Curriculum Vita (very old!)

Education

Ph.D.  Northwestern University, 1991 (Stewart B. Priddy, advisor)

M.S.   Northwestern University, 1988

B.A.   Brandeis University, 1986

Academic Experience

St. Olaf College, 1996-present

               Grace A. Whittier Endowed Chair in Science, 2018-2021
               Director, Computer Science Program, 2018-2020
Chair, MSCS Department, 2010-2015
Professor, 2010-present
Associate Professor, 2002-2009
Assistant Professor, 1996-2002

Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungary, Visiting Research Fellow, 2016

University of Otago, Dunedin NZ, Visiting Researcher, 2003

Gettysburg College, Assistant Professor, 1995-1996

University of Washington, 1991-1995

Visiting Assistant Professor, 1994-1995
Acting Assistant Professor, 1991-1994

Professional Activity

Publications

  1. Automorphism orbits of some metacyclic p-groups, with Maddie Klein, Sam Nycklemoe, and Kyla Pohl, PME Journal, 14 (9) (2018), 557-564.
  2. Constructing subgroups of semi-direct products via generalized derivations, with Asa Giannini, Akina Khan, and Michael Schroeder, MJUM, 4 (1) (2018).
  3. On the Chermak-Delgado lattices of metacyclic p-groups, with Erin Brush, Kendra Johnson-Tesch, and Brianne Power, Involve, 9 (2016) 765-782.
  4. Resurrecting Wells’ exact sequence and Buckley’s group action, accepted for publication in Proceedings of Groups St. Andrews 2013, Cambridge University Press.
  5. Book review of “An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics” by Béla Bajnok, in MAA Reviews online, May 2014. http://www.maa.org/publications/maa-reviews/an-invitation-to-abstract-mathematics.
  6. Creating a culture of inquiry in mathematics programs, PRIMUS, 23 (2013) 837-859.
  7. Automorphism groups of semi-direct products, Communications in Algebra, 40 (2012) 3308-3316.
  8. Using a “single story” as an integrative thread in an upper-level mathematics course, in PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 19 (2009), 311-328.
  9. On automorphisms of products of groups, in Proceedings of Groups St. Andrews 2005 (London Math- ematical Society Lecture Note Series: 339), C. M. Campbell et al, ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2007.
  10. Stable splittings of classifying spaces of groups: Bridging the work of Benson-Feshbach and Martino- Priddy, Homotopy, Homology and Applications, 8 (2) (2006), 75-90.
  11. Discovering abstract algebra: A constructivist approach to module theory, in Innovative Approaches to Undergraduate Mathematics Courses Beyond Calculus, Richard Maher, ed., Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 2005.
  12. Automorphisms of p-groups given as cyclic-by-elementary abelian central extensions, Journal of Algebra, 242 (2001), 417-432.
  13. Classifying spaces of central group extensions, with Tommy Ratliff, in Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics 63: Group Representations: Cohomology, Group Actions and Topology, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1998.
  14. The cohomology of groups with rank 2 Sylow p-subgroups, with John Martino and Stewart Priddy, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 124 (1996), 2261-2266.
  15. The stable homotopy type of rank two p-groups, with Stewart Priddy, in Contemporary Mathematics 188: Homotopy Theory and its Applications, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1995.
  16. The role of the Steinberg module in splitting BG, in Contemporary Mathematics 158: Connections between Algebraic Topology and Representation Theory, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1994.
  17. Stable splittings of classifying spaces of metacyclic 2-groups, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 116 (1994), 285-299.
  18. Stable splittings of classifying spaces of metacyclic p-groups, p odd, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 90 (1993), 115-136.

  Student Research Publications

  1. James Checco ’10, Rachel Darling ’11, Stephen Longfield ’10, Katherine Wisdom ’10. On the fixed points of abelian group automorphisms, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Journal, 11 (2) (2010).
  2. Daniel Endean ’09, Kristin Henry ’07, and Erin Manlove ’07. Zero-divisor graphs of Zn and polynomial quotient rings over Zn, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Journal, 8 (2) (2007).
  3. Stephanie Libera ’03 and Paul Tlucek ’03. Some perfect order subset groups, Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, 11 (2003), 495–498. This paper won the 3rd place 2003 Richard V. Andree Award.
  4. Eric Wilbur ’00. Topspin: Solvability of sliding number games, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Journal, 2 (2001).
  5. Mark Schulte ’01. Automorphisms of metacyclic p-groups with cyclic maximal subgroups, Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Journal, 2 (2001).
  6. Mark Afdahl ’98, Gretchen Christianson ’98, Alfred Furth ’98, Kirsten Knudson ’98, Sarah Volkenant ’98, and Jill Dietz, The probability that two elements in an extra-special p-group commute, Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, 11 (2001), 169–173.
  7. Nitish Dass ’01, Jonathan McGrath ’01, and Erin Urbanski ’00. The Alexander polynomial of pretzel knots, Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, 11 (2000), 135–137. This paper won a 2000 Richard V. Andree Award.

