Instructor
Department of General Education University College

678-839-4139
mdevoe@westga.edu

Boyd Building - Room 106B
Office Hours
By appointment only

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Malcom Devoe, Ph.D.

Educator | Professor | Researcher

Devoe's current research focuses on and the implementation of Digital Game-Based Learning (DBGL) environments for advanced undergraduate and graduate applied mathematics courses such as vector analysis, differential equations, linear algebra, and mathematical biology and its effects on student learning. He's the director UWG Mathematics Teacher Conference, which provide pre-service and veteran teachers with useful information, practical suggestions and innovative strategies to design his/her mathematics learning environment or classroom as a dynamic center for student learning along with mentorship. He is also the coordinator of the STEM Conex Conference, where STEM majors are shown how mathematics and science content-knowledge is utilized by professionals in the STEM workforce and research institutions and develop positive mentor relationships among STEM faculty and the corporate STEM workforce professionals. As a result, this conference empowers STEM undergraduate and graduate majors to confidently be stimulated to lead themselves into a successful STEM career.  His additional interest combine applied mathematics, neuroscience, biology, and engineering, with a main focus on the dynamics and control of biological and technological networks.

  • B.S., Computer Science, Morehouse College, 2004
  • M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Georgia State University, 2012
  • Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics & Mathematics Education, Georgia State University, 2018

Spring 2021 Sections

  • MATH-0999 (Support for College Algebra) Section: 05Z
  • MATH-1111 (College Algebra) Section: L2B
  • MATH-1111 (College Algebra) Section: LCB
  • MATH-1113 (Precalculus) Section: 05

Fall 2020 Sections

  • MATH-0997 (Support for Quantitative Reas) Section: N01
  • MATH-0997 (Support for Quantitative Reas) Section: E1Z
  • MATH-0999 (Support for College Algebra) Section: 29Z
  • MATH-1001 (Quantitative Skills &Reasoning) Section: N03
  • MATH-1001 (Quantitative Skills &Reasoning) Section: N1Z
  • MATH-1001 (Quantitative Skills &Reasoning) Section: E1Z
  • MATH-1001 (Quantitative Skills &Reasoning) Section: E05
  • MATH-1001 (Quantitative Skills &Reasoning) Section: N01
  • MATH-1111 (College Algebra) Section: 29
  • MATH-1111 (College Algebra) Section: 29Z
  • MATH-1113 (Precalculus) Section: 1FG
  • MATH-1634 (Calculus I) Section: 03

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Fall 2018 Sections

Summer 2018 Sections

  • MATH-1501 (Calculus I) Section: 02G

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Spring 2015 Sections

  • MATH-1501 (Calculus I) Section: 50G

Round 'N' Round We Go!

STEM Connex Conference Proceedings

1st Annual STEM Connex Conference 2021 Proceedings

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests include College Geometry, Calculus of One Variable I, Calculus of One Variable II, Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, Vector Analysis, Differential Equations, and Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Biology, MATLAB Programming, and Math Models for Computer Science.

Research Interest

Research interests lie in the design of Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) environments for applied mathematics courses, and the implementation of complex dynamical systems and networks in mathematical biology and computational neuroscience.

Presentations

The Effects of Digital Game-Based Learning on Undergraduate Student Achievement and Motivation in A Calculus Course, Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference, Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA (2017)

The Effects of Digital Game-Based Learning on Undergraduate Student Achievement and Motivation in A Calculus Course, Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium, Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical & Health Science, Athens, GA 30602 (2017).

Digital Game-Based Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics, First-Year Experience Program, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2016).

Educational App Modeling and Game Design, GAMTE Conference, Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton, GA (2014).

Algebra and System of Equations with Epistemography of Algebra, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA(2012).

Cellular Neural Networks with Switching Connections, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2012).

Pade` Approximation, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2011).

Newton’s Method for Solving Nonlinear Systems, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2011).

Linear Finite Difference Method, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2011).

Equilibrium, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2011).

Membrane Potential, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2011).

Polynomial Cascading, Leadership Alliance National Symposium, Westfields Marriott Conference Center, Chantilly,VA (2003).

Polynomial Cascading, SMART Research Symposium, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (2003).

STEM Conference Proceedings

1st Annual STEM Connex Conference 2021