Melissa Sutherland

Associate Professor of Mathematics
South Hall 324B
585-245-5494
sutherm@geneseo.edu

Melissa Sutherland has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2001.

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Office Hours

  • MWF 1:30pm-2:30pm or by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo, 1992

  • M.A. (1994), State University of New York at Albany

  • Ph.D. (1998), State University of New York at Albany

Affiliations

  • NCTM

  • AMTNYS

Interests

  • Increasing Representation of Women and Other Underrepresented Groups in STEM, Mathematics Education, Commutative Algebra, Technology

Classes

  • EXPL 125: Academic Coaching

    A half-semester course on learning strategies, study skills, time management, note-taking, project management, and personal well-being offered for current or pre-college students. Fifteen required instructional contact hours plus online modules. Recommended for students struggling academically or students eager to begin college equipped with metacognitive  learning strategies and success tools.

  • MATH 221: Calculus I

    Topics studied are limits and continuity; derivatives and antiderivatives of the algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, and inverse functions; the definite integral; and the fundamental theorem of the calculus.