Presentations
- 2023 Pi Mu Epsilon Induction,
May 2, 2023
- Actuarial Mathematics Student Meeting,
January 24, 2023
- Actuarial Math Club: Actuarial Course Sequencing and Professional Exams,
February 17, 2022
- Actuarial Mathematics Student Meeting,
September 30, 2021
- COF Meeting,
September 13, 2019
- Actuarial Mathematics Student Meeting,
August 27, 2019
- Arts and Sciences Advising Staff Meeting,
February 1, 2019
- COF Meeting,
September 10, 2018
- Actuarial Mathematics Student Meeting,
August 28, 2018
- Actuarial Mathematics Student Meeting,
January 25, 2018
- Upcoming Conferences,
Kent State University Undergraduate Mathematics Club, January 25, 2017
- Make the Math Club Great Again! The Mathematics of Democratic Voting,
Kent State University Undergraduate Mathematics Club, April 14, 2016
- Who Should be the Next Math Club President? The Mathematics of Democratic Voting,
Pi Mu Epsilon Richard A. Good Lecture, Duquesne University, March 21, 2016
- He Shoots, He Scores! Simpson's Paradox in KSU Basketball Field Goal Statistics,
Pi Mu Epsilon Richard A. Good Lecture, Kansas State University, April 17, 2015
- How to give a good short talk using LaTeX and beamer
Math Club, February 10, 2015
- Applications of the Artin-Hasse exponential to finite algebra groups,
XXXII OSU-Denison Mathematics Conference, THE Ohio State University, May 11, 2014
- That's Just the Way We Roll: Probability Distributions for Nonstandard Dice,
Pi Mu Epsilon Induction Ceremony, Cleveland State University, May 1, 2014
- Adapting liberal arts mathematics hands-on activities to a large-lecture format,
MAA Session on Projects, Demonstrations, and Activities that Engage Liberal Arts Mathematics Students
Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Baltimore, MD, January 2014
- A power-series description of strong subgroups of finite algebra groups
(preliminary report),
2011 Zassenhaus Group Theory Conference,
Towson University, May 2011
- Some subgroups of finite algebra groups: normalizers of algebra subgroups
(preliminary report),
Special Session on Groups, Representations, and Characters,
Fall Central Section Meeting of the American Mathematical Society,
Notre Dame University, Nov 2010
- Transforming LER Courses: Enhancing Learning Outcomes,
Refereed Roundtable Discussion,
Celebrating College Teaching Conference, University Teaching Council,
Kent State University, Oct 2009
- A Pilot of Mathematics for Business Decisions,
Poster Session,
Celebrating College Teaching Conference, University Teaching Council,
Kent State University, Oct 2004
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Simpson's Paradox in college basketball shooting statistics,
Advances in Recreational Mathematics Session,
Mathematical Association of America MathFest, Boulder, CO, Jul 2003
- Normalizers of algebra subgroups,
XXIVth Ohio State-Denison Mathematics Conference, Granville, OH, May 1998
- Normalizers of algebra subgroups (preliminary report),
American Mathematical Society Group Theory Session,
1998 Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, Jan 1998
Teaching Projects
- SCALE-UP Intuitive Calculus Redesign Project (with Tuyet Pham (lead developer) and Randy Ruchotzke), 2015-2016
- Inquiry-Base Learning Course Development for the Mathematics of Social Choice, Academy of Inquiry Based Learning Summer Salary Grant, 2015
- Inquiry-Base Learning Materials for Fundamental Concepts of Algebra, 2014-2015
- Hybrid Lecture/Emporium Intuitive Calculus Redesign Project (with Dmitry Ryabogin and Benjamin Jaye), 2011-2014
- Transforming LER Courses: Enhancing Learning Outcomes in Explorations in Modern Mathematics
(with Laura Smithies), 2009
- Fundamental Mathematics Course and On-Line Text Development Project
(with Paul Abraham, Joseph Altobelli, Beth-Allyn Osikiewicz, et al.), 2004-2008
- Pilot of a Two-Course Sequence: Mathematics for Business Decisions I and II
(with Nancy L. Smith and Frank A. Smith), 2003-2005
- Calculus Reform Project (with Richard Brown, Robert Powell, et al.), 1994-1998
Dissertation
Simpson's Paradox in Basketball Statistics
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Basketball Can Make Math More Fun,
Daily Kent Stater, Thurs, Mar 21, 2002.
This column from KSU's student newspaper
defines Simpson's Paradox and discusses an example from Kent State men's basketball
in detail. The example involves Trevor Huffman (the star point guard) and Bryan Bedford (a math major).
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More examples from Kent State men's and women's basketball.
One of the examples involves Antonio Gates. He played basketball for KSU and then went on to play
professional football (tight end for the Chargers).
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Simpson's Paradox in college basketball shooting statistics,
Advances in Recreational Mathematics Session,
Mathematical Association of America MathFest, Boulder, CO, Jul 2003.
In this talk, I discussed the results of a C++ program I wrote to systematically find all examples
of Simpson's Paradox from a data set (from KSU men's basketball) where all partitions of the season's 18
games into two nonempty subsets are considered.
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