Dr. Beverly Wood is an associate professor of mathematics and statistics in the Mathematics, Science and Technology Department. She received a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a doctoral degree from the University of Virginia in Mathematics Education. Her doctoral dissertation was focused on the teaching and learning in introductory statistics. She joined Embry-Riddle in the fall of 2015 and earned tenure in 2021.
Before her graduate education, Dr. Wood worked in various administrative positions, including inventory control, purchasing, budgeting and project management in the healthcare, light industrial assembly and consumer products manufacturing industries.Â
Dr. Wood's research interests revolve around teaching and learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She is a co-PI on two NSF-funded IUSE grants: Humanistic STEM (#2120807​) and Community of Inquiry/Cognitive Load (#2044302). H-STEM focuses on the dependencies between the meta-disciplines of Humanities and STEM to highlight the need for both in educated citizens/employees. CoI/CL investigates the role that cognitive load plays into the higher-than-average DFW rates in online STEM courses.
Dr. Wood has been a long-standing member of the American Statistical Association and the Mathematics Association of America, engaged in their regional and interest-based group regarding statistics education. She is also a member of the National Numeracy Network and Adults Learning Mathematics, both of which attract international educators.
She and her husband love to travel, having visited all 50 states together and dozens of countries. They enjoy experiencing the ways that other humans live on this planet.
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Education: Mathematics Education, University of Virginia-Main Campus
M.S. - Master of Science in Mathematics Education, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: Math Programing, The University of Tampa
American Statistical Association
Mathematical Association of America
National Numeracy Network
Adults Learning Mathematics