Roza Rusinek Oral History

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DescriptionRoza Rusinek, a retired mathematics and computer science faculty member at Queensborough Community College, recounts her educational and career path. Rusinek discusses her early life and education in Poland, where she obtained a master's degree at the University of Warsaw, and her decision to immigrate to the United States in 1969. Rusinek continued her education at Yeshiva University, where she earned a PhD in theoretical probability; she joined the faculty of Queensborough Community College in 1978, where she taught a variety of courses (including calculus, linear algebra, and probability and statistics) for 40 years until her retirement in 2018. Regarding her career at Queensborough, Rusinek reflects on the tenure and promotion process, the integration of new technology and new courses into mathematics curricula, and how her involvement in the college-wide disciplinary committee deeply impacted her approach to teaching. Rusinek also touches on the independence and autonomy she enjoyed in regards to teaching and grading, workplace relationships among the mathematics department's faculty, and changes at Queensborough over the years that have impacted the mathematics department and its students.InterviewerWallach, PatrickIntervieweeRusinek, RozaSourceInterview conducted as part of the Queensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project.Date RecordedInterview recorded: December 11, 2023

CollectionQueensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project

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