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Jodi D. Acker

Principal Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Mathematics

Email: Jodi.Acker@unt.edu

Education

  • MS, Texas A&M University - Commerce, 2007
    Major: Mathematics
  • BS, Texas A&M University - Commerce, 2002
    Major: Mathematics

Licensures and Certifications

  • Certificate of Excellence in Teaching Online (CETO), UNT Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation (DSI). (2025 - Present).
  • Effective Teaching Practice Framework, ACUE: Association of College and University Educators. (2024 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • College Academic Support Programs. (April 2023 - Present).
  • National Organization for Student Success. (February 2023 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, CETO, UNT DSI CLEAR. United States of America. (August 20, 2025 - December 1, 2025).
  • Other (Training), ODA Annual Town Hall, Office of Disability Access (ODA). United States of America. (August 13, 2025).
  • Other (Training), UNT FERPA Training, UNT. United States of America. (July 17, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, 2025 Student Portraits Data Symposium, UNT. United States of America. (May 15, 2025).
  • Workshop (UNT/Teaching Series), Teaching Strategies Webinar Series, Dana Center/UNT Math Dept. United States of America. (March 27, 2025 - April 24, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Empowering Students as Learners, Charles A. Dana Center. United States of America. (November 2024 - April 11, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Holistic Wrap-Around Student Supports, Charles A. Dana Center. United States of America. (October 2024 - April 11, 2025).
  • Continuing Education Program, Dana Center Collaboration, UNT. United States of America. (April 2024 - April 7, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Designing and Improving Effective Math Corequisites, Charles A. Dana Center. United States of America. (September 27, 2024 - April 4, 2025).
  • Other (COS Brown Bag Lunch Series), Brown Bag Lunch with COS Associate Dean, College of Science. United States of America. (February 28, 2025 - March 21, 2025).
  • Other (Training), iClicker Cloud Introductory Training, iClicker (Macmillan Learning). United States of America. (March 17, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Level Up in STEM Math: Knowing Students’ Skill Level on Day 1, McGraw Hill. United States of America. (February 21, 2025).
  • Other (Webinar), Educator Stories: Developmental Math That Works, McGraw Hill. United States of America. (February 19, 2025).
  • Seminar, Cultivating student success and retention through structures supporting physics identity development, Dept of Physics. United States of America. (February 11, 2025).
  • Other (Training), UNT Faculty Mentoring Program, UNT. United States of America. (November 21, 2024).
  • Other (Training), Cybersecurity Awareness Training, UNT. United States of America. (August 21, 2024).
  • Other (Training), Ethics and Standards of Conduct, UNT. United States of America. (August 5, 2024).
  • Continuing Education Program, ACUE: Association of College and University Educators, UNT. United States of America. (May 2023 - May 2024).
  • Other (Training), PageUp Training, UNT. United States of America. (May 9, 2024).
  • Other (Webinar), Strengthen Corequisite Education in Texas, Charles A. Dana Center. United States of America. (April 5, 2024).
  • Other (Training), Insights 2.0, Insights Team at UNT. United States of America. (December 8, 2023).
  • Other (Meeting), WIMS Meeting, WIMS: Women In Mathematical Sciences. United States of America. (November 30, 2023).
  • Other (Training), Navigate Training for Faculty, UNT. United States of America. (October 11, 2023).
  • Other (Training), UNT Policies & Title IX, UNT. United States of America. (September 25, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, National Organization for Student Success (NOSS), Math Dept and Student Success (TSI). Nashville,Tennessee,United States of America. (March 2, 2023 - March 5, 2023).
  • Other (Training), SAP Concur (Request, Travel & Expense Reports), UNT. United States of America. (February 16, 2023).
  • Other (Training), Equity First: The Path to Inclusion and Belonging, UNT. United States of America. (December 12, 2022).
  • Other (Training), Gradescope Training, Gradescope. United States of America. (October 2022 - December 6, 2022).
