Girija Nair-Hart

GIRIJA NAIR-HART, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics (2010 – present)
4200 Clermont College Drive, Batavia, OH. 45103. Office: West Woods Academic Center 279 e-mail: nairhaga@ucmail.uc.edu office tel.: 513 – 558 - 5356. Cell# 614 – 796 - 3385


US EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• PHD, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 2010

• MST, PURE MATHEMATICS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, 1993

• BACHELOR OF ARTS, PURE MATHEMATICS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, 1992

• University -wide Student Experience Project, Spring Semester 2026. $500.00 honorarium
• Clermont College Bearcat AI group, Fall semester 2025. Receive $300.00 for software purchase
• “Research experience for Teachers” NSF funded, Teaching through Challenge-based Learning. UC College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. $6,000/ 7-week long training. 2019
• “Experientially Driven Mathematics Modelling Program” NSF funded and sponsored by Mathematics Transition in STEM Education. $1,000/ 5 – day long Summer Institute. 2015
• “Scientific Teaching” STEM Course Design. UC CET&L. $500/Summer Institute. 2014
• Internal QM Peer-Review, Online Adolescent Psychology course. $50.00. 2014.

• Great Gateways Grant – Redesigning Calculus 1 Course. $12,310.00 (2022)
• Designing Service-Learning Course/Price Hill. $2,000 (1000.00 matching from the Dean) (2020)
• UC President’s Diversity Incentive Grant. $3,000 (2016), $10,000 (2015), $7,400 (2014)

• Mini Research Grant, American Mathematical Association for Two-Year Colleges. $750 (2015)

• Travel Grant, American Mathematical Association. $250 (2013)

• Internal Professional Development Grants since 2010. $31,000 (2010 – 2026)

• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee (Fall 2023 – Spring 2026)
• MCGP Rep. UCC Faculty Senate (spring 2022 – fall 2023)
• Voting Member, College Reappointment, Promotion, & Tenure Committee 22S, 21F
• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee, Math Tenure-track Faculty Search Committee 2021
• Member, Associate Dean Search Committee, 2021
• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee, 3T (College’s Teaching, Techniques & Technology) Conference Committee 2018
• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee, JMM 2018, 2017, and 2016 themed conference sessions
• Member, Academic Affairs Committee – University-wide. 2016 - 2018
• Member, Provost’s Text Book Affordability Committee – University-wide. 2012 - 2015
• CHAIR, MCGP RPT Committee, Math Educator Faculty Search Committee. 2011, 2012
• Addressed incoming freshmen at the college “Ants, Birds and Crickets”; two forums, success in mathematics courses. 2014

• Regulating AI for Student Success: A Constructivist Redesign of Gateway Calculus

• Guiding Calculus I Reasoning with AI-Supported Inquiry and Reflection

• Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy.

• The Chain Rule, the Process versus Concept, Missouri

• Unlocking Student Motivation: Crafting Authentic Pathways to Mathematical Knowledge.
   

• Concept Equilibration, Aligning Formal Concept Definition with Student’s Concept Images - the Focus of a Redesigned Calculus 1 Course.

• Refining Learning Assessment that Enhances Knowledge Expression in a Redesigned Calculus Course.

• Integrating Sweet Potatoes - A service-learning calculus project.

• Equity and Inclusion, Practical Strategy for Mathematics Classrooms.

• Inquiries into Student Understanding and Insights into Student Misunderstanding.

• Re-Envisioning Calculus Sequence - Example of a Challenge Based Unit.

• Exploration of Precalculus Concepts using Project-based Assessment Techniques.

• Evidence for Concept Modi?cation – The limit Concept of Post-secondary Students. 2018

• Fostering concept modification through Light Board technology. 2017
• What one must know about students' concept formation. 2017
• Session on Assessment - Who is on the other end? Online Courses. 2017

• Online mathematics courses – A discussion on access and success. 2016
• Alternative Approaches, I. Aftermath – after traditional math tests. 2016
• Facilitating collaboration in online multivariable calculus course via google docs. 2016

• Ed the Imaginary Kid and the Case of a Missing Point.
• Fresh Approaches for Jaded Students - Re-discovering the Power and Joy of calculus with First Year College Students. 2015
• Reasons behind the Rules – Aligning the Unreachable Asymptotes.
   

