Michael Ben-Zvi
Bowdoin College
mbenzvi (at) bowdoin.edu
Michael Ben-Zvi
Bowdoin College
mbenzvi (at) bowdoin.edu
I am a visiting lecturer at Bowdoin College
Previously, I was the calculus coordinator and lecturer at Colby College from 2021-2024, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College for the 2020-2021 academic year, and a Norbert Wiener Assistant Professor at Tufts University for the 2019-2020 academic year. I graduated from Tufts University in 2019 under the direction of Kim Ruane. My main research interest is in geometric group theory. I received my Bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2013 and my Master’s from Tufts in 2015.
Here is my CV.
My research is in geometric group theory. I am primarily interested in boundaries of CAT(0) groups, relatively hyperbolic groups, right-angled Artin groups, and right-angled Coxeter groups.
Here is a copy of my research statement. My papers can be found below:
Right-angle Artin group boundaries, joint with Robert Kropholler, on arXiv. Accepted, Proceedings of the AMS.
Boundaries of groups with isolated flats are path connected on arXiv. Submitted.
Folding-like techniques for CAT(0) cube complexes, joint with Robert Kropholler and Rylee Lyman. arXiv. Submitted
In Fall 2025, I will be teaching two sections of Integral Calculus and one section of Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning.
Teaching at Bowdoin (as visiting lecturer):
Differential Calculus
Integral Calculus
Intermediate Integral Calculus
Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
Previous teaching at Colby:
Single-variable Calculus
Single-variable Calculus: Revisisted
Series and Multivariable Calculus
Previous teaching at Bowdoin (as VAP):
Biostatistics (remote), Spring 2021
Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (remote), Spring 2021
Integral Calculus (two sections, remote) Fall 2020
Past teaching at Tufts (all instructor of record):
Calculus II, Spring 2020
Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Spring 2020
Differential Equations, Fall 2019
Graduate Development Seminar, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Mathematics of Social Choice, Fall 2017 and Summer 2018
Introduction to Calculus, Summer 2017
For four semesters (Spring 2014-Fall 2016) I was an online course instructor for the Poincare Institute, an NSF-funded grant whose mission is to improve the teaching and learning of middle school mathematics by helping teachers deepen their understanding of key mathematical concepts and of how students learn. As a course instructor, I managed an online forum, facilitated discussions, and graded the teachers’ work.
Bowdoin Math Circle (Fall 2020)
Organizer for Geometric Group Theory and Topology Seminar at Tufts University (2019-2020)
Founder and organizer for Tufts Graduate Student Teaching Seminar (2015-2018)
Founder and organizer for Tufts Geometric Group Theory Reading Seminar (2017-2019)
Organizer for Tufts Graduate Student Seminar (2017-2019)
Organizer and mentor for Tufts Directed Reading Program (2015-2017)