He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, with the UTeach program, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Wasserman was an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX for two years prior to his appointment here, where he led and developed their graduate program in mathematics education. He taught mathematics for six years at the secondary level, in both a large public school in Austin and a private school in Manhattan, receiving the 2008 R.L. Moore Award for Best Inquiry Lesson from the University of Texas at Austin.