Gallo, Michael

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Emeritus Faculty | College of Aeronautics

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Personal Overview

After spending 45 years in education (the last 33 years at Florida Tech), I retired August 2021. I began my professional career in 1976 as a junior high school mathematics teacher in Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools and concluded it as a tenured professor in the College of Aeronautics. With respect to the former, I taught mathematics at the junior high, senior high, and community college levels. At Florida Tech my primary focus was with the graduate programs in both the (former) Science and Mathematics Education Department and the College of Aeronautics where I taught master’s and doctoral students how to plan, conduct, and report research via courses in research design and statistics. I also was the major advisor to 34 doctoral students who successfully completed their program.

Some of the highlights of my career at Florida Tech include: (a) being part of a four-person team that connected the university to the Internet in 1988, where I then managed the university’s network for 5 years; (b) serving as Chair of Graduate Council for 5 years; (c) creating, implementing, and maintaining two new doctoral programs in the College of Aeronautics: a traditional PhD program in Aviation Sciences, and the world’s first 100% online, professional Doctorate in Aviation (AvD), which recently has been replicated at other universities; and (d) co-authoring two statistics textbooks—the first with two of my colleagues, and the second, with another colleague, who also was one of my former PhD students. Although I recognize that eventually I will become professionally inconsequential, I continue to be active in my profession and am honored to be recognized as a Professor Emeritus in the College of Aeronautics at Florida Institute of Technology.

Educational Background

B.S. Mathematics, State University of New York, Brockport, 1976
M.S.Ed. Mathematics, State University of New York, Brockport, 1979
M.S. Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology, 1986
Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology, 1993

Professional Experience

In addition to my teaching, advising, and curriculum experience:

I co-authored 13 textbooks, including one that was translated to Portuguese, related to mathematics, computer networking, and statistics.
I was the program evaluator for the Florida–NSF State Systemic Initiative in Science and Mathematics—Region III.
I conducted Internet risk assessments and network security audits at various Fortune 500 companies.
I was the PI for awards totaling approximately $3 million from the U.S. Department of Education, Florida Department of Education, and National Science Foundation.

Selected Publications

SELECTED TEXTBOOKS

Gallo, M.A., & McKinney, U. O. (2026). Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for aviation research. Routledge.

Gallo, M. A., Wheeler, B. E., & Silver, I. M. (2023). Fundamentals of statistics for aviation research. Routledge.

Setek, W., & Gallo, M. (2009). Fundamentals of mathematics (11th ed). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.

Gallo, M., & Hancock, W. (2002). Computer communications and networking technologies. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Gallo, M., & Hancock, W. (2002). Networking explained (2nd ed.). Woburn, MA: Digital Press.

SELECTED PAPERS

Uhuegho, K. O, Gallo, M. A., Carstens, D., Shoaff, W. D., & Silver, I. M. (2026). Applying Bandura’s reciprocal causation model to safety climate in U.S.-based aviation MROs. International Journal of Aviation Research, 17(1). https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/IJAR/article/view/10430/9178

Uhuegho, K. O., Gallo, M. A., Carstens, D., Shoaff, W. D., & Silver, I. M. (2025). The role of environmental factors in shaping safety climate in U.S.-based aviation MRO organizations: A study replicating Fogarty’s model. Journal of Airline Operations and Aviation Management, 4(1), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.69978/jaoam.V4.I1.4

Gallo, M. A., Alhallaf, H., Baran, S., Cremer, I., Finn, C., Maharaj, I., Ozyurek, A. S., Peker, A. E., Reese, B., Tuncman, I., Turgut, R. T., & Uhuegho, K. O. (2015). Inadvertent VFR-into-IMC flights: A qualitative approach to describing GA pilots’ first-hand experiences. Collegiate Aviation Review, 33(2), 27-52.

Gallo, M. A., & Clauter, A. (2014). The relationship between part 121 pilots’ age and accident rates. Collegiate Aviation Review, 32(1), 1-17.

Gallo, M. A., & Kepto, M. (2014). The relationship between 2011 metar and taf data at Chicago-Midway and Seattle-Tacoma airports. Collegiate Aviation Review, 32(1), 18-33.

Gallo, M. A., & Smith, K. A. (2012). Middle grades algebra: Grade 7 vs. Grade 8. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 16(1), 46-50

Gallo, M., & Odu, M. (2009). Examining the relationship between class scheduling and student achievement in college algebra. Community College Review, 36(4), 299-325.

Gallo, M., Lake, M., Edgar, J., & Marovich, M. (2008, Winter). Two-year college mathematics teacher reformation. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 12(4), 127-131.

Garner, L., & Gallo, M. (2005). Field trips and their effect on student achievement and attitudes. Journal of College Science Teaching, 34(5), 1114.

Gallo, M., & Clark, C. (2002). Effects of calculator use on third-grade students FCAT scores. Florida Educational Leadership, 3(1), 5459.

Bier, M., & Gallo, M. (1997). Ethics and empowerment in the study of home Internet access and disadvantaged families. Journal of Research on Computing in Education.

Bier, M., Sherblom, S., & Gallo, M. (1997). Ethical issues in a study of Internet use: Uncertainty, responsibility, and the spirit of research relationships. Ethics and Behavior, 6, 141151.

Bier, M., & Gallo, M. (1996). Empowering parents with Internet connections: A case study of the Internet and the underserved community. Florida Technology in Education Quarterly, 8(4), 6479.

Gallo, M., & Horton, P. (1994). Assessing the effect on high school teachers of direct and unrestricted access to the Internet: A case study of an east central Florida high school. Educational Technology Research and Development, 42(4), 1739.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Huang, C., & Gallo, M. (2008, February). Pseudo designed computerized test conditions and test anxiety: A comparison of computer-based, pseudo computerized-adaptive, and pseudo self-adaptive tests. Paper presented at the Conference of Asian Science Education (CASE) 2008 in Taiwan.

Garner, L., & Gallo, M. (2005, March). Physical versus virtual field trips to the Indian River lagoon. Paper presented at the 16th annual International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.

Goda, Y., & Gallo, M. (2005, March). Computer-based feedback timing and learners' response confidence on language learning. Paper presented at the 16th annual International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.

Gallo, M., & Gallop, R. (2003, April). Effect of constructivist strategies on biology students' misconceptions, achievement, and attitudes. Paper presented at the 14th annual International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.

Gallo, M., & Moore, J. (2002, November). The effect of a graphics calculator-based college algebra curriculum. Paper presented at the 28th annual conference of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, Phoenix, AZ.

Research

Throughout my tenure at Florida Tech, I did not espouse a specific research agenda but instead aligned my research activities to my doctoral students’ research studies. In the (former) Science and Mathematics Education Department, these research studies included: (a) examining factors associated with student achievement in mathematics at the K–12 and two-year college levels, (b) examining factors related to college students’ science achievement and misconceptions in biology and physics, and (c) examining the impact of computer technology on student achievement and their affective domain. In the College of Aeronautics, research studies were focused on (a) aviation human factors, (b) aviation safety, (c) flight instruction, (d) factors affecting U.S. domestic airlines’ route exit/entry decisions and air fare competition dynamics, (e) airport-related issues such as airport design and runway incursions, and (f) the concept of aviation professionalism.