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Dr. Karin Wiburg
Dr. Karin Wilburg
The Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Karin Wiburg is in charge of assisting departments, faculty and staff in building a research agenda and developing proposals for funding. Dr. Wiburg also assists the college and university with educational outreach and continues to work as a researcher herself in the area of technology-mediated learning environments for math literacy and STEM education. Over the last 8 years her major research focus has been working with school districts, mathematicians, educational researchers and practitioners to create new ways of teaching and learning math that has led to decreases in the achievement gap for under-represented students and higher mathematics achievement for all. kwiburg@nmsu.edu; 575-646-1407
Barbara Chamberlin, PhD – Co-P.I. and Director of Development
Dr. Barbara Chamberlin
  • Oversee production of Math Snacks modules.
  • Lead regular project design meeting.
  • Serve as lead author on all design documents created.
Dr. Chamberlin currently directs development in NMSU's Learning Games Lab, overseeing formative and predictive research on game characters, use and educational potential. Her PhD is in instructional technology, and her research emphases are in game development and interactive media. She has been developing educational games for 14 years including games on science and math concepts. Additionally, Dr. Chamberlin served as the lead developer on the pilot Math Snacks materials, covering development of games and animations for handheld computers or other mobile devices.
Dr. Jeanne Gleason, EdD – Co-P.I. and Director of Formative Testing
Dr. Jeanne Gleason
  • Oversee all formative evaluation, securing formative test groups, collecting data.
  • Oversee video development and publishing of all final resources.
  • Compile formative data for analysis by development team.
Dr. Gleason serves as NMSU's Director of Media Productions and the lead instructional designer on game and instruction activities, ensuring they meet national standards and measurable learning objectives. She has more than 30 years experiences working on multimedia educational tools and development, particularly for science and math instruction. Under Dr. Gleason's leadership, the NMSU team has produced interventions in science and math, as well as a food safety, nutrition and obesity games, using touch screen public kiosks, Web sites, animations, videos and print publications in several different languages, including, Spanish, Navajo, Mandarin, Cantonese, Fijian and English. She has served as senior personnel on more than 50 funded grants to date.
Dr. Ted Stanford, PhD – Math Content Specialist
  • Serve on design team guiding math content and pedagogical approach.
  • Conduct formative evaluation in classrooms.
PhD. Stanford is an associate professor for mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Mexico State University where his specialization is the study of topology. For the past five years, as part of the Mathematically-Connected Communities grant. He has worked extensively with colleagues in the College of Education, middle school math teachers, and middle school students. He was the math specialist for the Pilot Math Snacks Animations.
Dr. Karen Trujillo, PhD
Dr. Karen Trujillo serves as an educational consultant and liasion between the Mathsnacks project and students and teachers in the classroom. She has worked at the college level, been a high school mathematics teacher for 7 years, served as a principal for 4 years, and has worked as a professional development specialist in the fields of technology and mathematics for over 10 years. She has facilitated lesson study at various levels and enjoys watching teachers improve their practice in the classroom to facilitate student learning.
CC Chamberlin, Lead Programmer
CC. Chamberlin
CC serves as the lead programmer for the Math Snacks games, but also brings his background in designing and developing math and science learning software to the Math Snacks design process. CC has a Masters in Mathematics from NMSU, and was a lead programmer/designer at ExploreLearning before returning to New Mexico to work at NMSU Media Productions. In his spare time, he develops educational and recreational software for iOS devices through Barking Dog Interactive.
Milos Savic
Milos Savic is a research assistant for the Math Snacks team. Milos is a Ph.D. student studying Mathematics at NMSU and is working on a double thesis in Division Algebras and Mathematics Education. Milos on-campus activities include President/Coach of the NMSU Men's soccer team, Vice-President of the Mathematics Graduate Student Organization, and Coach of the New Mexico Rush Under-6 boys team.