  Supervised Student Research Projects

  1. Brett Aplin ’04, Andrea Johnson ’04, and Erik Lee ’04, Automorphisms of central products.
  2. Amanda Bauer ’16, Corey Brooke ’16, and Nicholas Rekuski ’16, An initial understanding of derivation groups.
  3. Jennifer Beilfuss ’01, Julie Beilfuss ’01, Liv Anda Knatterud ’01, and Tim Laffredi ’01, Hamiltonian circuits in Cayley graphs of finite group.
  4. Julie Beilfuss ’01, Benjamin French ’01, Eric Johnson ’02, and Liv Anda Knatterud ’01, Determinants of n-linked knots.
  5. Jill Bierbrauer ’98 and Jessie Ellwein ’98, Weird dice.
  6. David Bode ’99 and Brian Grivna ’98, Wild and crazy orbits.
  7. Kathy Bohlman ’01, Sarah Cherry ’01, and David Croom ’00, Graph theory of D_2n graphs.
  8. Chris Brav ’02, Automorphism groups of extra-special p-groups of order p^3.
  9. Chris Brav ’02, John Farrell ’01, and Grant Riewe ’01, The automorphism group of an extra-special p-group of order p^3.
  10. Amy Brendel ’99 and Mark Schulte ’99, Automorphisms of metacyclic 2-groups.
  11. Erin Brush ’14, Kendra Johnson-Tesch ’15, and Brianne Power ’15, On Chermak-Delgado lattices of split metacyclic p-groups.
  12. Joshua Campbell ’08, Christopher Evatt ’10, and David McClure ’08, Carry groups.
  13. Joshua Campbell ’08 and Thomas McConville ’09, Binormalizers and conjugacy classes of products.
  14. Joshua Chai ’01, John Farrell ’01, Rick Lassow ’01, and Paul Pearson ’01, Automorphisms of finite groups.
  15. Nathan Clement ’10 and Vladimir Sotirov ’12, Mutual lifts in semi-direct products.
  16. Ryan Coopergard ’15, Joey Dickens ’14, and Gabrielle Sanderson, On the Chermak-Delgado lattices of metacyclic groups.
  17. Sarah De Vries ’18, Derek DeBlieck ’18, Marlyne Hakizimana ’18, and Kevin Yetter ’19, Factorizations of metacyclic groups and their automorphism groups.
  18. Kelly Dolan ’07, Tyson Gern ’08, and Lincoln James ’10, The probability that two elements in a group commute.
  19. Katie Durham ’01, Ben French ’01, and Vicky Schultz ’01, The probability that an element is fixed by an automorphism.
  20. Erika Franklin ’00, H. Jay Picconatto ’00, Sarah Wisneski ’01, and Erik Wammer ’00, Cayley graphs of odd order.
  21. Tyson Gern ’08, Bethany Johnson ’07, and Trese Overacker ’07, Factor rings of the Eisenstein integers.
  22. Asa Giannini ’16, Akina Khan ’16, and Michael Schroeder ’16, On subgroups of semi-direct products.
  23. Karin Gilje ’08 and Philip Gipson ’09, Automorphisms of direct products of groups.
  24. Barbie Gregory ’99, Kevin Evans ’99, Sarah Kueffer ’99, and Mark Schulte ’99, Group labeling of knots.
  25. Jason Grimm ’02, Orbits of group endomorphisms.
  26. Sydney Grossman ’18 and Lydia Narum ’18, Stable maximal subgroups of automorphism groups.
  27. Aaron Gunderson ’10, Cathryn Holm ’11, Nathan Meyer ’11, and Valerie Wilkinson ’10, Exploration in orbits for finite groups.
  28. Scott Harris ’04 and Nicholas Maryns ’04, A few results concerning automorphisms of semi-direct products.
  29. Elizabeth Johnson ’06, Johanna Speare ’05, and Heather Wiste ’05, Frattini automorphisms.
  30. Jamie Kirkpatrick ’99 and Eric Wilbur ’00, On sliding number games.
  31. Daniel Kohler ’09, Automorphisms of some general metacyclic groups.
  32. Rick Lassow ’01, John McBride ’01, and Paul Pearson ’01, Integrals of groups.
  33. Billy Laxen ’07 and Jake Mahler ’07, Lifts in automorphism groups.
  34. T. N. Loome ’05, William Mitchell ’06, and Elizabeth White ’05, Automorphisms of semi-direct products.
  35. Erin Manlove ’07, Matthew Moynihan ’07, and Greg Wolken ’07, Fibonacci length for direct products.
  36. H. Jay Picconatto ’00, Comparing the dynamics of f and |f|.
  37. Reid Price ’07, Perfect order subset groups within the symmetric group.
  38. Jason Saccomano ’05, Automorphisms of groups.
  39. Jason Saccomano ’05, Automorphic Cycles.
  40. Niels Sveum ’01, Leslie Taylor ’01, and Ryan Thomas ’01, The probability that two elements in a metacyclic p-group commute.