  • Other (Training), Faculty Search Committee Training, UNT. United States of America. (November 17, 2022).
  • Workshop, ODA (Office of Disability Access) Presentation, NTFRG. United States of America. (November 14, 2022).
  • Other (Training), Teams & Canvas Studio, DSI CLEAR. United States of America. (October 10, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, TX Multiple Measures Assessment (MMA), THECB/CAPR. United States of America. (October 7, 2022).
  • Other (Training), FIRSTS: Faculty-Initiated Redesign of STEM Teaching for all Students, College of Science. United States of America. (May 6, 2022).
  • Seminar, Dr. Dewsbury, College of Science. United States of America. (February 16, 2022).
  • Other (Training), The Promise and Practice of Inclusive Classrooms, UNT Provost Office. United States of America. (February 16, 2022).
  • Other (Training), Inclusive Practices in the STEM Classroom, College of Science (UNT). United States of America. (December 9, 2021).
  • Other (Training), Working with d/Dear and Hard of Hearing students, Office of Disability Access. United States of America. (August 3, 2021).
  • Workshop, Microaggressions and Inclusive Language, Academic Affairs. United States of America. (March 25, 2021).
  • Other (Training), Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues, UNT. United States of America. (March 16, 2021).
  • Other (Training), Student Evaluations & Treatment of Female Professors & TAs: Acknowledging the Reality & Setting Expectations, WIMS (Women in Mathematical Sciences) at UNT. United States of America. (February 4, 2021).
  • Other (Training), Faculty Search Committee Training, UNT. United States of America. (December 11, 2020).
  • Other (Training), Diversity and Inclusion Training, UNT. United States of America. (October 29, 2020).
  • Other (Training), Bias Awareness & Perceptions Training, UNT. United States of America. (October 27, 2020).
  • Other (Training), Accommodating Disabilities for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness, UNT. United States of America. (October 22, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Achieving 100% Corequisites, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (August 14, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), The Brightening Path: Placement Strategies, Readiness and Corequisite Support, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (August 12, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Creating Effective Learning Environments at a Distance, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (July 31, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Engaging in Rapid-Cycle Approaches to Corequisite Improvement, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (July 24, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Corequisite Course Coordinators, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (July 17, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), The Lenses We Employ in our Equity Work: Moving from Deficit to Anti-Deficit Approaches to Serving Students, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (July 10, 2020).
  • Other (Training), COVID-19 Safety Training Part 2, UNT. United States of America. (July 7, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Collaborative Learning for Virtual Corequisites, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (June 26, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), Multiple Measures Assessment and Reporting, Texas Corequisite Project. United States of America. (June 24, 2020).
  • Other (Training), COVID-19 Safety Training Part 1, UNT. United States of America. (June 19, 2020).
  • Other (Training), Title IX & Sexual Harassment Training, UNT. United States of America. (November 21, 2019).
  • Other (Training), New Faculty Orientation, UNT. United States of America. (August 13, 2019 - August 14, 2019).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • MATH 1100 - Algebra, 25 courses.
  • MATH 1580 - Survey of Mathematics with Applications, 1 course.
  • MATH 340 - Integrated Pre and Beginning Algebra, 23 courses.
  • MATH 350 - Beginning Algebra, 2 courses.
  • UGMT 1200 - Tutorial Option B in Developmental Mathematics, 1 course.
  • UGMT 1300 - Tutorial Option C in Developmental Mathematics, 11 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Promotion to Principal Lecturer, University of North Texas.
  • Faculty Service Award, Department of Mathematics. (April 26, 2024).

