Joshua Fagan

Faculty Member

Dr. Joshua Fagan

Biography

Dr. Fagan has returned to his alma mater, UVU as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics! He graduated from UVU in 2010 and took a job teaching high school mathematics in Indianapolis, IN. In 2012 he began work on his masters degree, and after graduating transitioned straight into a PhD program which he finished in 2019. Following the PhD he took on the title of Visiting Assistant Professor at the US Military Academy in West Point, NY where he taught cadets for two years before coming back here.

He has been teaching since 2010, and teaching in higher education since 2012. He and his family of nine are happy to be back in the area and working with many of the great people who inspired his journey in the first place.

Education

PhD, Texas State University, 2019

Major: Mathematics Education

MS, Purdue University - IUPUI, 2014

Major: Mathematics Education

BS, UVU, 2010

Major: Mathematics Education

Teaching

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Fall 2024

MATH 1055

College Algebra with Preliminaries QL, Fall 2024

MATH 2010

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I, Spring 2024

MATH 2020

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II, Spring 2024

MATH 1060

Trigonometry QL, Spring 2024

Presentations

Fagan, Joshua (Presenter & Author), tea time talks, "Going Beyond Computation_ How to Help Students Build a Rich Conception of Linear Algebra Through Transparency", UVU Mathematics Department, UVU Campus - LA 107. (March, 2023)
Fagan, Joshua , t^3: tea time talks, "Introduction to Proof Sequence_ An Explorational Study", UVU Mathematics Department, UVU. (April 4, 2022)
Fagan, Joshua (Presenter & Author), Intermountain MAA Spring Meeting, "Discrete Mathematics_ A Terminal Introduction to Proof Course for Computer Scientists", MAA, UVU. (March 26, 2022)
Fagan, Joshua (Presenter & Author), SIGMAA RUME 2022, "Discrete Mathematics_ A Terminal Introduction to Proof Course for Computer Scientists", MAA, Boston, MA. (February, 2022)
Fagan, Joshua (Presenter & Author), Universal Talk, "Been There, Done That_ A UVU Grad’s Tale", UVU Department of Mathematics, UVU. (February 2, 2022)