SYNERGISTIC Activities 

Advising

• Leah Frauendienst 2013-2015, M.S. (thesis)

Leah worked on extending my existing work on a notion of rank for noncommutative quadratic forms. She is currently an instructor at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN.  

• Jessica G. Prince, 2016-2019, M.S. (thesis)

Jessica presented some of her work in April 2018 at TTU's Research & Creative Inquiry Day (abstract on page 45).

• Jacob Copeland, 2020-2021, M.S. (thesis)

Jacob computed the point modules in dimension three of a family of quadratic Artin-Schelter regular algebras that Lecoutre & Sierra recently defined. He is currently an instructor at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN.  

• Meredith Hall, 2023-present, M.S.

Service

Tennessee Tech University

• Math Department Calculus 1 Committee (chair)

• Math Department Curriculum Committee

• Math Department Promotion Committee (chair)

• Math Department Scholarship Committee

• Various Math Department Course Committees

• Developed notes and textbook for an introduction to linear algebra course. (see textbook here)

• TTU Math Club Advisor

• Math Department Graduate Affairs Committee

• Several hiring committees

• TTU College of Art & Sciences Diversity Committee, 2023-present

• University International Student Affairs Committee, co-chair (2025-2026)

• Commission on the Status of Women, 2018-2021

  • Led the effort to produce a campus map of single-stall lockable bathrooms (see map below)

Our Math Community Worldwide

• Organizer/co-organizer of various AMS sectional meetings and online learning groups

• Panelist at conferences

• Reviewer for Math Reviews and referee for various journals