Vanessa Pham

Biography

Vanessa Pham began teaching in 2021 and joined the Spelman faculty in 2025. Her research focuses on financial mathematics and adaptive learning, including recent work on how adaptive learning strategies can strengthen student engagement and success. She is particularly interested in how data-driven teaching strategies can empower students from diverse backgrounds and improve outcomes in foundational STEM courses.

Education:

• Ph.D., Mathematics (in progress), University of Central Florida
• M.S., Financial Mathematics, University of Central Florida
• B.S., Mathematics, University of Central Florida

Courses Taught:

• General Statistics
  
• Contemporary Mathematics

Publications:

• Pham, Vanessa Tien; Chakraborty, Piyali; and Ait Maalem Lahcen, Rachid, "Exploring the Role of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Facilitating Adaptive Learning" (2025). Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. 7. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/topr/7 

Research Interest:

• Applied Mathematics
  
• Financial Mathematics
  
• Adaptive Learning in Higher Education