Candidate, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 21, 2014

No caucus information on file.

Arts and Technical Contractor

Visual Arts Coordiantor, Contractor, 2008-2014

Instructor of Mathematics, Hiwassee College, 2010-2012

Instructor of Mathematics, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 2004-2008

Instructor of Mathematics, Pellissipppi State Technical Community College, 2001-2002

Instructor of Mathematics, University of West Georgia, 1998-2001

Instructor of Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, 1996-1998

Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics, Northeast State Technical Community College, 1997-1998

Teaching Assistant, East Tennessee State University, 1994-1996

Coordinator, Child Find Project, Johnson City Schools, 1991-1994

Tutor/Peer Mentor, Student Support Services, East Tennessee State University, 1989-1992

Substitute Teacher/Teaching Assistant, Sweetwater City Schools, 1986-1988

Advisory Board Member, Artists Association of Monroe County, 2014-present

Program Committee Member, Tennessee Disability MegaConference, 2012-present

Member, American Association of University Professors, 1997-2015

Member, American Association of University Professors, 1997-2014

Membership Coordinator, Artists Association of Monroe County, 2011-2014

Member, Phi Kappa Phi, 1996-2014

Member, United Campus Workers-CWA Local 3865, 2014

Co-author, State-Wide High School Mathematics Contest Algebra II Exam, Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association, 2013

Special Knowledge Group on Accessibility, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2012

Advisory Board Member, Marcella Center for the Arts and Education, 2010-2012

Board Member, Open Doors Tennessee , 2009-2012

County Contact for Monroe County, Autism Society of America, East Tennessee Chapter, 2008-2011

Program Graduate, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities Partners in Policymaking and Leadership, 2010

Co-Presenter, Smoky Mountain Mathematics Educators Association, 2002

Stastics Examination Co-author, Tennesssee Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges, 2001

Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Disability Services, University of West Georgia, 1998, 1999, 2000

Graduate Student Representative, Student Affairs Committee, Graduate Council, East Tennessee State University, 1995-1996

Awards:

Arc Community Service Award Nominee, 2012; Arts & Humanities Award, Johnson City Division of Parks and Recreation, 2012; VSA National Award for Excellence in Leadership in the Arts, 2011; VSA Arts TN Volunteer of the Year, 2009; Thompson Award for Teaching Excellence, TWC nominee 2006; Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, Mathematics Section; Tennessee Academy of Sciences, 1995.

Publications:

P. Weston; ?Superheroes Unite?, Breaking Ground Annual Arts Issue, Number 68, 2012; P. Weston; ?Animation and Foley?, Breaking Ground Annual Arts Issue, Number 68, 2012; P. Torbett, J. Boland, and L. Lawson; "Stability of Eccentricity Sequences in Graphs", Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 118, 1996; B. Gardner, P. Torbett, A. Weems; "Decompositions of the Complete Digraph into each of the Orientations of a 4-Cycle which admit a Certain Automorphism", Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 120; 1996; P. Torbett, J. Boland, and L. Lawson; "Eccentricity Sequences of Graphs: Preliminary Results", Abstract; Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 1; Winter (January) 1996; "Eccentricity Sequences of Graphs: Preliminary Results", the 105th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science Bowling Green, Kentucky, Nov. 1995; G. Cooker, B. Gardner, P. Torbett, and A. Weems; "Bicycle Decompositions of the Complete Digraph into each of the Orientations of a 4-Cycle", Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Vol. 37, 2001, 43-52.