Brooke Max

Assistant Professor of Practice
Mathematics Department
Purdue University

Office: MA 808
Email: bmax @ purdue . edu

CV (as of 11-2024) (PDF)

My roots are in the teaching and learning of mathematics. I earned my BS in Mathematics Education from Purdue University in 2003 and joined Teach For America where I taught in Houston, Texas for two years. I then spent 8 years teaching in rural Indiana where in that time I earned an MA in Curriculum & Instruction from Olivet Nazarene University.

In 2014 I began my PhD work in Mathematics Education as an Andrews Fellow at Purdue University. In 2016 I became a Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at Purdue as the coordinator of Mathematics Content for Elementary Teachers courses and completed my dissertation in 2018 as I studied the mathematical preparation of elementary teachers.

In addition to the mathematical preparation of elementary teachers, my research has included geometry, problem posing, and approximations, among other things. In 2023 I began a position as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Mathematics Department at Purdue University and have continued to support future elementary teachers in their mathematical content preparation as well as College of Science majors looking to fulfill their "Great Issues" requirement.