I am a professor in mathematics here at Kent State University. My
area expertise is the character theory of finite solvable groups. A
list of my papers can be at my publications.
I have been at Kent State since August 1996. In the Fall of 1996, I taught
graph theory and combinatorics, and in the spring, I had calculus I.
During the 1997-1998 academic year, I taught the graduate algebra course.
For the 1998-1999 academic year, I taught the honors calculus and the
ring theory course. In 1999-2000, I taught a section of calculus I and
a section of calculus II in the Fall, in the Spring, I again had
the honors section of calculus II, and during the Summer, I had
graph theory and combinatorics. For the 2000-2001 academic year, I taught
modern algebra. In the fall, I also taught a section of the course we were
calling math for architecture. This course has since become calculus with
precalculus. In the spring, my second course was a section of linear
algebra. For the 2001-2002 academic year, my responsibility was honors
calculus for the whole year and two graduate courses: group theory in the
Fall and character theory in the Spring. During the summer of 2002, I had
a research and creative activities grant from RAGS, so I had no teaching
responsibilities.
In the 2002-2003 academic year, I had ring theory for the whole year.
I had honors calculus I in the Fall, and linear algebra
and fundamental concepts in algebra in the Spring. In the Summer 2003, I
taught number theory in Summer I and calculus I in Summer II. For the
2003-2004 academic year, I had modern algebra. In the Fall, I taught
calculus I. In the Spring, I taught both sections of calculus III.
For Summer 2004, I again taught number theory, and also calculus II. For
Fall 2004, I was on sabbatical, and in the spring of 2005, I
took a research semester. I also began serving as graduate coordinator
in the Spring 2005. During Summer 2005, I taught calculus II. For
Fall 2005, I taught honors calculus I and ring theory. In Spring 2006, I
had number theory. In Summer 2006, I taught calculus I and number theory
(again). For Fall 2006, I had group theory, and for Spring 2007, I had
character theory. For Summer 2007, I cotaught the MIME Number theory class
with Anne Reynolds from Math Education during Summer I. In addition, I had
calculus I in Summer II. My term as graduate coordinator ended with the end
of the Summer 2007 term. During Fall 2007, I was on medical leave.
For Spring 2008, I taught linear algebra and numbers and games. For Summer
2008, I am teaching calculus I in Summer II. I am scheduled to teach Honors
calculus I and the graduate algebra course for Fall 2008.
