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URI TREISMAN
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Professor of Mathematics & Director of the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
B.S., Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
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Research Areas:
Dr. Treisman developed a mathematics model that challenged claims that the high failure rate of African America students is due to their lack of motivation, lack of educational background, and lack of family emphasis on education. Treisman's work challenged these hypotheses, and replaced remedial approaches with an honors program that encouraged students to collaborate on challenging problems in an environment of high expectations. Treisman's mathematics workshop recruited mostly African-American and Latino students having relatively high SAT Mathematics scores or intending to major in a mathematics-based field or both. Key elements of the workshop involved: the focus on helping minority students to excel at the University, rather than merely to avoid failure; the emphasis on collaborative learning and the use of small-group teaching methods; and the faculty sponsorship, which has both nourished the program and enabled it to survive. He continues to observe the studying behavior of mathematics students and the effects of these habits on academic performance.
Activities & Honors:
Uri Teisman was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1992, and one of the outstanding leaders of higher education in the 20th century by the magazine Black Issues In Higher Education in December 1999. Dr. Treisman is a founding board member of AVID and of the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education.
Selected Publications:
• Treisman, P. Uri and Stephanie A. Surles (2001). "Systemic reform and minority student high achievement." In The Right Thing to Do, the Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions in Honor of Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. (pp. 260-280). Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, National Academy of Sciences. Available on the NAP website.
• Treisman, P. Uri and Edward J. Fuller. (2001). Comment on "Searching for indirect effects of statewide reforms." In Diane Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2001 (pp. 208-218). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
• Johnson Jr., Joseph F., Ed Fuller, and Philip Uri Treisman (December 2000). Testing in Texas. The School Administrator, 20-26. Available on the American Association of School Administrators website.
• Treisman, P. Uri (1992). Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College. College Math Journal: Volume 23, Number 5, Pages: 362-373.
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