Professor of mathematics John Boardman, Ph. D., has shared his expertise by teaching mathematics in higher education for 20 years, with 11 of those years at Franklin College.
Boardman said he counts as his greatest professional achievement his ability to play “a small part in the education of many young men and women in my twenty years of teaching at the college level.”
Boardman has co-authored publications, offered presentations, led workshops and participated in webinars. In the past year, he presented a talk titled “Modeling the Ability of a Major League Infielder” at the Annual Mathematics and Statistics Conference at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 2012, he published “Seventeen Years of Change in Two Sphagnum Bogs in Noble County, Indiana,” through the Indiana Academy of Science, with proceeds going to that organization. He is currently working on other research publications.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in mathematics education at Northern Illinois University, Boardman stayed at that school to receive his master’s degree in pure mathematics and his doctorate degree in mathematics.
“The objectivity of mathematics appealed to me,” Boardman said. “However, the beauty of pure mathematics led me to study it in graduate school.”
Along with teaching at Franklin College, Boardman has served as the chair of the mathematics and computing department as well as the director of the engineering program, positions he still holds. In 2011, Boardman earned Franklin College’s Faculty Steering Committee Distinguished Service Award.
He said, “I would like the Department of Mathematics and Computing to continue to build relationships with more and more area businesses and continue to be at the forefront of college initiatives.”
Boardman also helped develop the liberal arts curriculum that Franklin College values.
“When I first arrived at Franklin College, I was invited to be a member of the General Education Council,” Boardman said. “I was one of the many faculty members that helped the college transition from the old general education curriculum to the new liberal arts curriculum. I thought that the process went well, and I believe that we built a strong liberal arts program.”
Considering his time at Franklin College, Boardman said he most appreciates working with the people he has encountered.
“Franklin College attracts amazing people – faculty, staff, and students,” he said. “I enjoy working with and for all of them.”
Boardman is a member of the Mathematical Association of America as well as the Alpha Mu Gamma National Modern Languages Honor Society and the Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary National Mathematics Society.
In addition to his work at the college, Boardman taught math on a weekly basis at Creekside Elementary School from 2011 – 2013. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, and he coaches his son’s soccer team.
Boardman is available to discuss the mathematics department and what a Franklin College liberal arts degree as a mathematics major or minor can do for you. Schedule a visit by contacting the Office of Admissions at 1-800-852-0232.
Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution with a scenic, wooded campus located 20 minutes south of downtown Indianapolis. The college prepares men and women for challenging careers and fulfilling lives through the liberal arts, offering its approximately 1,000 students 36 majors, 39 minors and 11 pre-professional programs. In 1842, the college began admitting women, becoming the first coeducational institution in Indiana and the seventh in the nation. Franklin College maintains a voluntary association with the American Baptist Churches USA. For more information, visit www.FranklinCollege.edu.
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