Research

I hold a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Colorado State University. My research area is in undergraduate mathematics education. I have expertise in mathematics course and curriculum development at the undergraduate level, with efforts focused on implementing active and inquiry-focused strategies in the classroom. I connect the use of evidence-based practices to the professional development of post-secondary instructors and study the sustainability such of change efforts at the department level.

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Current Grants

  1. $2,198,757 – Collaborative Research: Mathematics Persistence through Inquiry and Equity: Redeveloping Gateway Mathematics in a Two-year HSI to Promote Success in STEM, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, 06/01/2020 – 05/31/2025. Award Numbers 1953713 and 1953753.
  2. $2,112,498 – Collaborative Research: Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant Professional Development Focused on Implementation of Evidence-based Teaching Practices, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, 10/01/2020 – 09/30/2025. Award Numbers 2013590, 2013563, and 2013422.

Recent Selected Publications

  1. Reinholz, D., L., Pilgrim, M. E., Stone-Johnstone, A., Falkenberg, K., Geanious, C., Ngai, C., Corbo, J., & Wise, S. (2021). Focus on outcomes: Fostering systemic departmental improvements. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 40(2). https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.154
  2. *Martinez, A., & Pilgrim, M. E. (2021). Harmonizing course coordination and local data through online grading platforms. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1937731
  3. Reinholz, D. L., & Pilgrim, M. E. (2021). Student sensemaking of proofs at various distances: The role of epistemic, rhetorical, and ontological distance in the peer review process. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 106(2) 211-229.
  4. Pilgrim, M. E., McDonald, K. K., Offerdahl, E. G., Ryker, K., Shadle, S. E., Stone-Johnstone, A., & Walter, E. M. (2020). An exploratory study of what different theories can tell us about change. In K. White, A. Beach, N. Finkelstein, C. Henderson S. Simkins, L. Slakey, M. Stains, G. Weaver, & L. Whitehead (Eds), Transforming institutions: Accelerating systemic change in higher education (pp. 97-108). Accelerating Systemic Change in STEM Higher Education Network. Pressbooks. http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/ascnti2020/
  5. Pilgrim, M. E., Apkarian, N., Milbourne, H., & O’Sullivan, M. (2020). From rough waters to calm seas: The challenges and successes of building a GTA PD program. PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 31(3-5), 594-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2020.1793851.