Joyce Walborn is a mathematics faculty member at Helena College University of Montana and currently oversees their math pathways and corequisite efforts. She has served on the Montana Math Pathways Taskforce, the Montana Corequisite Implementation Steering Committee and the Mathematics for Healthcare Applications Workgroup for the Montana University System.

At Helena College she led the effort to develop and implement math pathways which has resulted in increased student enrollment in math courses for non-STEM majors and a decrease in enrollment in College Algebra. She developed and implemented the corequisite remediation model for Contemporary Math and, because this option does not require a minimum placement score, the number of students completing their college level mathematics requirement during their first semester has increased substantially. In addition to offering corequisite remediation to Helena College students, Joyce recently extended the corequisite mathematics experience to include high school dual enrollment students, providing them with the opportunity to complete their college level mathematics prior to leaving high school. She recently extended the corequisite option to College Algebra students and as a result, the number of developmental classes offered at Helena College has decreased substantially.

Joyce holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Science and Computer Science from the University of Washington and a master’s degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Montana where her studies focused on understanding how underprepared mathematics students learn.