NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE) Post-Election Auditing

I am consulting with the NCSBE on post-election audits, including the current statute-driven audit procerss and a proposal to pilot a risk-limiting audit. These statistically-driven audits are becoming more common as states seek to address concerns about election security.

The Academy at Middle Fork Research Cluster and Beyond

In 2020 and 2021, I was a member of the Academy Research Cluster (ARC), a competitively-selected interdisciplinary group of ASU faculty funded by a Special Innovation Grant from the Office of the Chancellor. We were charged with studying the activities and collaborations of ASU’s K-5 lab school, The Academy at Middle Fork. Dr. Mary Beth Searcy and I have been using Diffusion of Innovation Theory to investigate:

  1. What are the aspects of the Academy of Middle Fork-Appalachian State University lab-school partnership innovation, communication, matters of time, and involved social systems that have been essential to its diffusion process?
  2. What aspects, in hindsight, could have benefited from more intentional planning through the use of Innovation Diffusion Theory?
  3. What would an Innovation Diffusion Theory-informed plan for new lab-school partnerships look like as a result of lessons learned at the Academy of Middle Fork?

We submitted a report to the Academy’s advisory board in June 2021, but our involvement did not end there. Dr. Searcy and I are continuing our study of the Academy and ASU’s soon-to-be-opened second lab school in Elkin, NC, in partnership with Dr. Hannah Reeder, ASU’s Director of Lab Schools, and other stakeholders. Our goal is to tell the Academy’s story using a theoretical foundation and authentic voices, to add to the body of education innovation literature.

Selected Recent Publications (see my full CV)

Selbach-Allen, Megan E., Greenwald, Sarah J. Ksir, Amy E., and Thomley, Jill E. (2020). “Raising the Bar with Standards-Based Grading,” PRIMUS, 30(8-10), 1110-1126. (special issue)

Henson, Kevin S., Thomley, Jill E., Lowrie, Lynn J., and Walker, Deborah. (2019). “Comparison of Selected Outcomes Associated with Two Post-Operative Analgesia Approaches in the Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient,” AANA Journal, 87(1), 51-57. (web access)

Thomley, Jill E. (2018). “The History of Statistics: A Discussion-Intensive Seminar on 20th Century Development and Beyond,” In Amy Shell-Gellasch and Dick Jardine (eds.), The Courses of History: Ideas for Developing a History of Mathematics Course. Washington, DC: MAA Press. (web access)

Thomley, Jill E. (2018). “Example of a Well-Designed Course in Statistics,” Designing Significant Learning Experiences: Course Examples.

Santisteban, Maria S., Thomley, Jill E., and Bullard-Dillard, Rebecca. (2017). “S-STEM Scholarship Program at UNC Pembroke: a COMPASS for Science Majors,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (pp. 5984-6005). Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education.

Hahn, D. Caldwell, Wingfield, John C., Fox, David M., Walker, Brian G., and Thomley, Jill E. (2017). “Maternal Androgens in Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts: Responses to Parasitism and Competition?” General and Comparative Endocrinology, 240, 143-152.

Greenwald, Sarah J., Leggett, Anne M., and Thomley, Jill E. (2015). “The Association for Women in Mathematics: How and Why It Was Founded, and Why It’s Still Needed in the 21st Century,” The Mathematical Intelligencer, 37(3), 11-21.

The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society

Greenwald, S.J. and Thomley, J.E. (Eds). (2011). The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society, Vols. 1-3. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. ISBN: 978-1-58765-844-0, e-ISBN: 978-1-58765-848-8

The goal of The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society is to weave multilayered connections between society, history, people, applications, and mathematics … In general, the articles do not teach or present detailed mathematical theory, derivations, and equations … Instead, we intended them to serve as a foundation and jumping-off point for additional explorations. As mathematics professor and educator Art Johnson has noted in other settings, we hope that this type of contextualization helps people to “see mathematics as a discipline that transcends culture, time, and gender, and as a discipline for everyone, everywhere.” (Introduction, p. x)

“This enlightening, well-written set, which has no current competitors, is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries. The material offers an entirely new way of looking at things.” — Library Journal Best Reference, 2011

Digital access to the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society is available through the ASU Library.