She received a BA in Mathematics from Lenoir-Rhyne University, and an MA in Middle Grades Mathematics Education from Appalachian State University. She received her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Gardner-Webb University, where her dissertation research was a responsive program evaluation of a beginning teacher mentoring program. She has worked with mathematics education in different capacities in a variety of settings such as K-12, community and four-year colleges, and at district and state levels. She has presented at numerous professional development workshops and conferences on topics such as mentoring programs, beginning teacher support, instructional design, contextual teaching and learning, teacher collaboration, and a wide range of mathematics topics. Christina Tondevold