Curriculum
Vitae
Michael I. Ratliff
Department
of Mathematics and Statistics
NORTHERN
ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
P.O.
Box 5717
Flagstaff,
Arizona 86011-5717
520.523.6895
e-mail:
Michael.Ratliff@nau.edu
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy,
Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1976
Master of Science,
Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, 1969
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor
of Science, Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Pacific Union College,
Angwin, California, 1967
Academic Positions:
Professor of Mathematics,
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 1992-present.
Chairman, Department of
Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1981-1986 and
1991-1992
Associate Professor of
Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 1982-1992
Visiting Professor,
Department of Mathematics, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1990 (Spring
semester)
Assistant Professor of
Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 1976-1982
Teaching and Research
Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder,
1971-1976
Instructor of Physics,
Department of Physics, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 1969-1971
Teaching and Research
Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins,
1967-1969
Non-Academic Positions:
Fellow; Center for Data Insight, Flagstaff, AZ, 1997-2000
Actuary; Transamerica Life
Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1985 (summer)
Software
Designer; General Electric Corp., Phoenix, 1969
Field Engineer; I.B.M.
Corp., San Francisco, 1966-1967
Publications:
1. *Ratlif, M.I. and McShane, J.M., "It's a Holiday", 10 pages, to appear in Teaching Statistics
2. *Ratliff, M.I. and McShane, J.M., "Fibonacci-Like Sequences of Apollonian Circle Packings", 19 pages, to appear in Proceedings of the 11th Fibonacci Cinference
3.*McShane,
J.M. and Ratliff, M.I., ”Dice Distributions Using Combinatorics, Recursion,
and Generating Functions”,
The College Mathematics Journal
4.*Ratliff, M.I., McShane,J.M., Martinez-Cruz, Armando M.,” Technology Illustrations for Four Solutions to the Problem of Apollonius”, Mathematics and Computer Education, Spring 2003, pp.261-270
5.
*Ratliff, M.I. and Martinez-Cruz, Armando M., “Stochastic Tip-Off:
Simulating the NBA Playoff with a Graphing Calculator”, Mathematics and Computer
Education, Fall 2002,pp261-270.
6. * Roberts, C., et al,“Intelligent Agent
Modeling for Simulating and Evaluating River Trip Scheduling Scenarios for the
Grand Canyon National Park”, Intelligents for Modeling Natural Resources, Oxford Press, pp.245-275,2000
7. *Martinez-Cruz, A.M., Ratliff, M.I., Contreras,
J., La Investigacion de un Problema Numerico Abierto con una Calculadora con
Manipulacion Simbolica, Proceedings of the Conferencia Internacional Sobre Uso de
Tecnologia en la Ensenanza de las Matematicas,
January 2001, pp.145-150.
8. *Ratliff, M.I., Martinez-Cruz, A.M., Contreras,
J.,Problem Solving, Problem Posing, and Technology in Geometry,
Proceedings of the Conferencia Internacional Sobre Uso de Tecnologia en la Ensenanza de
las Matematicas, January 2001, pp.191-196.
9. *
Ratliff, M.I. and Martinez-Cruz, A. ,Meet
Ya’ at the Diner. Probably…Mathematics and Computer Education, Winter 2000,pp74-82.
10. *Haneuse, S., Sciacca,
J., Ratliff,M.I., Factors Influencing
Breast-feeding Rates Among Arizona WIC Participants, American
Journal of Health Behavior, July/August 2000, pp.243-253, vol.24 No. 4.
11. Ratliff, M.I.,Where
do I Use That?Applications with the TI-83 Financial Menu,Proccedings of the
VII Simposio Internacional en Educacion Mathematica, October
1999, p. 268.
12. *Martinez-Cruz, A. and
Ratliff, M.I., Beyond Modeling World
Records with a Graphing Calculator: Assessing the Appropriateness of Models,
Mathematics and
Computer Education, Spring 1998, pp.143-153.
13. Ratliff, M.I., Calculus
Reform and the SOA Examinations, Society of
Actuaries:Conversations, No. 8, Winter, 1997, p. 3.
14. *Sciacca, J., Ratliff, M.I. and Pappas, P., Prohibiting Smoking
in Restaurants: Effects on Restaurant Sales,American Journal of Health Promotion,
Dec.,1997
15. *Sciacca, J., Ratliff, M.I., Effects of Incentive Based
Educational Program on Infant Feeding, Knowledge, and Attitudes, Journal of Community Health,
pp. 475-490, Dec. 1995, vol. 20, no. 6.
