TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD HANNAH LEWIS

College of Science

Dr. Hannah Mae Lewis is a lecturer of mathematics at Utah State University Eastern (USUE). She joined the faculty at USUE after completing her doctoral degree in 2020. She graduated from Utah Tech University (formerly DSU) with her B.S. in mathematics in 2012. Her master’s degree in Mathematics emphasizing in Lie Algebras and differential geometry and PhD emphasizing in growth mindset assessments for large lectures were both completed at Utah State University in Logan. She has a passion for helping future teachers to love math and increase their growth mindset with the intention of passing that love and mindset onto their future students. She loves to incorporate technology into her lesson plans, enabling students to see the many beautiful applications of mathematics. Her professional interests include the development and implementation of growth mindset structured assessments, validation of assessments, faculty and graduate student professional development, faculty-to-student mentorship, and the classification of semi-simple Lie Algebras. Her efforts in teaching have been recognized by multiple Excellence in Teaching awards from USU. Outside of professional interests, she enjoys long distance bike riding, reading, and spending time with her husband, two kids, and four goats.