Faculty and Staff Directory

Faculty

  • Megan Gobeille, Department Chair
     

    Megan Gobeille

    Chair, Associate Professor
    maossiandergobeille@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6159
    SSB 154-E

    Megan Gobeille is an enthusiastic lover of mathematics and teaching. She grew up in Chugiak, Alaska and lives there still with her two young kids, husband, and dog. A nerd at heart, she enjoys music, hiking, math, and learning new things.

  • Debra Crawford
     A photo of Deb Crawford in her office

    Debra Crawford

    Instructor
    dlcrawford@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6853
    SSB 154-L

    Teaching and travel are my two passions.  I’ve been involved in education in a variety of forms since 1981, first as an interpretive naturalist with the Forest Service, then with cruise ships traveling through Southeast Alaska and with Lazy Otter Charters in Prince William Sound. During that time, I was also a high school science teacher for 16 years.  I’ve been a math instructor at UAA since 2013.  When I’m not teaching, I like to travel, either throughout the lower 48 or to polar regions like the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, the Antarctic Peninsula, Norway and Iceland.

  • Carolyn Fautanu
    Photo of Carolyn Fautanu sitting on a bench with a flower behind her left ear

    Carolyn Fautanu

    Associate Professor
    csfautanu@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6880
    SSB 158-G

    Carolyn Fautanu is a Mathematics Instructor with the Community and Technical College of the University of Alaska, Anchorage. A wife and mother of three, Carolyn enjoys the outdoors, travelling with her family, gardening, music, reading, and playing sports.

  • Eric Foley
     

    Eric Foley

    Assistant Professor
    emfoley@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-1520
    SSB 154-M

     

  • Chris Gardiner
     

    Chris Gardiner

    Associate Professor 
    cgardin1@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-4389
    SSB 158-F

  • Tom Harman
     

    Tom Harman

    Professor
    tjharman@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6852
    SSB 154-F

  • Franklin Harris
    Franklin Harris sitting on top of a desk

    Franklin Harris

    Assistant Professor
    fjharris@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6210
    SSB 154-B

    I enjoy supporting students as they strengthen their foundational math skills while in pursuit of higher education. I’m also committed to mentoring youth as a member of several non profit organizations. I love traveling with family, trying new things, listening to jazz music and working out.

  • Terri Manthey
    A photo of Terri Manthey with a pink streak in her hair

    Terri Manthey

    Associate Professor
    tmanthey@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-4924
    SSB 154-J

    Terri Manthey is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Studies specializing in statistics and applied mathematics. She is committed to working on the correct pathways for students and open-educational resources. As the mother of triplets who have recently graduated from college themselves, she understands the challenges of college students of the 21st century. 

  • Aaron Richard
     

    Aaron Richard

    Instructor
    asrichard@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-6882
    SSB 158-C

  • Michael Soper
     

    Michael Soper

    Assistant Professor
    msoper2@alaska.edu
    (907) 786-1750
    SSB 154-N

    Professor Soper’s teaching career began here at UAA more than a decade ago and he is pleased to serve as an Assistant Professor.

    Professor Soper has 25+ years' experience teaching and tutoring all levels of math including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, as well as statistics, chemistry, and physics. 

    Upon earning his M. Sc. Mathematics in 2011 from Texas A&M, he has spent much of the last decade supporting the oil and gas production on the north slope in a variety of technical roles. Responsibilities included directional well planner for coiled tubing, drilling services application engineer, and integrity data specialist. Each role required varying degrees of anti collision calculations for uncertain trajectories, bending moment finite element analysis, pipeline inline inspection data analysis, and more. 

    Professor Soper understands that every student is unique and what works for one, or even several, will not work for all. Wherever you find him, Professor Soper can be found supporting all levels and abilities of math.

     

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