Faculty Biography
http://faculty.etsu.edu/stephen/
Dr. Daryl Stephens teaches mostly math education courses. Previously he taught learning support courses, initially in the Division of Developmental Studies, which was absorbed into the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in 2003. He has served as associate chair of the department since 2011, and as such is in charge of setting the schedule of classes for each semester. He served as interim department chair from 2023-25. He assists in advising students who are math majors with a concentration in secondary education and math minors. He holds a B.S. in Ed. in elementary education and an M.Ed. in public school administration from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas, Denton), an M.S. in mathematics from Texas Woman's University, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Tennesee - Knoxville. His early teaching career was as a junior high math teacher and as a fifth grade teacher in the McKinney (Texas) Independent School District, then taught as a part-time and temporary faculty member at several two-year colleges before coming to ETSU in 1994.
Dr. Stephens served two terms as president of the Upper East Tennessee Council of Mathematics and is currently the webmaster. He served one term as president of the Tennessee Association for Developmental Education (now Tennessee Association for Student Success and Retention) and several terms in other offices on its board, and served as math network chair for the National Association for Developmental Education (now National Organization for Student Success). He currently serves as high school contest coordinator for the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers' Association. He has made conference presentations for each of these organizations. He is also a member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and its Tennessee chapter.
Outside of ETSU, he sings in his church's chancel choir and The Civic Chorale (where he serves as board secretary) and plays in his church's adult handbell choir. He is a member of the Handbell Musicians of America. He has begun a three-year term on the design team for Music and Worship Arts Week at Lake Junaluska, NC, overseeing the handbell area.