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Elise Lockwood is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics within the College of Science at Oregon State University, where she has served since 2013. She concurrently holds positions as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education and academic staff member at the University of Oslo's Center for Computing in Science Education.
Her educational background includes:
- Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Portland State University
- MST in Mathematics from Portland State University
Lockwood's research revolutionizes combinatorial reasoning pedagogy through her outcome-focused model of student thinking. She investigates how students connect counting problems via actor-oriented transfer, the efficacy of systematic listing, and computational integration (notably Python programming) in combinatorial problem-solving. Her parallel work examines example-based proof development and content-practice relationships across mathematical domains, fundamentally shifting pedagogy from formulaic approaches to conceptual understanding.
Lockwood's exceptional contributions have earned:
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, 2025)
- John and Annie Selden Prize
- Promising Scholar Award (Oregon State)
- Fulbright award (2019)
As an advisor, she mentors Ph.D. candidate Rebeckah Kuss in combinatorics education research. Her $800K NSF CAREER Award (2017) funds computational approaches to counting problems, while a $141K Google grant (2019) integrates computer science into teacher education. Current NSF projects examine students' generalizing activity and computational problem-solving efficacy.
Lockwood actively collaborates through Oregon State's Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center and the University of Oslo's Center for Computing in Science Education, developing international frameworks for computational mathematics education.
