{"id":626,"date":"2017-05-24T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/?p=626"},"modified":"2017-06-05T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:20:27","slug":"graduate-student-stories-student-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/graduate-student-stories-student-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduating Student Stories- From Student to Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Graduate Student Stories- Program: Mathematics Education Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/files\/2017\/05\/AllisonXmasCard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-628\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/files\/2017\/05\/AllisonXmasCard-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1615\/files\/2017\/05\/AllisonXmasCard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1615\/files\/2017\/05\/AllisonXmasCard-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1615\/files\/2017\/05\/AllisonXmasCard-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After five years of dedication, Allison Dorko is graduating this spring with a <a href=\"http:\/\/education.oregonstate.edu\/book\/science-or-mathematics-education-doctoral-program\">PhD in Mathematics Education<\/a>. Dorko recognized her passion for teaching while she was working on her Bachelor\u2019s in Kinesiology and Physical Education from the University of Maine. Later on, she got her Master\u2019s in Mathematics Education in Maine and \u201cfell in love with the research component\u201d which inspired her to pursue a Ph.D. \u201cin order to do more research and teach college mathematics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While at Oregon State, Dorko added a Bachelor\u2019s of Mathematics to her studies before working on her PhD. She especially enjoyed her last two years in the PhD program working with the STEM Club (which is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/education.oregonstate.edu\/book\/fiestas-families-involved-education-sociocultural-teaching-and-stem\">FIESTAS<\/a>\u00a0project) at Lincoln and Garfield elementary schools in Corvallis, OR. Dorko says \u201cit is a lot of fun to do maths and science with children and to help the Education majors [in the College of Education] learn how to make maths and science exciting\u201d and \u201cwe [even] do maths with Legos!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorko\u2019s years as a student have been busy and she advises other graduate students about the importance of getting enough sleep because \u201cwhen you\u2019re sleep-deprived, your brain simply doesn\u2019t function well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, Dorko is moving to Oklahoma where she has landed a job as an Assistant Teaching Professor. There, she will \u201ccoordinate and supervise their college algebra program, teach mathematics, and do research.\u201d Dorko says, \u201cit\u2019s a great job and I\u2019m excited about it\u2026 I\u2019ve heard Oklahoma has amazing storms [and] I\u2019m looking forward to seeing some of those.\u201d Dorko has enjoyed her time here in Corvallis, but she is excited to move on to the next step in her career, \u201cbeing a faculty member instead of being a student.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Student Stories- Program: Mathematics Education Ph.D. After five years of dedication, Allison Dorko is graduating this spring with a PhD in Mathematics Education. Dorko recognized her passion for teaching while she was working on her Bachelor\u2019s in Kinesiology and Physical Education from the University of Maine. Later on, she got her Master\u2019s in Mathematics&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/graduate-student-stories-student-teacher\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1157336,1157338],"tags":[7405,64981,897,23,97272,5,1205,196608],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-people-of-coed","tag-college-of-education","tag-graduate-student","tag-math","tag-oregon-state","tag-phd","tag-science","tag-stories","tag-teacher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}