• Beyond the Letter Grade – Teaching and Learning in Mathematics Classrooms.
• Concept Modification – A Teaching Experiment.

• Excavation Definition. 2013

• What was observed during phase 2 of a teaching experiment aimed at facilitating concept modification: asymptotes, limits, and continuity. 2011

• Calculus Students' Concept Images of Asymptotes, Limits, and Continuity of Rational Functions as observed during phase 1 of a teaching experiment – Research Report.

• Calculus of Calculus in Arteries – 2022.

• India, a Rich and Diverse Heritage, 2021.

• Poster presentation – Optimizing the energy exerted by heart muscles at the arterial branching.

• Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026

• Equity and Inclusion, Practical Strategies for mathematics Classrooms. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2022

• Modeling of Signalized Intersection Design and Impacts. NSF Research Report. 2019 (Co-author)

• A Teaching Experiment to Facilitate Concept Modification: Asymptotes, Limits, and Continuity. Conference Proceedings, the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of mathematics Education, October 2011

• Calculus Students' Concept Images of Asymptotes, Limits, and Continuity of Rational Functions. Conference Proceedings, the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of mathematics Education, October 2010

• Journal of Mathematical Behavior
  Tracing Conceptual Change in Calculus: A Teaching Experiment Study of Students’ Understanding of Key Concepts.
   
• MathAMATYC Educator

• Member, the editorial team. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (just starting). The Original Lilly Conference

• QM peer reviewer (Content Expert) Linear Systems for Engineering course (Florida International University), 2019
• Reviewed three chapters for Top Hat publishers College Algebra Textbook, 2018
• Internal peer reviewer – online calculus 1 and multivariable calculus courses 2017 - 2024
• QM peer reviewer (Content Expert) College Algebra course (University of Toledo) 2015, 2019
• Reviewed 41 conference proposals for the 3T Conference, 2018
• Research Report Review: 7 conference proposals for the PMENA, 2014
• Research Report Review: 5 conference proposals for the PMENA, 2013
• Textbook Review: Musser, G. L., Burger, W. F., & Peterson, B. E. (2008). Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach (8th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

• Nominated for the university’s Dolly Cohen award for Teaching Excellence, 2018
• Nominated for UC Clermont College’s Teaching Excellence awards and Faculty relations awards 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

PhD: The Ohio State University Columbus, 2010 ( Math/Mathematics Education)

Grant: #AMATYC 2015 Mini Grant Investigators:Nair-Hart, Girija 07-01-2015 -06-30-2016 American Mathematical Association of Two-year Colleges Facilitate Concept Modification in first year college mathematics students Role:PI $750.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Published Abstracts

Girija Nair-Hart, Ph.D. (2006. ) Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026, Author

Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026

Girija Nair-Hart, Ph.D. (2006. ) Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026, Author

Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026

Girija Nair-Hart, Ph.D. (2006. ) Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026, Author

Overcoming Barriers to Learning in STEM: Fostering Critical Thinking and Self-regulation through AI-enabled Tutoring and Constructivist Pedagogy. Conference Proceedings, INTED – International Technology, Education and Development, 2026

Girija Nair-Hart (2026. ) “CLEVER: Redefining Horizontal Asymptotes through Exploration, Verification, Explanation, and Reflection.” .[Abstract]• MathAMATYC Educator CLEVER: Redefining Horizontal Asymptotes through Exploration, Verification, Explanation, and Reflection.,

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Journal of Mathematical Behavior Tracing Conceptual Change in Calculus: A Teaching Experiment Study of Students’ Understanding of Key Concepts. .• Journal of Mathematical Behavior Tracing Conceptual Change in Calculus: A Teaching Experiment Study of Students’ Understanding of Key Concepts., ,