Ha Nguyen

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"Life is worth the living of it.  Do it with your whole heart."

-- Maya Angelou --

Information & Interests

Education:

Emory University (Ph.D., May 2010): http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 2005): http://www.math.ucla.edu/

Fullerton College (A.A., 2003): http://www.fullcoll.edu/

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors:

Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellowship by MAA, 2010-2011

Marshall Hall Teaching Award, Emory University, May 2010

Problems and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Fellowship, 2008-2009
  • Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • 1 out of 10 selected from all .elds by PRISM at Emory University
  • Pairs graduate students with middle/high school teachers to develop and implement innovative K-12 lessons using problem-base learning (PBL) and investigative case-based learning (ICBL) pedagogies
AMS Graduate Student Travel Grant to the Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, CA, 2010

Woman of Distinction, Fullerton College, May 16, 2003

Honorable Mention Betty P. Ribal Award in Mathematics, Fullerton College, May 13, 2003

Selected Services:

Local organizing committee for East Coast Computer Algebra Day, Emory University, 2010: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/eccad2010/Home.html

Officer of AWM, Student Chapter at Emory University ((Co-President: 2009-Present, Vice President: 2008): http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~smknepp/AWM_Site/Home.html

Organizer for Excursion in Math For Undergrads, Emory University, November 14, 2009.  Photos of the event can be found here.

Panelist for the Panel Discussion for Women Graduate Students in the Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), October 30, 2009

Coordinator for a Sonia Kovalevsky High School Math Day, Emory University, May 8, 2008


Algebra:

Thesis advisor Dr. Victoria Powers:  http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~vicki/

Emory Algebra Seminar: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~skip/algsem.html


Links:

Positivity, Valuations, and Quadratic Forms (Speaker, October, 2009): http://www.math.uni-konstanz.de/pvqf2009/

Career Mentoring Workshop (CaMeW) (Invited Participant, July 2009): http://wheatoncollege.edu/CaMeW/

PRISM at Emory (PRISM Fellow, June 2009-May 2009): http://www.cse.emory.edu/prism/index.cfm

Sonia Kovalevsky Day at Emory (May 2008): http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~jmchung/awm/

Good eats in Atlanta: http://blissfulglutton.blogspot.com/