Susanna S. Epp

Susanna Samuels Epp is an author and mathematician. Her interests include discrete mathematics and mathematical logic.

She holds degrees in mathematics from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, where she completed her doctorate in 1968 under the supervision of Irving Kaplansky.^[1] She is currently professor emerita at De Paul University. She is the author of several books including Discrete Mathematics with Applications, Brooks/Cole (Cengage Learning).

In 2005, she received the Louise Hay Award from the Association for Women in Mathematics.^[2] and a Textbook Excellence Award for the third edition of Discrete Mathematics with Applications from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.^[3]

Selected publications

• Epp, S.S., Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 4th ed., Brooks/Cole (Cengage Learning), 2011. ISBN 978-0-495-39132-6
• Epp, S.S., Variables in Mathematics Education. In Tools for Teaching Logic. Blackburn, P., van Ditmarsch, H., et al., eds. Springer Publishing, 2011. (Reprinted in Best Writing on Mathematics 2012, M. Pitici, Ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Nov. 2012.)
• Epp, S.S., V. Durand-Guerrier, et al. Argumentation and proof in the mathematics classroom. In Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, G. Hanna & M. de Villiers Eds. Springer Publishing. (co-authors: V. Durand-Guerrier, P. Boero, N. Douek, D. Tanguay), 2012.
• Epp, S.S., V. Durand-Guerrier, et al. Examining the role of logic in teaching proof. In Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, G. Hanna & M. de Villiers Eds. Springer Publishing, 2012.
• Epp, S.S., Proof Issues with Existential Quantification. In Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education: ICMI Study 19 Conference Proceedings, F. L. Lin et al eds., National Taiwan Normal University, 2009.
• Epp, S.S., The Use of Logic in Teaching Proof. In Resources for Teaching Discrete Mathematics. B. Hopkins, ed. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 2009, pp. 313–322.
• Epp, S.S., The Role of Logic in Teaching Proof, American Mathematical Monthly (110)10, Dec. 2003, 886-899
• Epp, S.S., The Language of Quantification in Mathematics Instruction. In Developing Mathematical Reasoning in Grades K-12. Lee V. Stiff, Ed. Reston, VA: NCTM Publications, 1999, 188-197.
• Epp, S.S., The Role of Proof in Problem Solving. In Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving. Alan H. Schoenfeld, Ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 1994, 257-269.

References

1. Susanna S. Epp at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. Fifteenth Annual Louise Hay Award Citation: Susanna S. Epp, retrieved 2015-08-29
3. Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 3rd Ed. Author: Susanna Epp, retrieved 2016-04-04

External links

• Susanna Epp's webpage at De Paul