Margaret Cozzens
Associate Director for Education of DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science.
Education and Outreach Director of CCICADA, the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
E-mail: midgec@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Telephone: (732) 445-4577
Fax: (732) 445-5932
Postal Address: - DIMACS
- Rutgers University
- 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Room 419
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018
Discrete Mathematical Modeling, Graph Theory, Game Theory, Mathematical Psychology, Network Vulnerability, Operations Research, Technology, Mathematics and Science Education.
Recent Grants & Projects:
- 2019 2023: Director of Research & Co-Director of Module Development, Women in Computer Science Initiative, funded by the Chancellors Office and the Gates Foundation through Northeastern University
- 2021 2030: Director of Education, SENTRY, a DHS Center of Excellence based at Northeastern University, a 10 year project totalling $26 million
- 2018 2023: PI and Project Director of DRK-12 Teacher Professional Development for Embedding Computational Thinking in Math and Science funded by National Science Foundation
- 2012 2020: PI and Project Director of Planning for a Sustainable Future, at DIMACS, funded by the National Science Foundation
- 2012 - 2016: co-PI and Workshop Manager of Mathematics for Planet Earth 2013+ funded by the National Science Foundation
- 2010 - 2016: PI and Project Director for Value of Computational Thinking Across Grade Levels, DIMACS, funded by the National Science Foundation
- 2010 - 2015: CoPI and Project Director for Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Biology, at DIMACS, funded by the National Science Foundation
- 2009 - 2013: Rutgers Mathematics Department MSP grant for Middle School Teachers
- 2006 - 2010: Manager of the Bio-Math Connection Project work with DIMACS, Rutgers University, funded by the National Science Foundation
- 2009 - 2011: Mentoring of REU students during the summer and beyond, two in 2009 and three in 2010
- Associate Director, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, 1/06 - 8/07
- Colorado Institute of Technology
President and CEO, 4/03 - 4/06
Vice President and Chief Academic Office (on leave from CU-Denver), 3/01-12/01
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences
Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and Provost, 7/98 - 3/03
Professor of Mathematics (continued to teach at CU, two courses a year, while President of CIT and while Vice Chancellor at CU; graduate Game Theory and undergraduate Math for Liberal Arts), 7/98 - 5/06
- National Science Foundation
Director of the Division of Elementary, Secondary and Informal Science Education, 12/92 - 6/98
Senior Executive Service Appointment (SES) - January 1993
SES Promotions - April 1994; April 1995; April 1996 - SES-4 (cap).
Section Head, Instructional Materials Development, 6/92 - 12/92
Program Officer, Instructional Materials Development, IPA, 8/91 - 6/92
- Northeastern University, Boston MA
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Mathematics, 1988-92
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1984-88
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1980-84
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology and Social Relations, 1986-87
- Rutgers, the State University, NJ
Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, 1977-80
Founder and Director of a program to Combat Math Anxiety in Returning Women, Douglass College, 1977-80
Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, 1965-67
- Rider University, Lawrenceville NJ
Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, 1975-77
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1967-74
- State University of NY at Geneseo
Instructor of Mathematics,1963-65
- Greece Olympia High School, Greece, NY
Teacher of Mathematics, 1962-63
- Rutgers University, Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics
- University of Rochester, B.A. in Mathematics and English
- 2005 Colorado Woman of Distinction Award
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