Amanda Riske
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DURHAM LANGUAGE & LITERATURE TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 3151Campus: West
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Amanda Riske, PhD is an instructor for pre-service teachers in MLFTC. Her research focuses on statistical literacy in-service education for K-12 teachers, specifically designing professional development that supports data analysis for citizenship and social justice. Amanda values translating research into practice and does this through publishing and presenting her work in both academic and practitioner-based contexts. She received the following awards and fellowships Fulbright Scholar, CADRE fellow, and P.E.O. scholar. Amanda taught secondary mathematics for 12 years in Norway, Germany, China, and Washington, D.C., and developed a curriculum for a traveling school. She holds a PhD in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies and BA in Secondary Education Mathematics from Arizona State University as well as a Masters of Philosophy in Comparative International Education from the University of Oslo, Norway. When she is not thinking about mathematics and statistics education she enjoys spending time with her family and Artichoke, her rescue-cattle dog, learning about art, cycling, and gardening.
She holds a PhD in Learning, Literacies, and Technologies and BA in Secondary Education Mathematics from Arizona State University as well as a Masters of Philosophy in Comparative International Education from the University of Oslo, Norway.
