Department
of Mathematics
State
University of West Georgia
Carrollton,
GA 30118
(770)
– 836 – 4346
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