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Name: Mary Shafer
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Office Phone: 815-753-6764
E-mail: mshafer@niu.edu
Expertise: Shafer teaches math education majors. She also directs "Excellence in the Middle," a project that partners NIU and the Rockford Public Schools in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the didstrict's middle school mathematics teachers and ultimately heighten students' interest and achievement in the subject and improve classroom performance.
Topics: Adolescence; Mathematics
Last Updated: 6/25/2012