Scott R. Sykes

Department of Mathematics

State University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA 30118

(770) – 836 – 4346

ssykes@westga.edu

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

Date:                                     Title:                                      Department and Institute:

 

August 2002 – present            Associate Professor               Mathematics                                  

                                                                                          State University of West Georgia

                                                                                          Carrollton, GA 30118

 

September 1997 – May 2002   Assistant Professor                Mathematics

                                                                                          State University of West Georgia

                                                                                          Carrollton, GA 30118

 

June 1997 – August 1997        Instructor                               SummerMath                     

June 1996 – August 1996                                                     Mount Holyoke College

                                                                                          South Hadley, MA 01075

 

September 1996 – May 1997   Visiting Assistant Professor    Mathematics and Computer Science

                                                                                          Amherst College

                                                                                          Amherst, MA 01001

 

September 1996 – May 1997   Instructor                               Mathematics and Statistics

                                                                                          University of Massachusetts

                                                                                          Amherst, MA 01002

 

September 1990 – May 1996   Teaching Assistant                 Mathematics and Statistics

                                                                                          University of Massachusetts

                                                                                          Amherst, MA 01002

 

 

 

SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTE:

 

Committees:

University Student Organization Judicial Committee, 2002-2003

University Institutional Studies and Planning Committee, 2002-2004

University Parking Appeals Committee, Faculty Representative, 2000-2002

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Advisory Committee, 2000-2002

Mathematics Department Chair Search Committee, 2000-2001

Mathematics Department Committees: 

2002-2003: Precalculus (Chair), Student and Faculty Activities (Chair), Faculty Evaluation, Undergraduate Curriculum, Tenure, Statistics and Scholarship.

                                             2001-2002: Precalculus (Chair), Student Activities (Chair),

                                             Facilities/ Logistics (Chair), Undergraduate Curriculum,

                                             and Recruitment & Public Relations.

                                             2000: Scholarship

Masters of Education Comprehensive Exam Committee, Summer 2002 (1), Fall 2001 (4),

                                             Summer 2001 (3), Spring 2001 (2), Summer 2000 (1)

Mathematics Department Senior Exit Exam Committee, Spring 2001 (4), Fall 2000 (1),

                                             Spring 2000 (1), Spring 1999 (3)

 

 

Counseling Experience:

Advisor for undergraduate Mathematics majors.

Helped develop program of study for Mathematics major Actuarial option.

 

 

Advisement of Student Organizations:

Faculty Advisor to the Math Club, 2000-present

 

 

Participation in educational activities:

Attended Classroom Assessment of Learning Workshop at Dalton, GA, October 19 and 20, 2000

Member of Project NExT discussion list, Summer 1997 – present

Member ARUME discussion list, Winter 1999 - present

Organized Mathematics Department Faculty Seminar, 1999-2000

Participated in Learning Communities, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Spring 2000, Fall 1999

                                             and Winter 1998.

Attended WAC Retreat, September 16, 1999

Science Olympiad, “Practical Data Gathering”, February 26, 2000 and February 20, 1999.

Math Day Talks, April 27, 2001, April 20, 2000 and April 17, 1998.

Meadowcreek High School Math Club Talk, April 17, 2001.

 

 

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:

 

Degree:                                 Institute:                                       Years:

 

M.S.                                      University of Massachusetts         1990 – 1992

Mathematics

 

Ph.D.                                    University of Massachusetts         1992 – 1996

Mathematics                          Advisor: M. K. Bennett

                                             Dissertation:  Modern Applications of Lattice Theory         

 

 

 

HONORS:

 

SUWG Student Government Association’s Outstanding Faculty Member for College of Arts and

                                             Sciences, April, 2001.

Awarded Project NExT Fellowship,  May, 1997.

Awarded Aasert Fellowship, January, 1994.

 

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH:

 

Membership in Professional Societies:

International Quantum Structures Association, 2002

Mathematics Association of America, 1997 – present

International Quantum Structures Association, 2002

Association for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (ARUME), 1999 - 2000

American Mathematical Society, 1990 – 1997

Classification Society of North America, 1994

 

Publications:

 

Lattice Ordered Effect Algebras, accepted for publication in Algebra Universalis.

 

Lattice of Convex Partitions, Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, 2 (1998).

 

Finite Modular Effect Algebras, Advances in Applied Mathematics, 19 (1997), pp. 240-250.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Lattice Ordered Effect Algebras, AMS Southeast Sectional Meeting, Special Session on Quantum Structures, Atlanta, GA, March, 9, 2002.

 

Lattice Ordered Effect Algebras, Joint Mathematics Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 10, 2001.

 

The Convex Partitions of a Partially Ordered Set, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Washington, DC, January 19, 2000.

 

Lattice of Convex Partitions, Ordinal and Symbolic Data Analysis Conference, Amherst, MA, September 29, 1998.

 

The Lattice of Convex Partitions and the Lattice of Extendable Partitions of a Partially Ordered Set, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 9, 1998.

 

Finite Lattice Ordered Effect Algebras of Height Three, Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 8, 1997.

 

Effect Algebras as Partially Ordered Sets, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 10, 1996.

 

 

Works in Progress:

 

Convex Partitions of a Finite Lattice

 

Orthomodular Core of an Effect Algebra