Research

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Acker, J.D., Barber, M.A., De La Rosa, L.E., "College-Level At-Risk Retention Proposal," sponsored by UNT President's Office, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Other (Organizer and Attendee), Math Hallway Conversations. (September 2025 - Present).
  • Other (Organizer and Attendee), Professional Math Faculty Monthly Luncheons. (September 2025 - Present).
  • Other (Collaborator), ACCESS Mentors & Math 340. (April 2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Developmental Edu. Committee. (March 2025 - Present).
  • Director, Early Math Support (EMS) Director. (June 2024 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Math Dept Meetings. (2023 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, T3AMS: Texas Association of Academic Administrators in Mathematical Sciences. (April 8, 2021 - Present).
  • Other (Lecturer Responsibility), Classroom Visitations. (October 2019 - Present).
  • Other (Course Coordinator), MATH 340 Coordinator. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Other (Course Coordinator), MATH 350 Coordinator. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Reference Writer, Letter of Recommendations. (2019 - Present).
  • Other (Advocate), Advocate for Math Lecturer Promotion. (November 12, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Special Math Meeting. (October 31, 2025).
  • Committee Member, DAST: Promotion Committee. (September 26, 2025 - October 20, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Deepening Corequisites Across Texas (DCAT) Convening. (October 16, 2025 - October 17, 2025).
  • Committee Member, Math Lecturer Promotion Committee. (September 22, 2025 - October 8, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Lower Level Math Teacher Meeting. (September 19, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TSI Math Coordinator Meeting. (May 14, 2025).
  • Discussant, UNT WIMS: Women In Mathematics & Science. (March 27, 2025).
  • Other (Meet with Candidates), Assist Lecturer Search Committee. (February 19, 2025 - February 26, 2025).
  • Member, Online Proctoring Platform Evaluations. (February 12, 2025 - February 18, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, UNT Athletics & Math Dept (TSI students). (December 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Discuss Previous Math Initiatives. (November 20, 2024).
  • Other (Administrator of Kahoot Accounts), Kahoot Administrator. (August 2023 - September 2024).
  • Other (Liaison), Gradescope/Paper to Digital (P2D). (May 2023 - August 2024).
  • Other (EMS Lab Coordinator), Early Math Support Lab. (January 2023 - June 2024).
  • Other (Dev Math Coordinator), Review Adjunct Applicants for Dev. Math. (May 2022 - June 2024).
  • Member, Partnership with TSI Office. (October 2019 - June 2024).
  • Other (Coordinator), TSI Math Coordinator. (January 2023 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Evaluation Committee (LEC). (August 2022 - May 2024).
  • Other (Meet with Candidates), Assist Lecturer Search Committee. (February 2024 - March 2024).
  • Committee Member, TSI Office + Math Dept. (February 2022 - March 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Math Placement Test Committee. (September 5, 2023).
  • Program Coordinator, Summer Bridge 2023. (April 13, 2023 - August 4, 2023).
  • Other (Teaching Mentor), Teaching Mentor for Grad. Students teaching DMAT. (March 3, 2022 - May 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, Math Faculty Mentor. (August 2021 - May 2023).
  • Other (Course Co-Coordinator), MATH 1100 Co-Coordinator. (June 2021 - May 2023).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Search Committee for Dev. Math (2 Positions). (October 21, 2022 - April 24, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Summer Bridge 2022. (April 2022 - January 25, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Academic Misconduct Appeals Committee. (December 15, 2022 - January 2, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (July 2020 - August 2022).
  • Committee Member, Instructional Lab Supervisor Search Committee. (April 14, 2022 - May 2022).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer II Search Committee. (November 2021 - April 2022).
  • Chairperson, Lecturer I Search Committee. (November 2021 - March 2022).
  • Committee Member, Visiting Lecturer Search Committee. (June 2021 - July 2021).
  • Committee Member, Math Ed Search Committee. (November 2020 - April 2021).
  • Committee Member, Academic Misconduct Appeals Committee. (April 6, 2021 - April 23, 2021).
  • Other (Reviewer), TX Online Summer Bridge with NROC. (May 11, 2020 - May 15, 2020).
  • Attendee, Meeting, UTA Interviews. (April 8, 2020 - April 22, 2020).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Search Committee (Math). (September 2019 - March 2020).
  • Committee Member, Adjunct Teaching Award Selection Committee. (March 16, 2020).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TSI Placement Discussion. (February 4, 2020).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TSI and Math Lab Meeting. (October 4, 2019).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Early Start Meeting. (September 26, 2019).

Consulting

  • Other (Member of Advisory Board), Pearson: Developmental Math Advisory Board, United States of America. (October 18, 2024 - March 17, 2025).