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Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D.
in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Before retiring, Mike taught at Chicago
State for 35 years, where he honed an approach to teaching and writing that forms the foundation
for his textbooks. His publications include Finite Mathematics, College Algebra, Algebra and Trig-
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onometry, Precalculus, Business Calculus, Engineering Calculus, and AP Calculus.
Mike is a member of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, the
American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Text-
book and Academic Authors Association. Mike serves on the governing board of TAA and
creator organizations in the United States. Several of his texts have received TAA’s McGuffey
Longevity Award. In 2007, he was awarded the TAA Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2023
the Alumni Award for Excellence from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago.
His influence in the field of mathematics extends to his four children: Kathleen, who
teaches college mathematics; Michael III, who also teaches college mathematics, and who is
his coauthor on two precalculus series; Dan, who is a sales director for a college textbook pub-
lishing company; and Colleen, who teaches middle-school and secondary school mathematics.
Twelve grandchildren round out the family.
Mike would like to dedicate this text to his four children, 12 grandchildren, and future
generations.
Kathleen Miranda
Kathleen Miranda, Ed.D. from St. John’s University, is an Emeritus Associate Professor of the
State University of New York (SUNY), where she taught for 25 years. Kathleen is a recipient of
the prestigious New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and she partic-
ularly enjoys teaching mathematics to underprepared and fearful students. Kathleen has served
as director of Curriculum and Assessment Development at SUNY Old Westbury.
In addition to her extensive classroom experience, Kathleen has worked as accuracy
reviewer and solutions author on several mathematics textbooks, including Michael Sullivan’s
Brief Calculus and Finite Mathematics. Kathleen’s goal is to help students unlock the complex-
ities of calculus and appreciate its many applications.
thesiologist in Philadelphia; Kathleen, a chemical engineer who directs a biologics division at a
Kathleen has four children: Edward, a plastic surgeon in San Francisco; James, an anes-
major pharmaceutical firm; and Michael, a corporate strategy specialist and entrepreneur.
Kathleen would like to dedicate this text to her children and grandchildren.
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