2027 Washington College Mathematics Conference

Program

The 2026 schedule is below for reference. The 2027 schedule will be posted closer to the time of the conference.

2026 Conference Schedule

Thursday, May 14

4:00–7:00 p.m. Check-in (conference lobby)
7:00–8:30 p.m. Opening Session (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)

Friday, May 15

7:30–8:45 a.m. Check-in (conference lobby)
7:30–8:45 a.m. Breakfast buffet (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)
8:50–9:40 a.m. Session I (breakout rooms)
9:40–10:05 a.m. Snacks (conference lobby)
9:55–10:45 a.m. Session II (breakout rooms)
11:00–11:50 a.m. Session III (breakout rooms)
12:00–1:15 p.m. Lunch (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)
1:30–2:20 Session IV (breakout rooms)
2:35–3:25 p.m. Session V (breakout rooms)
3:25–3:50 p.m. Snacks (conference lobby)
3:30–5:30 p.m. Break
5:30–6:30 p.m. Dinner buffet (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)
6:30–7:45 p.m. Keynote address (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)

Saturday, May 16

7:30–8:30 a.m. Breakfast buffet (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)
8:00–8:30 a.m. WAMATYC General Meeting (Chehalis Grand Ballroom)
8:45–9:35 a.m. Session VI (breakout rooms)
9:50–10:40 a.m. Session VII (breakout rooms)
10:55–11:55 a.m. Session VIII (breakout rooms)
12:00–1:00 p.m. Turn in name badges (conference lobby)

2026 Conference Schedule

Session I (8:50 – 9:40 a.m.)

Fallen Timbers A
My Favorite (Mostly Non-Calculus) Calculus Problems
Charles Camacho • University of Washington

Fallen Timbers B
CUREs at Columbia Basin
Jenny Hughes • Columbia Basin College

Chehalis D
From ABE to College: Transforming Adult Math Education with the Bridge to College Model
Dawn Draus • SBCTC
Megan Luce • Cascadia College
Sherry McLean • Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Laura Wisman • Skagit Valley College

Chehalis E
Diving Deeper Into Desmos
Lee Singleton • Whatcom Community College

Chehalis F
How to Get the Brain off the Couch
Sarah Bauer • Big Bend Community College

Session II (9:55 – 10:45 a.m.)

Fallen Timbers A
Secrets of Mental Math
Arthur Benjamin • Harvey Mudd College

Fallen Timbers B
Let’s Talk Precalculus! A Community Discussion on Math 141–142 Curriculum and Co-Requisite Models
Natalie Hobson • Tacoma Community College

Chehalis D
Andragogy in Action: Using Lived Experiences to Support Transition to College and the Workforce
Dr. Sam May-Varas • Clark College

Chehalis E
ALEKS for Calculus: Using AI and Machine Learning to Support Student Learning in Calculus
Eric Ziegler • McGraw-Hill

Chehalis F
DATA& 101: Unpacking the Who, What, Where, When and Why
Helen Burn • Highline College
Dawn Draus, Ken Hang • SBCTC

Session III (11:00 – 11:50 a.m.)

Fallen Timbers A
Reflections: How Teaching English Should Have Influenced My Pedagogy (11:00–11:25)
Jason Counihan • Green River College

Fallen Timbers A
Math 109: Mathematical Models in Gaming (11:25–11:50)
Jason Counihan • Green River College

Fallen Timbers B
Statistics — an Activity-Sharing Site (11:00–11:25)
Kate Cook • Clark College

Fallen Timbers B
Use AI to Add a Theme to Your Statistics Course (11:25–11:50)
Kate Cook • Clark College

Chehalis D
Professional/Technical Math — What We’re All Doing Wrong (11:00–11:25)
Allie Dykes • Clark College

Chehalis D
Beyond the Chatbot: Leveraging OpenAI and Google AI Studio to Build “MathBuddy,” a Metacognitive Study Partner (11:25–11:50)
Hoewoon Kim • Columbia Basin College

Chehalis E
Tiny Acts of Elegance: Writing and Formatting Mathematics
Jeff Eldridge • Edmonds College

Chehalis F
Creating Transformative Math Courses for Future Teachers
Megan Luce • Cascadia College
Natalie Hobson • Tacoma Community College

Session IV (1:30 – 2:20 p.m.)

Fallen Timbers A
From the Chain Rule to ChatGPT: The Mathematics Behind Artificial Intelligence
John Mitchell • Clark College

Fallen Timbers B
High School Mathematics Examinations in East Asia
Salah Abed • Big Bend Community College

Chehalis D
A Space for BEdA Math Sharing
Rhea Beck • Clark College

Chehalis E
AI Homework Assignments
Tyler Wallace • Big Bend Community College

Chehalis F
Conversations on Teaching Linear Algebra: Sharing Practices, Applications and Resources
Srividhya Venkatraman • Cascadia College

Session V (2:35 – 3:25 p.m.)

Fallen Timbers A
Games You Can’t Lose: The Mathematics of Scams and Hustles
Arthur Benjamin • Harvey Mudd College

Fallen Timbers B
Curriculum Changes at UW Seattle
Jonah Ostroff, Rekha Thomas • University of Washington

Chehalis E
Innovations in Precalculus and Calculus MyLab
Aaron Warnock • Highline College

Chehalis F
Design–Collect–Analyze–Present: A Full-Cycle Statistics Project
Natalie Hobson • Tacoma Community College

Session VI (8:45 – 9:35 a.m.)

Fallen Timbers B
Darkness Is Faster Than Light
Dr. William T. Webber • Whatcom Community College

Chehalis D
Math STEMposium Projects
David Mayhugh • Big Bend Community College

Chehalis E
STRIVE Toward Transformation: Building Risk-Tolerant, Resilient Learning Environments
Mandie Mauldin • Bellevue College

Chehalis F
Using Large Language Models as Math Tutors
Marcelo Guerra Hahn • Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Session VII (9:50 – 10:40 a.m.)

Fallen Timbers B
LiveMath Lives
Dr. William T. Webber • Whatcom Community College

Chehalis D
Clarifying and Aligning the Calculus Transfer Pathway
Dawn Draus • SBCTC

Chehalis E
Linear Algebra Without Fractions?
Yves Nievergelt • Eastern Washington University

Chehalis F
Online Education in the Age of AI
Steve Kangas • Seattle Central College

Session VIII (10:55 – 11:55 a.m.)

Chehalis D
Using High School Transcripts for Placement: Early Results from the GRID
Dawn Draus, Noah Overby • SBCTC

Chehalis E
Building Thinking Classrooms Comes to College
Dusty Wilson • Highline College

Chehalis F
From Procrastination to Purpose: Eat That Frog in College Math Courses
Diana Petty • Yakima Valley College

For presentation slides and other documents from this and past conferences, visit:

or enroll in WAMAP course ID 14626 (no Enrollment Key required).