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Bio
Bima Sapkota is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (U.S.). I earned my PhD in mathematics education from Purdue University and my master’s in mathematics education from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. My primary research areas are practice-based teacher education, discipline-specific teaching and learning, teachers’ curricular decisions, and social justice in education. I investigate how mathematics preservice teachers develop and conceptualize discipline-specific practices when they engage in practice-based instructional activities. So far, I have taught secondary mathematics methods courses, elementary and middle school mathematics methods and content courses, a research methods course, and a social-justice-focused course.
Education
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Mathematics Education) M.Ed. in Mathematics Education B.Ed. in Mathematics
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
August 2022
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
December 2015
Oxford College (Tribhuvan University Affiliated Campus), Butwal, Nepal
January 2012
Employment
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics Education Graduate Assistant Secondary Mathematics Teacher
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
August 2023 – Present
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ball State University, USA
August 2022 – July 2023
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University, USA
August 2017 – August 2022
Gyanodaya Secondary School, Kathmandu, Nepal
June 2015 – August 2017
Service
Memberships in Academic, Professional, and Scholarly Societies School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences College of Sciences Thesis Committee
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
Member: Women in Science, 2023 – Present