About Gene
Dr. Eugene Maier is past president and cofounder of The Math Learning Center, and professor emeritus of mathematical sciences at Portland State University. Earlier in his career, he was chair of the Department of Mathematics at Pacific Lutheran University and, later, professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon.
He has a particular interest in visual thinking as it relates to the teaching and learning of mathematics. He's coauthor of the Math and the Mind's Eye series and has developed many of the mathematical models and manipulatives that appear in Math Learning Center curriculum materials.
He has directed fourteen projects in mathematics education supported by the National Science Foundation and other agencies, has made numerous conference and inservice presentations, and has conducted inservice workshops and courses for mathematics teachers throughout the United States and in Tanzania.
