Tammi Perez-Rice, Ed.D.
Postsecondary Course Program Specialist
Email: tammi.perezrice@austin.utexas.edu
Dana Center Role
Tammi manages the content development of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways course materials and supports their implementation in colleges and universities, specifically the courses Foundations of Mathematical Reasoning, Introductory Statistics, Reasoning with Functions I, and Reasoning with Functions II. Tammi supports higher education faculty members and institutions that implement the DCMP/Lumen Online Homework Manager (OHM) system.
Tammi also delivers professional learning for K–12 and higher education math educators and supports the Launch Years initiative.
Before Joining the Dana Center
Tammi was a preparatory and academic mathematics faculty member for over 13 years at a two-year Hispanic-serving institution, where she designed and taught corequisite courses in mathematics for over ten years. During that time, she participated in developing and authoring her institution’s mathematics co-requisite curriculums, co-chaired the college's Mathematics Research & Development team, and proudly served as the Texas State Teachers Association-Aspiring Educators (TSTA-AE) club advisor. Tammi’s research sought to examine corequisite mathematics students' intrinsic motivation.
Education
Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction in STEM, University of Houston
M.A., Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics, University of Houston
B.A., Mathematics, University of Houston
Selected Presentations
Using journals or discussion boards to support student engagement and well-being: Embedding social and emotional learning (SEL) into any curriculum. Presented virtually at the College Academic Support Programs annual conference, Waco, TX (October 2019).
Made for TV: The co-req experience as told by mathematics and English faculty. Presented at Texas Community College Teachers Association annual conference, Frisco, TX (February 2020).