Service and Outreach

OUTREACH:

I am a Math Alliance mentor and currently a member of the Doctoral Faculty Council of the Math Alliance. The Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics department of Wichita State University has recently become a Graduate Program Group with the Math Alliance. Here is the link to our page there.

The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (Math Alliance) is an NSF funded community of math sciences faculty and students with the following goals:

To increase the number of doctoral degrees in the mathematical sciences among groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in those fields.
To improve placement of students from these groups in doctoral programs in disciplines that recruit undergraduate mathematics majors.
To increase the number of Ph.D.s from these groups who enter the professoriate in the mathematical sciences as well as other appropriate professions.
To increase funded research collaborations among faculty members at universities with mathematical sciences doctoral programs and faculty members at colleges and universities focused on undergraduate students.
To foster the growth of a community of mathematical scientists that promotes a diverse workforce.

For students interested in applying to graduate school, the Math Alliance webpage has an entire subpage devoted to graduate school preparation. Topics include:

Preparing for Graduate School

Statement of Purpose

Resume

GRE

Letters of Recommendation

If you are interested in becoming a Math Alliance Scholar or participating in the F-GAP program, please contact one of WSU's Math Alliance mentors:

Dr. T. Delillo

Dr. C. Searle

Dr. Z. Sun

Finally, here is a list of scholarships available for mathematics students at the undergraduate and graduate level.

I am the organizer of the WSU Women in Mathematics group.

I am the faculty advisor for the Wichita State University Math Club. Part of the mission of the Math Club is outreach to the community.

I have led an afternoon of math activities for the students participating in the Fairmount Summer Community Engagement Program in 2017, and in the Summer Youth Program with the Lynette Woodard Summer Camp in 2018.

I served as a mentor to the Corvallis High School Spartan Robotics team 997 during the Spring of 2014. Here is a link to their website and here is a link to the FIRST robotics website.

I participate from time to time in the Wichita State Math Circle.
I am the chair of the organizing committee for the Sonia Kovalevsky Day . The first SK Day was held in Spring 2022 and the second in Spring 2023.

Here are two news articles that appeared in The Sunflower, WSU's student run newspaper, related to Sonia Kovalevsky Day: one is about the colloquium talk given by Dr. Pamela Harris at WSU and the other is an article about SK DAY 2023.

Current Service:

I am the co-organizer of the Wichita State Geometry, Topology, and Analysis Seminar since 2014. We meet Wednesdays from 4--5 pm. Here is a link to the webpage.
Member of WSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College Council representing the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, since 2021.
Member of Department Executive Committee since 2021.
Member of Undergraduate Committee since 2022.

Past Service:

Organizer of the Wichita State University Friday Lecture Series, from 2016--2019. Talks are held Fridays at 3 pm with a tea at 2:30 pm. Here is a link to the webpage for that period of time.

Head of the Scholarship Committee for the WSU Mathematics Department 2017--2019. Here is a link to the LAS webpage listing the scholarships available to students in our department.

Served on the WSU Graduate Council as the representative for the Natural Sciences from 2016--2019.
Putnam Exam Coach 2014--2016.