

Practice/Consulting Interests:

Mathematical Modeling

Statistics

Curriculum Development

Teaching Interests:

Mathematical Modeling

Statistics

Calculus

Concepts of Good Teaching

Biography:

Current teaching and research efforts are concentrated on the applications of mathematical models in management; notably, linear programming models. Other research interests include catastrophe theory, the use of discontinuous models in the social sciences and multi-disciplinary projects for honors calculus. Recent consulting experience with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

Schroeder, Karen J, Carhart, David H. "From Chernobyl to Boston's Big Dig: Interdisciplinary Projects for Freshman Mathematics," in New England Section of the Mathematics Association of America, June 2004.

Carhart, David H, Schroeder, Karen J. "Boston's BIG DIG: Getting Down and Dirty with Volume Calculations," in AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, January 2003.

Schroeder, Karen J, Carhart, David H. "Chernobyl is Still Hot: Would You Eat the Mushrooms?," in AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, January 2003.

Schroeder, Karen J, Carhart, David H. "The Haves and Have-Nots: Using Gini's Index of Inequality," in AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, January 2003.

Carhart, David H, Schroeder, Karen J. "Limits and Olympic Data: Forecasting the 2002 Winning Times," in AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, January 2002.

Carhart, David J, Schroeder, Karen J. "Was Malthus Correct? The Problem of Rice in India," in AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, January 2002.

Professional Memberships:
Mathematical Association of America

Honors and Awards:
2002, Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year
2001, Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year
1992, Gregory H. Adamian Award for Teaching Excellence