16. *Ratliff,M.I.,Qualitative Influence in Simple Linear
Regression, Mathematics
with Vision (Proceedings of the First International Mathematica Symposium), pp.309-316,
Computational Mechanics, Boston, 1995
17. *Sciacca,J. and
Ratliff, M.I., Effects on Incentive Based
Educational Program on Breast Feeding Rates,Journal of the American Dietetic Association,pp. 1-10,
March 1995, vol.3
18. *Ratliff, M.I. and
Mone’. R.,Using Mathematica to find
Minimal Length Confidence Intervals,The Pentagon, vol. 53, 1993-1994
19. *Ratliff, M.I.,Mandelbrot’s Functional Iteration and
Continued Fractions,The Fibonacci Quarterly, August, 1993
20. Ratliff, M.I.,Using Interest Tables to Find Polynomial
Zeros,Actuarial
Research Clearing House (ARCH) Journal,1991
21. *Ratliff, M.I.,
Williams, R.E., Statistics – Prelude to
Actuarial Science,Proceedings Statistics Education, American Statistical Association,
1990
22. *Ratliff, M.I.,
Condon, J., Winarski, D., Northern
Arizona’s Computer Camp for Minorities, The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, 1984
23. Ratliff, M.I., Contributions of Paul Dirac to Mathematics
and Human Thought,Arizona Humanities Association Journal, vol.6, No. 5, 1987
24. Ratliff,M.I., Condon,
J., Payne, J. NSF-CAUSE Program Study
Guide, NAU
Mathematics Department, 1981
25. *Ratliff, M.I., A Geometric Motivation of Fermat’s
Factoring Method, College Mathematics Journal, vol.12, No.1, 1981
26. *Ratliff, M.I., The Thue-Siegel-Roth-Schmidt Theorem for
Algebraic Functions,Journal of Number Theory, 1978
*
Indicates refereed paper
Actuarial Examinations Passed:
I have passed 11 Society
of Actuaries certification examinations. I was elected a member of the Society
of Actuaries in May of 1990.
Presentations:
I have given more than 50
presentations, from presentations at small regional conferences to
presentations at large national meetings.
Grants:
I have
been P,I, or co-P.I. on 12 funded grants, total funded value:$1,465,620
Recent
Funded Grants:
1.
“Enhancing
Quantitative Reasoning Using Visualization”, an NSF-CCLI grant, with J.M.
McShane and J.W. Hagood.
2.
“Grand Canyon River Trip Simulation”, Nation
Park Service Grant, with C. Roberts
3.
“Interactive
Precalculus:Algebra, Geometry and Applications of Functions with Interactive
Software”, an ABOR-Eisenhower Grant, with A.M.Martinez-Cruz
4.
“Secondary
School Geometry for a New Millennium: Constructions, Investigations and Problem
Solving with Dynamic Software”, an ABOR-Eisenhower Grant, with
A.M.Martinez-Cruz
5.
“Meeting
the New Face of Algebra: From Data to Functional Models with Statistics and
Technology”, an ABOR-Eisenhower Grant, with A.M.Martinez-Cruz
6.
“Professional
Development for Science and Mathematics Teachers Through Statistics and
Technology: Developing Case Studies of the Colorado Plateau”, an
ABOR-Eisenhower Grant, with A.M.Martinez-Cruz
Professional Memberships:
Society of Actuaries,
American Statistical Association, Mathematical Association of America, Phi
Kappa Phi
Professional Service:
Local Chapter Treasurer, Phi Kappa Phi, 1998-2002
Co-Editor
of Conversations, Published by
Society of Actuaries, 1995-1998
Member of
MAA Life-Membership Study Committee, 1994-1998
Secretary of Southwest
Actuarial Education and Research Consortium, 1994-1997
President of Southwest
Actuarial Education and Research Consortium, 1993-1994
NAU representative on the
Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium, 1995-1998
Vice President of Arizona
Actuarial Club, 1995-1998
Awards:
Chairman’s
Teaching Award: AY 1988-1989 and AY 1996-1997
University President’s Award: AY 1992-1993
Distinguished Teacher of the Year, 2005-2006, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Revised: January 25, 2006