Christopher Dennis Nazelli (ac3361)

Mathematics, Center for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics

1091 Faculty/Administration Building

• Mathematics education
• Teacher preparation and professional learning
• Lesson study

Selected publications

• Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Zopf, D. (2024). Enhancing preservice teachers' mathematical knowledge through writing: From peer review to inter-institutional conversations. In M. Colonnese, T. Casa, & F. Cardetti (Eds.), Illuminating and advancing the path for mathematical writing research (pp. 62-92). IGI Global
• Lewis, J. M., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., French, K., & Hernandez, L. (2023). Professional development for human flourishing. In P. Drijvers, C. Csabodi, H. Palmér,  K. Gosztoniy, & E. Kónya (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 3243-3250). Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Science, and ERME
• Meagher, M., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Edwards, M. T. (2023). Project CRAFTeD: An adapted lesson study for pre-service mathematcs teachers. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1) (pp. 523-531). Reno, NV: University of Nevada
• Nazelli, C., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2023). Mathematics lesson study for early professional learning with novel partnerships. In S. Dotger, G. Matney, K. Chandler-Olcott, J. Heckathorn, and M. Fox (Eds.), Lesson study with mathematics and science preservice teachers: Finding the form (pp. 192-203). Routledge
• Nazelli, C., Zopf, D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022). Engaging elementary pre-service teachers with high leverage mathematical practices. In P. Jenlink (Ed.), Mathematics as the science of patterns: Making the invisible visible through teaching (pp. 185-204). Information Age Publishing
• Lewis, J. M., & Nazelli, C. (2022). What remains? A longitudinal study of the effects of curated field experiences for preservice mathematics teachers. In J. Hodgen, E. Geraniou, G. Bolondi, & F. Ferretti (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (p. 3194). Free University of Bozen-Bolazano and ERME
• Lewis, J. M., Özgün-Koca, S. A., Hernandez, L., Nazelli, C., & French, K. (2022). Does the choice of observation instrument matter? The Mathematics Educator. 30 (2), 33-63

Selected presentations

• Özgün-Koca, S. A., Nazelli, C., & Zopf, D. (February, 2024). Mathematical Writing to Scaffold Elementary Preservice Teacher Learning. Session presented at the Twenty-eighth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). Orlando, Florida
• Lebiedzik, C., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., Schultz, S. (January, 2024). The Academy of Teachers' Lesson Study Faculty Learning community: Breaking the Habits of Disengagement. Inaugural Mathematics Teaching and Learning Seminar, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University
• Lewis, J., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., French, K., & Hernandez, L. (November, 2023). Lesson Study for Human Flourishing. Session presented at the Annual Conference of the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS). Zwolle, Netherlands
• Lewis, J., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., French, K., & Hernandez, L. (July, 2023). Professional Development for Human Flourishing. Session presented at the Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME). Budapest, Hungary
• Nazelli, C., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (April, 2022). Lesson Study as Feedback System. Roundtable session presented at Closing the Loop, Wayne State University Office of Teaching and Learning, Academy of Teachers, and SSTEPS Teaching Conference. Detroit, MI
• Hardamon, K., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A. (April, 2021). Project REALM: High Quality Professional Development to Support and Nurture Lesson Study. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Virtual
• Nazelli, C., Balogh, J., & Chrzan, M. (January, 2020). The WSU Math Corps: Empowering Children through Mentoring and Mathematics. Session presented at the STEM Education and Social Justice Conference. Oahu, HI: University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Zopf, D. (February, 2019). Reforming a Mathematics Course for Elementary Teachers via the APEX Cycle. Session presented at the Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). Orlando, FL
• Nazelli, C. (June, 2018). Lesson Study: An Introduction. Session presented at the Realizing Equity and Achievement through Learning Mathematics (REALM) Lesson Study Open House. Detroit, MI: Mackenzie Elementary-Middle School
• Lewis, J. & Nazelli, C. (March, 2017). Lesson Study and Higher Education. Session presented at the Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MI-AMTE) Conversations Among Colleagues Conference Pre-Conference Workshop. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University
• Rubenstein, R., Elliott, R., Ghousseini, H., Shaughnessy, J. M., Nazelli, C., & McLeod, M. (January, 2016). Multiple Models for Practice-Based Teacher Development. Session presented at the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). Irving, CA
• Lewis, J., Özgün-Koca, S. A., Hardamon, K., Hernandez, L., Isaksen, S., McLeod, M., & Nazelli, C. (April, 2015). What a Difference a Difference Makes: Comparing Outcomes on Different Observational Instruments for Teacher Evaluation. Session presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Chicago, IL

• Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction - Mathematics Education, Wayne State University, 2021
• M.A. in Mathematics, Wayne State University, 1996
• B.A. in Mathematics (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Wayne State University, 1994

• Department of Mathematics Faculty Service Award, 2024
• Office of Teaching and Learning Faculty Travel Grant, 2023
• Inducted, WSU Academy of Teachers, 2021
• Community Telecommunications Network Grant, 2018
• NSF WIDER/SSTEPS Grant Fellow, 2016-2018
• President's Excellence in Teaching Award, 2011
• College of Science Teaching Award, 1999
• Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Mathematics, 1996

• Instructor, Director, Site-Development Consultant, WSU Math Corps 1997 - Present
• Participant, IMPULS Lesson Study Immersion Program, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2015 
• Lesson study facilitator, Warren Woods Public Schools 2014 - 2018; WSU Project REALM (Realizing Equity and Achievement through Literacy and Mathematics), 2016 - 2020
• Facilitator and participant, WSU Lesson Study Faculty Learning Community, 2019 - 2021 (Supported by NSF WIDER/SSTEPS Grant)
• Facilitator and participant, WSU Academy of Teachers' Lesson Study Faculty Learning Community, 2023 - Present (Supported by the Office of the Provost)

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