Academic Appointments

Education

May 2020
PhD, Educational Psychology & Educational Technology
Concentration in Mathematics Education
Urban Education Graduate Certificate
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

August 2011
M.A., Educational Technology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

May 2003
M.A., Curriculum and Teaching
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

May 1999
B.S. with Honor, Mathematics; Minor: Computer Science
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

K-12 Teaching & Professional Experience

August 2000 to June 2021
High school mathematics teacher
Okemos High School, Okemos, MI, USA

August 2013 – June 2018
RtI/MTSS
Okemos Public Schools, Okemos, MI, USA

Publications & Presentations

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Cosby, M. D., Dentel, S., & Sawtelle, V. (undergoing review).  Lunch & Learn: Fostering Moments that Support Persistence for Community College STEM Students.

Carter Andrews, D. J., & Cosby, M. D. (2021). Eradicating Anti-Black Logics in Schools: Transgressive Teaching as a Way Forward. Multicultural Perspectives, 23(3), 135-142.

Bouck, E.C. & Cosby, M. D. (2018) Response to intervention in high school mathematics: One school’s implementation, Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth. 63(1), 32 – 42. 

Bouck, E.C. & Cosby, M. D. (2017). Tier 2 response to intervention in secondary mathematics education. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 61(3), 239-247.

Cosby, M. D., Horton, A., & Berzina-Pitcher, I. (2017). Math Is All Around Us: Exploring the Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development of Three Urban Mathematics Teachers. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36(3), 287-305.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Starks, F. & Cosby, M.D. (in press). Herstory: Exploring Black Women Educators’ Cultivation of Homeplace for the Support and Nurturing of Black Children.

Shah, N., Cosby, M. D., Crespo, S., Goffney, I. M., Hand, V., Kalinec-Craig, C., & Wood, M. B. (2021). “Bossy,” “boy,” and “urban”: Troubling coded language in mathematics education research. In J. Langer-Osuna & N. Shah (Eds.) JRME Monograph 17: Making Visible the Invisible: The Promise and Challenges of Identity Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 13 – 32). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

McKinney de Royston, M., Sengupta-Irving, T., & Cosby, M. D. (2021). (Re)Imagining Mathematical Identities: Toward Political Clarity in Knowledge Generated about Minoritized Youth. In J. Langer-Osuna & N. Shah (Eds.) JRME Monograph 17: Making Visible the Invisible: The Promise and Challenges of Identity Research in Mathematics Education  (pp. 59 – 82). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Osibodu, O., & Cosby, M. D. (2018). Shades of Blackness: Rehumanizing mathematics education through an understanding of Sub-Saharan African immigrants. In R. Gutierrez & I. Goffney (Eds.), Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education 2018: Rehumanizing Mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Students (pp. 39 – 49). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Bouck, E. C., Flanagan, S. M., & Cosby, M. (2018). Apps as assistive technology. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 266 – 276). IGI Global.

POLICY BRIEFS

Cowen, J.M., Sanderson, D., Sattin-Bajaj, C. and Cosby. M. (2018). “MOTOR CITY MILES: Student travel to schools in and around Detroit”. Report by the Urban Institute and the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC)

REFEREED CONFERENCE & PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Cosby, M.D. & Gholson, M. (2024). Curricular Interventions for the Development of Positive Math Identities: Tensions and Possibilities. AMS Special Session on Informal Learning, Identity, and Attitudes in Mathematics, Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, CA. 

Cosby, M.D., Quichocho, X. R., & Sawtelle, V. (2023). Representing Identity Resources Supporting a STEM Transfer Student: A methodological inquiry. AERA Division J. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 

Cosby, M. D. (2021). Telling Black Girl Mathematics Learners’ Stories: Poststructural Race Theory, Black Feminist Thought, and Issa Methodology. AERA Division G. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Virtual Conference. 

Cosby, M. D. (2021). No Black Girls Allowed: Analyzing the Role of Controlling Images in Black Girls’ Mathematics Learning.. SIG – Research in Mathematics Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Virtual Conference.

Cosby, M. D. & Quichocho, X. R.  (2021). “They’ve Been Good to Me”: Transforming a Black Girl Transfer’s Experience Through a Science Program. SIG – Research Focus on Black Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Virtual Conference.

Jackson, B., Cosby, M. D., Osibodu, O., Byun, S., & Herbel-Eisenmann, B. (2020, February). Constructing an anti-racist mathematics pedagogical tool for mathematics teacher educators. Paper presented at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ.

Osibodu, O., Jackson, B., Cosby, M. D., Byun, S., & Herbel-Eisenmann, B. (2019, November). Constructing an anti-racist mathematics pedagogical tool for mathematics teacher educators. In S. Otten, A.G. Candela, Z. de Araujo, C. Haines & C. Munter (Eds.). Proceedings of the 41st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) (pp. 323-324). St Louis, MO: University of Missouri.

