Dargan Frierson, Jr.
Department of
Mathematics and Statistics
OFFICE: (910) 962-3290
HOME: (910) 762-4576
EDUCATION:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1999-present Professor of Mathematics
and Statistics
1982-1999 Associate Professor of
Mathematical Sciences
1991-1994 Assistant Dean, College
of Arts & Sciences
1982-1983 Chairman, Dept. of
Mathematical Sciences
1986-1990 Director of Academic
Computing Services, UNC-Wilmington
1982-1986 Adjunct Associate
Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Institute of Marine Biomedical Research
(IMBR - now CMSR)
1977-1982 Assistant Professor of
Mathematical Sciences
1977-1982 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematical Statistics, IMBR
PUBLICATIONS (since
1995):
1. Meagher,
E.M., McLellan, W.A., Westgate, A.J., Wells, R.S.,
Frierson, D., Pabst, D.A. The relationship between heat flow
and vasculature in the dorsal fin of wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus.
The Journal of Experimental Biology. (2002)
2. Navigations through Probability: Grades
6-8, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2003, (with G. Bright, J.
Tarr, and C. Thomas)
3. "Precocial Development of
Axial Locomotor Muscle in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)",
Journal of Morphology (2000) 244:203-215 (with J. Dearolf,
4."Two Genes of
Major Effect on Hypoxic Exercise Tolerance Localize to Chromosomes 14 and 16 in
the Mouse" in Progress in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude
Physiology, p. 408-412, Dogura & Co. Ltd,
Kyoto, Japan (1998) (with R. D. McCall).
5. “Inheritance of
Hypoxic Exercise Tolerance in Mice”, Behaviour
Genetics, vol. 27, No.3, 1997, pages 181-190. With R. Dale
McCall.
6."A Framework
for Assessing Knowledge and Learning in Statistics (K-8)" (with Susan Friel (UNCCH), George Bright (UNCG), and Gary Kader (ASU)), Chapter 5 in The Assessment Challenge in
Statistics Education, edited by Iddo Gal and Joan
Garfield, 1997, The International Statistics Institute, IOS Press, Amsterdam.
OTHER REPRESENTATIVE
PUBLICATIONS:
1. "HPNS Type II
Seizure in Mice", Journal of Heredity, Vol.76, (March,1985),
p.89-94,(with R.D. McCall).
2. "Evidence that
Two Loci Predominantly Determine the Difference in Susceptibility to the High
Pressure Neurologic Syndrome Type I Seizure in
Mice", Genetics, Vol.99, p.285-307, Oct.,1981. (with R.D. McCall).
CONSULTING:
1. Consulted with faculty, graduate students and
undergraduates in Biological Sciences,
Marine Sciences,
Center for Marine Science Research, Anthropology, Nursing.
2. Consulted with Applied Analytical Research
(AAI), Division of Regulatory Affairs.
3. Consulted with Zeid,
Inc., Pharmaceutical Consulting firm
4. Served on numerous graduate student thesis
committees
5. Served on numerous undergraduate honors
committees
MS THESES DIRECTED IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS:
1. Jin Wen (2001)
2. Francine Smith (2001)
3. Emily Johnson (2003)
4. Ying Wang (2002)
TEACHING/CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT:
1. Developed the statistics curriculum in the
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2. Taught all undergraduate and graduate
statistics courses in the department
3. Had a leading role in the development of the
proposed BS degree in Statistics
4. Regional director/developer of Teach-Stat
curriculum for elementary teachers in N.C.
sponsored
through the N.C. Science and
5. Teacher in the PRIME program, NSF grant for
in-service professional development of
elementary/middle
school teachers at the