Current Position

Assistant Professor of Mathematics - Tenure Track

Anderson University; South Carolina

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Mathematics - 2024

University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Greensboro, North Carolina

Advisor: Dr. Clifford Smyth

Master of Arts in Mathematics - 2018

Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Advisor: Dr. Joshua Hallam

May 2016 Bachelors of Science in Mathematics - 2016

Winthrop University; Rock Hill, South Carolina

Advisor: Dr. Jessie Hamm

Research Experience

Papers 

• The Noncrossing Bond Poset of a Graph - Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (2020)

• The Noncrossing Bond Poset of a Graph - Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (2019) 

Projects

Topological Indices of Finite Graphs (UNC Greensboro) - 2021 to Present

Collaborator: Dr. Clifford Smyth ( UNC Greensboro )

Presentations

• SERMON Conference 2023 ( 15 minute talk )

• UNCG ANTCoG Seminar 2022 ( 30 minute talk )

The Noncrossing Bond Poset (UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest) - 2017 to 2020

Collaborators: Dr. Clifford Smyth ( UNC Greensboro ) and Dr. Joshua Hallam ( Loyola Marymount University )

Presentations

• Masters Thesis Defense 2018 (45 minute talk )

• The 13th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference 2017 ( 15 minute talk )

Triangles in Cayley Graphs (Winthrop University) - 2015 to 2016

Collaborator: Dr. Jessie Hamm ( Winthrop University )

Presentations

• Mathematical Association of America South Eastern Conference, 95th Annual Meeting at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

• The 11th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference 2017 ( 15 minute talk )

Teaching and Tutoring

Graduate Teaching Associate ( UNC Greensboro ) - 2018 to Present

• Instructor of record for college algebra, precalculus, and calculus I ( both as a 3 and 4 credit hour curriculum ). Classroom modes include summer sessions, traditional lecture, flipped classroom formatting, and emporium web/lecture style.

• Math Help Center Tutor and leader of study sessions

• Grader for undergraduate linear algebra and discrete mathematics ( with Python component )

Multimedia Projects ( UNC Greensboro ) - 2019 to Present

• Author of all content for UNC Greensboro's Lecture Precalculus Course; i.e., notes, exams, labs, and quizzes

• Created lecture notes for calculus I which are now being used as supplementary resources for students

• Created instructional videos for precalculus and calculus I

• Assisted in creating instructional videos for UNC Greensboro's Contemporary Topics in Mathematics course

• Design and maintenance for the UNCG Partial Differential Equations Conference for 2021 and 2023

See my Teaching Page for more information.

Teaching Assistant ( Wake Forest University ) - 2016 to 2018

• Leader the evening precalculus and trigonometry labs during my second year

• Math Center Tutor

Teaching Assistant ( Winthrop University ) - 2015 to 2016

• Lab assistant for Winthrop's emporium style college algebra course

• Tasked with running study sessions for exams

Honors and Awards

• Teaching associateship stipend from 2018 - 2023 in the amount of $23,220 at UNC Greensboro

• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UNC Greensboro

• Full Tuition Scholarship from 2016 - 2018 at Wake Forest University

• Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation at the 13th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference

• South Carolina Life Scholarship with STEM Enhancement in the amount of $7,500 from 2012 to 2016

• Winthrop's Garnet and Gold Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from 2012 to 2016

• Member of the Dean's List on several occasions

• Induction into Kappa Me Epsilon Mathematics Honor's Society, Gamma chapter in 2015

• The Walt and Susan Patterson Prize for Outstanding Presentation at the MAA-SE Conference

• High School Valedictorian at Sandhills High School in Columbia South Carolina