Nicole M. Wessman-Enzinger

Nicole M. Wessman-Enzinger

Nicole M. Wessman-Enzinger, PhD, is an associate professor of education at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.Her primary role at the university is to prepare future K–12 teachers to teach mathematics, but her favorite aspect of this work is helping these future teachers redefine their relationships with mathematics. She enjoys exploring mathematics deeply and creatively with them. Formerly, she was a high school mathematics teacher in Illinois, where she learned from her students and her colleagues (like the incredible mathematics teachers at the Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago).

Dr. Wessman-Enzinger is a member of various professional organizations, including the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She regularly presents at national and international mathematics education conferences. Her work on students’ conceptions of numbers, mathematical mistakes, and joy in mathematics is published in various journals. She especially enjoys studying children’s thinking about numbers as a way of recognizing students as mathematicians in classrooms.

Dr. Wessman-Enzinger received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and mathematics education from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, a master’s degree in mathematics and mathematics education from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and her doctorate from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.