Paige Allison, Ph.D.
Gainesville, FL Advisor
Paige Allison, Ph.D. is an Educational Anthropologist, Academic Coach, and Mathematics Educator. She is retired from the University of Florida College of Education Emeritus, as a Lab School Professor at P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Florida. She is a native Floridian and a product of the Florida public education system graduating from Winter Haven High School. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mathematics Education and her Ph. D. in Cultural/Educational Anthropology from the University of Florida. Her research interests focus on effective and equitable mathematics education practices and methods for students at all levels, this interest comes from a deep love of teaching and working with students.
Dr. Allison has worked as a K-12, college, and university educator in Florida since 1983. Throughout her teaching career, she held leadership positions in the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Florida Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Alachua County Teachers of Mathematics, P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainesville High School, and North Marion High School. She served as a reviewer for Dimensions, the state mathematics journal, and on state test development & policy committees and as serving as a subject area expert. She was named the Florida Mathematics Teacher Educator of the Year in 2014.