Shah, N., Cosby, M. D., Crespo, S., Goffney, I. M., Hand, V., Kalinec-Craig, C., & Wood, M. B. (2019, April). “Bossy,” “boy,” and “urban”: Troubling coded language in mathematics education research. SIG – Research in Mathematics Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, ON.

McKinney de Royston, M., Sengupta-Irving, T., & Cosby, M. D. (2019, April). (Re)Imagining Mathematical Identities: Toward Political Clarity in Knowledge Generated about Minoritized Youth. SIG – Research in Mathematics Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, ON.

Cosby, M. D. (2018, April). Double threat: Stereotypes of race and gender and the mathematics identities of Black girls. Division G Social Context of Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. 

Cosby, M. D. (2018, April). Looking to the Bottom to Rise to the Top: My Journey to Criticality. SIG Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. 

Mishra, P., Graves-Wolf, L., Gunnings – Moton, S., Seals, C., Mehta, R., Berzina, I., … & Cosby, M. D. (2016, March). Reinventing TPACK, STEM Teaching and Leadership in an Urban Context. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2212-2216). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Mishra, P., Wolf, L.G., Gunning-Moton, S., Seals, C., Berzina-Pitcher, I., Mehta, R., Mehta, S., Horton, A., Cosby, M. D., Shack, K., & Marcotte, C. (2016, March). Reinventing TPACK, STEM Teaching and Leadership in an Urban Context. Symposium conducted at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual conference, Savannah, GA.

Mishra, P., Seals, C., Beymer, P. N., Mehta, R., Cosby, M. D., & Shack, K. (2016, March). Creative Uses of Mobile Devices in the STEM Classroom. Session presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning, Grand Rapids, MI.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Cosby, M. D. & Osibodu, O. (2018). Math matters: Figuring mathematics learning spaces around importance, utility, and smartness. In T. Hodges, G. Roy & A. Tyminski (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1005).  Greenville, SC: University of South Carolina & Clemson University.

INVITED TALKS

Cosby, M. D. (2022, August). Becoming: Considering Social and Personal Identities for Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Project NExT: New Experiences in Teaching, Mathematical Association of America, Philadelphia, PA.

Cosby, M. D. (2022, March). Putting Equity at the Center of Change. Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2022: Initiating, Sustaining, and Researching Mathematics Department Transformation of Introductory Courses for STEM Majors, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Cosby, M. D. (2021, February). Researching Black Girlhood & Womanhood in Mathematics as Intersectional Praxis: A Conversation for Emerging Scholars. Brown Bag Series, Rutgers Graduate School of Education, New Brunswick, NJ. 

Osibodu, O. & Cosby, M. D. (2020, September). Shades of blackness: Rehumanizing mathematics education through an understanding of Sub-Saharan African immigrants.  Rehumanizing Mathematics Book Study, California Mathematics Council, Kentfield, CA.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS

Cosby, M. D. (2023, August). Introduction to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Professional Development presented for Youth Outreach in Science Technology Engineering Math (YO – STEM) Community Organization, Knoxville, TN. 

Gholson, M. & Cosby, M.D. (2022, 2020, 2019, 2018). Intersectionality. Professional Development presented for the Michigan Department of Education African American Student Initiative, Lansing, MI. 

Mishra, P. & Cosby, M. D. (2017, March). Creative Uses of Mobile Devices in the STEM classroom. Professional Development presented for Peoria Unified School District, Glendale, AZ.

Fellowships & Scholarships

2019
Michigan State University Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Semifinalist

2018
Michigan State University College of Education Urban Education Retention Fellowship

Robert Craig Fellowship in Psychological Studies in Education

Clifford E. Erickson Memorial Fund Scholarship

2017
Michigan State University College of Education Urban Education Retention Fellowship

2016
Michigan State University College of Education Urban Education Recruitment Fellowship

2015
Michigan State University Rasmussen Graduate Fellowship

Michigan State University College of Education Dean’s Scholar Award

Honors & Awards

2015
Faculty – Staff Award Competition in Instructional Technology Best Fully Online Course, Course Instructor

2006
Okemos Education Foundation Excellence in Teacher Award

Michigan State University College of Education Crystal Apple Award

Grants

Co-PI, National Science Foundation, Racial Equity in STEM Education Grant (2023 – 2028). Transfer Advocacy Groups: Transforming Culture to Support Transfer Students of Color in Undergraduate Physics, $3,063,258. PIs: Vashti Sawtelle & Gina Quan.