Presentations and Invited Lectures

  • Group Theory: Definition to Research in 15″, Provost’s Sabbatical Series, St. Olaf College, March 2017
  • Automorphisms of Group Extensions, St. Olaf College research seminar, December 2016.
  • Graduate School Information Session, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, April 2016.
  • When is the Whole Equal to the Sum of its Parts?, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, March 2016.
  • MAA Panel: Implementing the 2015 CUPM Curriculum Guide, MathFest, August 2015.
  • Linear Algebra is Everywhere! Groups, Products, Automorphisms, and Matrices, Pi Mu Epsilon colloquium, St. Olaf College, November 2014.
  • Research with Students under the Big Tent, keynote address at the spring meeting of the North Central Section of the MAA, April 2012.
  • Orbits of endomorphisms. Carleton College, July 2007.
  • On automorphisms of products of groups. Groups St. Andrews 2005.
  • Using a “single story” as an integrative thread in upper-level STEM courses: An adaptation of what works from the 10 × 10 Assembly “Considering Pedagogies that Serve to Strengthen Student Learning.” Poster with Dr. Kim Kandl, Dallas, October 2004.
  • Automorphisms of products of groups. University of Otago, New Zealand, June 2003.
  • Automorphisms of groups. Macalester College, March 2002.
  • Can undergraduates do research in mathematics? Carleton College, July 1999 and Augsburg College, April 1999.
  • Mod p cohomology of groups given as cyclic-by-elementary abelian central extensions. AMS special session on the cohomology of groups, Central Section Meeting, Kansas, March 1998.
  •  Space, dimension and perspective. Carleton College, July 1997.
  • Classifying spaces and mod p cohomology of some central extensions. AMS special session on classifying spaces of groups, Central Section Meeting, Missouri, October 1996.
  • Constructivism in Abstract Algebra. MAA special session on constructivism across the curriculum, Winter Joint Meetings, Orlando, January 1996.
  • Classifying spaces and cohomology of some central extensions: A progress report. AMS special session on cohomology and representations of finite groups, Winter Joint Meetings, San Francisco, January 1995.
  • Classifying spaces of group extensions. AMS special session on homotopy theory, Winter Joint Meetings, San Francisco, January 1995.
  • The role of the Steinberg module in splitting BG. AMS special session on arithmetic groups and topology, Central Section Meeting, Oklahoma, October 1994.
  • Stable splittings of classifying spaces of metacyclic p-groups. AWM post-doctoral workshop, Winter Joint Meetings, Cincinnati, January 1994.
  • The role of the Steinberg module in splitting BG. CMS/AMS special session on topological methods in group theory, Summer Joint Meetings, Vancouver, B.C., August 1993.
  • Stable splittings of classifying spaces of groups. AWM graduate student workshop, Winter Joint Meetings, San Francisco, January 1991.

Consulting and Reviews

  • Referee for PRIMUS.
  • Referee for Communications in Algebra.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The College of New Jersey, with Dr. Michael Posner, April 2015.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Colorado College, with Drs. Mark Claypool, Lisa Meeden, and Judy Walker, February 2015.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics at Furman University, with Dr. Michael Sheard, November 2014.
  • External evaluator for tenure and promotion committees.
  • External member of doctoral committee at Western Michigan University, 2011-2013.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics at the College of St. Benedict’s/St. John’s University, with Dr. Frank Farris, April 2010.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College, with Dr. Paul Zeitz, April 2007.
  • External review of the Department of Mathematics at Hamline University, with Dr. Matthew Richey, February 2005.

Conference and Workshop Participation

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, January 2017. Participated in MAA mini-course on using big data in linear algebra.
  • Ischia Group Theory Conference, March 2016.
  • MathFest, Washington, DC, August 2015.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, January 2015. Participated in a WeBWork online homework system MAA sponsored mini-course.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, January 2014.

  • Groups St. Andrews 2013 in St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2013.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, January 2012.

