Bruce Yoshiwara

Professor and Department Chair of Mathematics, Los Angeles Pierce College

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."
—Rene Descartes

How to contact me
A brief biography
Professor Katherine Yoshiwara

Fall 2010 Tentative Schedule

0765  Modular Math 115 Elementary Algebra  MTWTh  11:10 - 12:20 pm  MATH 1416

Office Hours MTuWTh 9:45 - 11:10 am or by appointment

Student information

Pierce Math Club
Pierce Math Department Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Math help/tutoring links

Faculty information

Handouts/information (conference presentations) for faculty
AMATYC and MAA info
Beyond Crossroads Live!
"Terminate the Terminator" (at the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library classroom resources)
Pierce Math Department Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Math Department Webpage
Department Chair Webpage


Contact Information for Bruce Yoshiwara

Los Angeles Pierce College
6201 Winnetka Avenue, PMB 247
Woodland Hills, CA 91371-0001

Office (1409E) Telephone: (818) 710-4160
Department: (818) 719-6468
Department Fax: (818)710-3314
School Fax: (818) 710-9844

email address:   yoshiwbw@piercecollege.edu


Biography

Bruce Yoshiwara is a native of the Los Angeles area, with diplomas from Brockton Avenue Elementary, Daniel Webster Junior High, University High, and UCLA. (The most recent four degrees are all from UCLA: B.A., M.A., C.Phil., and Ph.D. in mathematics.)

Professor Yoshiwara has been teaching full-time at L.A. Pierce College since 1989, except for a Fulbright Teacher Exchange at Barnsley College, England, in 1998-1999, and a sabbatical leave in 2005-2006 (both with his lovely wife Professor Katherine Yoshiwara). He received the 2008 Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Southern California-Nevada Section of the MAA and a 2009 Teaching Excellence Award from AMATYC. He is co-author (Katherine is the principal author) of several algebra and pre-algebra textbooks. He is an associate editor for the online math journal Loci, a consultant for Project NExT, and a Consulting Colleague for Project ACCCESS. Professor Yoshiwara acts as the department liaison for both the MAA and CMC3, serves on the executive board of AMATYC, the advisory board of the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library, and the governing board of CMC3-South. He has been a Content Review Panelist evaluating instructional materials for California's 2007 Mathematics Primary Adoption, a member of the writing team for UCLA's Mathematics Content Program for Teachers, and the Implementation Coordinator for AMATYC's Beyond Crossroads.

At the time of writing, he is an avid (but slow) jogger, having compiled more than 100,000 miles of running.

A photo (52KB, June 2009)

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Last update: August 21, 2010