2016: Ph.D. (Mathematics) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2012: M.A. (Mathematics) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2010: B.A. (with honors, Mathematics and English Literature), Augustana University, SD
2025-present: Associate Professor (docent), Mälardalen University (MDU), in Västerås, Sweden
2023-2025: Senior Lecturer, Mälardalen University (MDU), in Västerås, Sweden
2021-2022: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Niagara University, in Niagara Falls, NY, USA
2018-2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), in Trondheim, Norway
2016-2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University (TTU), in Lubbock, Texas, USA
2010-2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
2025: Research in Residence, program at CIRM, Luminy, France
2023: Research in pairs at CIRM in Trento, Italy
2017: Workshop: Structures on Free Resolutions, PI, National Science Foundation, award no. DMS-1743011; $16,500
2017: STEM Teaching, Engagement, & Pedagogy (STEP) Fellowship
2015: Mentoring Through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) Fellowship
2013-2014: Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GANN) Fellowship
See the Research page. My primary research interests are in commutative and homological algebra, and I also am interested in representation theory, triangulated categories, category theory, geometry, and topology. A current list of my papers and preprints can be found on the arXiv.
See the Teaching page. I am passionate about teaching mathematics at all levels. I have taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at all levels, including Commutative Algebra, Rings and Modules, Algebraic Geometry, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Contemporary Mathematics, Calculus, and courses for preservice and inservice K-12 teachers. I have also coordinated courses, developed course curriculum materials, and supervised theses.
2016-present: Journal Referee (for 70+ articles)
2017-present: Reviewer for Math Reviews (for 10+ articles); read my reviews here
2024-present: Co-coordinator for pure mathematics seminar at MDU
2021-2022: Student Mathematics Colloquium organizer at NU.
2021-2022: webmaster for department website at NU.
2020-2021: Algebra Seminar organizer at NTNU.
2020-2021: Representative for temporary algebra staff at NTNU, for ULG
October 2017: Organized workshop: Structures of Free Resolutions, with Lars Winther Christensen
September 2017: Organized AMS special session: Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra, with Ashley Wheeler
2014-2015: Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar (CARS) Co-organizer - UNL
2014-2015: Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) - UNL
2012-2014: GTA Orientation Panels - UNL
2010-2016: Math Day volunteer - UNL