Editing Keith Devlin (section)

==Career==
Later he got a position as a scientific assistant in mathematics at the [[University of Oslo]], [[Norway]], from August till December 1972. In 1974 he became a scientific assistant in mathematics at the [[University of Heidelberg]], Germany. In fall 1976 he was an assistant professor of mathematics at the [[University of Toronto]], Canada. From spring 1977 through 1987 he served as a lecturer, then reader, in mathematics at the [[University of Lancaster]], England. From 1987 to 1989 he was a visiting associate professor of mathematics and philosophy at Stanford University in California. From 1989 to 1993 he was the Carter Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at [[Colby College]] in Maine. From 1993 to 2000 he was Dean of Science at [https://www.stmarys-ca.edu St. Mary's College] of California.<ref name="cv" />

From 2001 until he retired he was a senior researcher at the [[Center for the Study of Language and Information|Center for the Study of Language]], an independent research center at Stanford University.<ref name="cv" /> He was also co-founder and executive director of Stanford University's former [https://hstar.stanford.edu Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute] (2006), and a co-founder of Stanford Media X university-industry research partnership program.<ref name="cv"/> He was a commentator on [[National Public Radio]]'s [[Weekend Edition]] Saturday, where he was known as "The Math Guy."<ref>[http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/MathGuy.html Archive of The Math Guy series from NPR's Weekend Edition] accessed 9 November 2007</ref>

His current research is mainly focused on the use of different media to teach mathematics to different audiences. He is also co-founder and president of the company BrainQuake, which creates mathematics learning video games, which he set up in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brainquake.com/%7Ctitle=|title=Brainquake|website=Brainquake.com|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref> Other topics of his research are the theory of information, models of reasoning, applications of mathematical techniques in the study of communication, and mathematical cognition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707032911/http://web.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 |title=Keith Devlin|date=7 July 2014|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>

As of 2012 he had authored 29 books and over 80 research or expository articles. Most of his books are aimed at a general audience.<ref name="cv" />