Camille A. McKayle
was appointed Interim Dean of the Division of Science and Mathematics
in August, 2008. She received her B.S. in Mathematics from Bates
College, Lewiston ME, and went on to receive her Ph.D., also in
Mathematics, from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem PA. She taught for
three years at Lafayette College, Easton PA, before moving to the
Virgin Islands in 1996, where she remains Associate Professor of
Mathematics at the University of the Virgin Islands.
Dr. McKayle served
as co-Principal Investigator and project director for the NSF
Historically Black College and University Undergraduate Program
(HBCU-UP) project at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), as
well as a variety of other grant projects at the university that aimed
to strengthen the quality of the preparation of UVI students in science
and mathematics, with an overall goal of increasing the number of
students that choose graduate study in a Science, Technology,
Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) disciplines or choose to enter into
the STEM workforce.
From 2005 - 2008,
Dr. McKayle served at the National Science Foundation, in the role of
Program Officer for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Undergraduate Program in the Division of Human Resource Development, in
the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. This program reaches
approximately 59 of the 103 HBCUs through planning grants,
implementation grants, education research grants and discipline
specific targeted infusion grants.
In addition to her
classroom activities, McKayle has been quite active in a variety of
outreach activities aimed at increasing interest in science and
mathematics for students in grades 3 through 12. These activities
include GEMS (Girls Exploring Math Stuff ) for 6th grade girls, MathLab
for students in third through seventh grade, Science Awareness Saturday
Academies and Summer Science Enrichments Academies. Through these
activities, she tries to relay her love and enjoyment of mathematics to
elementary, middle, and high school students.
Dr. McKayle
endeavors to encourage a collegial atmosphere in the Division of
Science and Mathematics where students and faculty collaborate in
learning and research which may begin in, but transcend the classroom
setting.