Hello! I'm Sally

I am currently a faculty member of the Bard Prison Initiative, where I teach mathematics to folks incarcerated in New York State prisons who are pursuing Bachelor's degrees.

Previously, I was an RTG Topology Postdoc at MSU, where my postdoc advisors were Matthew Hedden and Matt Stoffregen. I received my PhD in May 2023 from the School of Math at Georgia Tech, where I was advised by Jennifer Hom. 

My research focuses on low-dimensional topology, specifically Heegaard Floer homology, knot theory, and homology cobordism.

My CV can be found here (last updated Dec 2025).

My thesis can be found here.  My presentation of it can be found here; it aimed to be accessible to a broad audience (mixed feedback on that goal!).