Dr. Shaw is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Northern Iowa. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. While he was at Michigan, he won the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. He's also won teaching awards at the Universities of Illinois, Minnesota, and Northern Iowa. He's published on the Collatz Conjecture, the teaching of calculus, and all sorts of other things including a problem that was discovered during an MMSS session. In addition to writing books on teaching calculus, a pre-calculus textbook, and collaborative creativity he is a combinatorist and a big fan of graph theory and game theory. He's directed an improv comedy troupe, a storytelling show, livestreams a puppet show, and loves action and games of many kinds.