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Home > Bernard L. Madison Bernard L. Madison by Bernard L. , Madison University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Bernard L. Madison is a mathematician and mathematics educator with thirty-five years of experience in research, teaching, university administration, and science policy. Professional experience: Bernie began his career at Louisiana State University, where for 13 years he was active in publishing mathematics research and teaching. In 1979, he accepted a position as Professor and Chair of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Ten years later, he was appointed Dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at Arkansas, a position he held until 1999. Since then he has been teaching and working on various projects in articulation, assessment, quantitative literacy and teacher education. During 2001, he was Visiting Mathematician at the Mathematical Association of America in Washington, DC. He continues to work with the MAA on several national projects. From 1985 to 1990, Bernie structured and directed the program "Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000" at the National Research Council, including the national colloquium, Calculus for a New Century. He worked with the College Board's® AP Calculus Program in several roles from 1983 to the present, including five years on the AP Calculus Committee and Chief Reader from 1995 to 1999. During 1999 and 2000, he served on the National Commission on the Future of the AP Program, which produced the 2001 report "Access to Excellence." He currently serves as a member of the College Board's Mathematics Academic Advisory Committe and the CB Southwest Region's AP Advisory Committee. Education: Bernie holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from Western Kentucky University. He also has his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Kentucky. Personal: Bernie is a first-generation college student who grew up on a farm in rural Kentucky, beginning his education in a one-room school at Sinking Springs. After his first year, the school closed and the students transferred to a three-room school at Rocky Hill. He is married to Sue Wood Madison; they have a son, Blair, and a daughter, Eva.

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