University Teaching, Research, & Professional Experience












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Michigan State University

COMMUNITY COLLEGE & ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS

September 2013 to December 2014
Adjunct Math Instructor, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI

July 2013 to April 2015
Instructor, M.A. Educational Technology Certificate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

TEACHING & TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP APPOINTMENTS

MEDU 523: Teaching Student Who Struggle with Math (Graduate) Spring 2022, 2023, Summer 2024

STEM 581: Equity In STEM Education (Graduate) Fall 2022, 2023

EDUC 413: Teaching Secondary Mathematics (Undergraduate/Graduate). Fall 2022.

EDUC 652/654: Directed Teaching in Secondary School/Problems and Principles of Secondary Education (Graduate). Spring 2022.

EDUC 302/304: Directed Teaching in Secondary School/Problems and Principles of Secondary Education (Undergraduate). Spring 2022.

EDUC 737: Identity and Agency in Mathematics and Science Education (Graduate). Fall 2021.

CEP 818: Creativity in Teaching and Learning (Graduate). Fall 2019.

CEP 956: Mind, Media, and Learning (Graduate). Teaching Assistant – Dr. Christine Greenhow (instructor of record). Fall 2018

CEP 800: Psychology of Learning in Schools and other Settings (Graduate). Summer 2019.

CEP 815: Technology and Leadership (Graduate). Summer 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017.

CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research (Graduate). Summer 2019.

CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Technology (Graduate). Summer 2018.

CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education (Graduate). Summer 2018.

CEP 812: Applying Educational Technology to issues of Practice (Graduate). Summer 2018.

TE 150: Reflections on Learning – Urban Education Cohort (Undergraduate). Spring 2017, 2019

CEP 805: Learning Mathematics with Technology (Graduate). Fall 2015, Fall 2016.   

CEP 806 Learning Science with Technology (Graduate). Spring 2015, Spring 2016. 

Research Assistantships Appointments

Spring 2020
Graduate Student Researcher for SSTEM Co-Principal Investigators: Drs. Vashti Sawtelle (Michigan State University) and Angela Little

Fall 2017 to Spring 2019
Graduate Student Researcher for National Science Foundation Project Access, Agency, and Allies in Mathematical Systems (A3IMS)Co-Principal Investigators: Drs. Beth Herbel-Eisenmann (Michigan State University), Victoria Hand (University of Colorado – Boulder), Tonya Bartell (Michigan State University), & Mary Foote (The City University of New York)

Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Graduate Student ResearcherEducational Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University (EPIC)Center Directors: Drs. Joshua Cowen & Katharine Strunk

Graduate Student Committees

2023
Ph.D. dissertation committee member for Charles Flowers, Child and Family Studies.

Ph.D. dissertation committee member for Matthew Riddle, Teacher Education.

2019
Ph.D. practicum committee member for Marissa Zhu, Educational Psychology & Educational Technology. Project title: Exploratory analysis of the self-regulated learning strategies that support problem-solving performance in pre-service teaching students.

2018
Ph.D. practicum committee member for Katie Rich, Educational Psychology & Educational Technology. Project title: Exploring teacher agency in the context of curriculum materials use.

2017
Ph.D. practicum committee member for Eileen Mooney, Educational Psychology & Educational Technology. Project title: Comparing mathematical discussions in synchronous, anonymous, computer-supported collaborative learning with face-to-face environment.

Affiliations & Memberships

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Division J (Postsecondary Education)
SIG: Research Focus on Black Education
SIG: Research in Mathematics Education

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) 

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Service & Outreach

Institutional Service

2023 – currently
Executive Committee, Theory & Practice In Teacher Education (TPTE)Committee member, University of Tennessee

DEI Advisory board member, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences TPTE department representative, University of Tennessee

2019 to 2020
Office of Inclusion and Intercultural InitiativesMSU Race Dialogues Facilitator, Michigan State University

2017 to 2018
Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education Department Chair Search committee, Michigan State University

National Organization Service

2024 – 2027
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Equity Committee

Manuscript Reviewer

2023
Journal of Mathematical Behavior

2022
International Journal of STEM Education
Cognition and Learning

2021
International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

2018
Understanding the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Gifted Education: An Anthology By and About Talented Black Girls and Women in STEM. (Edited Book)

Proposal Reviewer

2023
CAREER program review panelist
National Science Foundation Directorate of STEM Education

American Educational Research Association – (SIG) Socio-Political Issues in Mathematics and Science Education

2018
American Educational Research Association – (SIG) Research Focus on Black Education

American Educational Research Association – (SIG) Research in Mathematics Education

Professional Development & Certificates

2023

Research Development Academy Scholar – Office of the Provost University of Tennessee

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators STaR Fellows Program

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Early Career BIPOC Mentoring Program