Prof. Aisling M. Leavy is the head of the STEM Education Department at Mary Immaculate College. She is a mathematics educator and works with pre-service primary teachers, practicing teachers, and graduate students in STEM Education. Her research interests include statistics education, the development of statistical reasoning, the mathematics preparation of pre-service teachers, STEM education, and the use of teaching and research methodologies (such as Lesson Study) to support the development of the conceptual understanding of mathematics in primary classrooms. She is currently a member of the editorial boards of Mathematical Thinking and Learning (MTL) and The Teacher Educator. She is a leader of the Statistics and Probability group (TWG5) of the Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME). She received her PhD from Arizona State University following the completion of graduate and undergraduate studies at California State University Chico, St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra (DCU), and University College Dublin. Before working at Mary Immaculate College, she was an assistant professor of mathematics education at the University of Maryland - College Park.
Prof. Aisling M. Leavy is the head of the STEM Education Department at Mary Immaculate College. She is a mathematics educator and works with pre-service primary teachers, practicing teachers, and graduate students in STEM Education. Her research interests include statistics education, the development of statistical reasoning, the mathematics preparation of pre-service teachers, STEM education, and the use of teaching and research methodologies (such as Lesson Study) to support the development of the conceptual understanding of mathematics in primary classrooms. She is currently a member of the editorial boards of Mathematical Thinking and Learning (MTL) and The Teacher Educator. She is a leader of the Statistics and Probability group (TWG5) of the Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME). She received her PhD from Arizona State University following the completion of graduate and undergraduate studies at California State University Chico, St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra (DCU), and University College Dublin. Before working at Mary Immaculate College, she was an assistant professor of mathematics education at the University of Maryland - College Park.