Lori Ferguson

Biography

Dr. Lori Ferguson taught seventh- and eighth-grade math in the Fairborn City School District for seven years. There, she served on curriculum and development committees, mentored first-year and pre-service teachers, and helped integrate the high school-level Algebra class into the junior high school. Professor Ferguson next taught third grade at Cedar Cliff Elementary School. She began working at Cedarville University in 2007 as a supervisor of teacher candidates in the Department of Education, which led to an adjunct position teaching math and eventually to a full-time faculty position.

Education and Credentials

• Ed.D. in Teaching Mathematics, University of Cincinnati
• M.S. in Educational Leadership, University of Dayton
• B.A. in Elementary Education, Cedarville University

Scholarly Works

• Creating Grit and Perseverance Through Critical Thinking (Lori Ferguson) Teacher Education Albania (2018)
• Games in the Mathematics Classroom (Lori Ferguson) Teacher Education Albania (2018)
• Is There More to Mathematics Than the Right Answer? (Lori Ferguson) Teacher Education Albania (2018)
• Pre-Service Teachers' Definitions of Academic and Mathematical Academic Language (Lori Ferguson and Shelly Sheats Harkness) The Ohio Journal of Teacher Education (2017)
• Tricky Topics in Mathematics (Lori Ferguson and Sarah Gilchrist) The Great Homeschool Convention (2016)

Interests

• Favorite places to visit: Any place with a beach, Mexico being near the top of the list.
• Hobbies: Reading, playing with my kids, scrapbooking, blogging

Why Cedarville?

I am at Cedarville because I am excited about learning alongside and participating with pre-service teachers in a way that allows them to glorify God wherever they go.