Steven R. Benson is a senior research and development associate at Education Development Center, Inc. Before joining EDC in June 2000, he held mathematics faculty positions at St. Olaf College, Santa Clara University, University of New Hampshire, and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and is currently a co-director of the Master of Science for Teachers program at the University of New Hampshire. At EDC, Benson has been involved in a wide variety of projects, most of which involve the development of curricula for mathematics students and teachers. He has also facilitated preservice and inservice teacher professional development workshops across the U.S., directed a research project investigating the genesis and development of mathematical talent in Mathematical Olympians, and edited the problem calendar section of the Mathematics Teacher journal published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois, working under the direction of Leon McCulloh in algebraic number theory.
