Dr. Daniel M. Look

I'm the Charles A. Dana Professor of Mathematics at St. Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in northern New York. I received my PhD from Boston University in 2005 working under Robert L. Devaney in Complex Dynamics. 

I have taught at St. Lawrence University since 2009. In the spring of 2025, I was honored by the senior class as the Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Member and that fall I was awarded the Calvin Keene award, which is award "to a faculty member in recognition of high standards of personal scholarship, effective teaching and moral concerns by which Dr. Keene has conducted his personal and professional career."

My current research spans a few mathematical areas: 

• Complex Dynamics

• Text Mining and Stylometry - Principally interested in addressing questions of authorship

• Popular Culture uses of Mathematics - Specifically, uses of  "advanced" mathematics in early 20th century pulp publications 

• Mathematics Pedagogy

Other Stuff:

• I enjoy teaching, running, playing Dungeons & Dragons, listening to metal/ska/punk, Transformers, and thinking about cats 

• I (currently) have 20 tattoos, all mathematically themed