Background

Biography

Before coming to Carthage, I earned my Ph.D. from Northwestern University, in the department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics. As a graduate student, I took courses in applied math, taught as a TA and instructor, and participated in professional and social organizations including math modeling workshops, conferences, and pedagogy training. My thesis research, under the guidance of my advisor Danny Abrams, included two main projects: modeling religious shift in societies and analyzing the dynamics of ferromagnetism. Believe it or not, these two topics can be modeled using the same basic differential equation! I presented this work at several conferences and published a paper in Physical Review Letters, in addition to writing several as-yet unpublished papers.

My undergraduate education is from Trinity College, a small liberal arts school in Hartford, CT. I double-majored in mechanical engineering and mathematics (concentrating in applied math). A liberal arts education allowed me to indulge my interests in books, dance, and French language, while still giving me a strong technical background.

I still keep up with my non-academic interests in my free time. I'm active in music and dance, I collect classic literature and antique/vintage math books, and most of my free time during the winter is spent curling.

Curriculum Vitae

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