Paula McKenna

Paula McKenna (San Antonio College) is a native Texan who received a B.S. in mathematics, graduating "magna cum laude," and an M.S. in mathematics, from the University of Texas at San Antonio. As a young adult she worked in the business world before realizing that she wanted to finish her education. She knew that teaching was her avocation the first day she walked into a classroom. After teaching at her alma mater, she elected to move to the community college classroom and joined the faculty at...See more

Paula McKenna (San Antonio College) is a native Texan who received a B.S. in mathematics, graduating "magna cum laude," and an M.S. in mathematics, from the University of Texas at San Antonio. As a young adult she worked in the business world before realizing that she wanted to finish her education. She knew that teaching was her avocation the first day she walked into a classroom. After teaching at her alma mater, she elected to move to the community college classroom and joined the faculty at San Antonio College in 1994. Her motivation to write a developmental mathematics textbook came from her students. Paula is determined to write a text that is both mathematically accurate and easily understood by developmental students. She asked Honey Kirk to join her in this endeavor and they worked together, writing each chapter as they teach it. Honey Kirk (Palo Alto College) received a B.A. in mathematics and psychology from Washington and Jefferson College, an M.A. in education from Pepperdine University, and an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio. As an army wife of 30 years, she taught mathematics to all ages in many states, as well as overseas in Germany and Korea. She and her husband are now settled in Texas where Honey is a community college professor at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. As an empty-nester, she decided it was time to incorporate all the great teaching strategies she learned through the years from her students and colleagues and write a series of developmental math textbooks. See less