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Ashley Suominen

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., mathematics education, University of Georgia
  • M.S., computational sciences, Marquette University
  • M.A.T., teaching, Wheaton College
  • B.S., mathematics, Wheaton College

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of mathematics, 2016–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Lecturer, 2015–16, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
    Teaching internship, 2014
  • Lecturer, 2011–14, Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, GA
  • Teaching assistant, 2010–11, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
  • Adjunct faculty, 2007–09, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
  • Adjunct faculty, Spring 2007, Judson University, Elgin, IL

Professional

  • College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) college mathematics development committee member, 2025–present, College Board
  • Math content curriculum author, 2016–present, CK-12 Foundation
  • Math content curriculum author, 2015–present, Macmillan Publishers
  • Advanced placement calculus, 2008–present, Educational Testing Services, Kansas City, MO

Research

  • Research assistant, 2010–15, CAREER: Learning to Support Productive Collective Argumentation in Secondary Mathematics Classes, University of Georgia Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  • Research assistant, 2009–10, Algebraic Habits of the Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Forward Thinking Poster Sessions and Colloquy poster presentation winner, 2009
  • Pi Mu Epsilon, Illinois Iota Chapter (National Mathematics Honor Society), 2003

Organizations

  • School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA)
  • Special Interest Group of the MAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME)

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Expectations for Middle Grades Students’ Arguments," with Park, H. and Conner, A., submitted for publication, 2017.
  • "Moufang loops of order 243," Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatie Carolinae, with Slattery, M.C., 53, 3, 2012.
  • Suominen, A. L. (2018). Abstract algebra and secondary school mathematics connections as discussed by mathematicians and mathematics educators. In N. H. Wasserman (Ed.), Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary Mathematics, for Secondary Mathematics Teachers (pp.149-173). Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Evans, P., Germain-Williams, T., & Suominen, A. (2017). College Pre-Calculus (L. Cope & E. Serocki, Eds.). CK-12. https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-college-precalculus/

Presentations and poster sessions

  • Suominen, A. L. (2026, March). From Truth Tables to Trees: Strengthening Logical Reasoning Through Semantic Tableaux. Presented at the 2026 Mathematics Association of America Southeastern Sectional Meeting, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL.
  • Suominen, A. L. (2025, February). Learning Graph Theory: A Ropes Course Adventure. Presented at the 2025 Mathematics Association of America Southeastern Sectional Meeting, High Point University, High Point, NC.
  • "Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching Proof," poster presented at the annual College of Education Research Conference with Gomez, C. N., Conner, A., Park, H., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., April 2016.
  • "Identifying and Classifying Connections Between Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics," individual session presentation at the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), Irvine, Calif., January 2016.
  • "Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics: Identifying Mathematical Connections in Textbooks," paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Pittsburgh, February 2015.
  • "Expectations of Students: The Effects on Proof Validation," paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Park, H., & Conner, A., Pittsburgh, February 2015.
  • "Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary School Mathematics: How Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators Discuss Mathematical Connections," paper presented at the 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, January 2015.

Refereed conference proceedings

  • "Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Mathematics: Identifying Mathematical Connections in Textbooks." In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 238-251), Pittsburgh, 2015.
  • "Proof Expectations of Students: The Effects on Proof Validation." In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Park, H., & Conner, A. (pp. 252-262), Pittsburgh, 2015.
  • "Perceptions in Abstract Algebra: Identifying Major Concepts and Concept Connections within Abstract Algebra." In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, G. Karakok, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, presented at proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 274-286), Denver, 2014.
  • "Prospective Secondary Teachers’ Conceptions of Proof and Interpretations of Arguments." In (Eds.) T. Fukawa-Connelly, G. Karakok, K. Keene, and M. Zandieh, proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education with Conner, A., Francisco, R., Gomez, C. N., & Park, H. (pp. 56-68), Denver, 2014.