  • Co-leader of MAA minicourse: Getting mathematics majors to think outside the book: Course activities that promote exploration, discovery, conjecture, and proof, Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2011.

  • CURM Workshop, Brigham Young University, March 2008 and June 2007.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January 2008.

  • North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 2007.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, January 2006.

  • Quantitative Literacy Workshop, Carleton College, October 2005.

  • North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 2005.

  • Project Kaleidoscope National Assembly, Dallas, October 2004.

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, Phoenix, January 2004.

  • Project Kaleidoscope 10 × 10 meeting, University of St. Thomas, October 2003.

  • AMS/MAA Winter Joint Meetings, Baltimore, January 2003.

  • Project Kaleidoscope National Assembly, Baltimore, October 2002.

  • NSF Project InterMath Workshop, Carroll College, Montana, June 2001.

  • Workshop on Undergraduate Research, University of Arizona, February 2000.

  • CMS Winter Meetings, Kingston, Ontario, December 1998. Attended special session on homotopy theory.

  • AMS/MAA Winter Joint Meetings, Baltimore, January 1998. Attended several special sessions in my research areas. Participated in an MAA mini-course on knot theory and its applications to science.

  • Pew Midstates Science and Mathematics Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Phys- ical Sciences and Mathematics, Chicago, November 1997.

  • Pew Midstates Science and Mathematics Consortium workshop for new faculty on grant writing, Grinnell College, October 1997.

  • AMS Summer Research Institute on group representations, cohomology, group actions and topology, Seattle, Summer 1996.

Service Activity

College Committees

  • Faculty Life Committee. At large representative, 2009-2011.

  • Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee. NSM representative, 2004–2007.

    – Chair of CEPC, 2005–2007
    – Chair of Special Studies Subcommittee, 2004-2005

  • Pandemic Taskforce, spring 2007–spring 2008
    – Convener of the Academics Subgroup, spring 2007–present

  • Agenda Setting Team. CEPC representative, 2006-2007.

  • Curriculum Coordinating Committee. Convener and CEPC representative, 2004-2007.

  • Special Studies Subcommittee of CEPC. NSM representative, 2003-2004.

  • General Education Committee. NSM representative, 2001–2003.

  • Community Life and Diversity Advisory Team, 2000–2001.

  • Admissions, Retention and Financial Aid Committee. NSM representative, 1999–2001.

  • Honors Day Science Symposium. Together with Dr. Philip Gloor, conceived of, planned, and instituted the first science and mathematics student research symposium. Co-chair of the committee, 1998–2000.

  • Womens Studies Committee, 1997–2000.

  • College Appeals Board, 1997-1999.

    – Chair, 1998-1999
    – Vice-chair, 1997–1998

Departmental Committees

  • Chair of Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, 2010-2015.
  • Director of the Mathematics Program, 2010-2015.
  • Chair, Intellectual Vitality Committee, 2003–2008. Activities included:
    • Redesigning the mathematics major
    • Promoting a culture of inquiry in MSCS, especially in terms of undergraduate research activities
    • Running a summer workshop to design research activities for some mathematics courses
    • Creating an archive for research activities
    • Developing a flexible FTE accounting system that values all faculty activities
    • Developing a five-year plan to increase supervision of student research in mathematics
    • Promoting synergy among the three programs within the MSCS department
    • Rewriting the departmental Statement on Teaching and Professional Activity
  • Editor, Research Volume in Mathematics, 2007-present
  • Chair, Mathematics Tenure-track Hiring Committee, 2005–2006 and 2007–2008.
  • Interdisciplinary Mathematics Tenure-track Hiring Committee, 2003–2004.
  • Mathematics Hiring Committee, 1997–1998 and 2002–2003.
  • Self Study Group, 2001–2003.
  • Standards for Teaching and Professional Activity, 1999–2001.
  • Undergraduate Research Committee, 1999–2002.
  • Convener, Research Seminar, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2003–2005, and 2007–2008.
  • Convener, Education Seminar, Spring 1999.
  • Curriculum in the First Year Committee, 1997–1999.
  • Calculus I and II Syllabus Committees, 1997 and 2007–2008.

National Organizations

  • Association for Women in Mathematics. Representative to MAA Committee on Women, 2013-present.

  • Mathematical Association of America. Committee on Departmental Reviews, 2013-15.

  • AMS-MAA-SIAM. Joint Committee on the Morgan Prize, 2011-2013; Chair, 2012-13.

  • Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program. Co-director of NSF funded summer mathematics program for women in their first two years of college, 1998-2001, 2004-2006, and 2007-present.

  • Mathematical Association of America. Co-organizer of special session for general contributed papers at winter joint meetings, Baltimore, January 2003.

  • Association for Women in Mathematics. Chair, Postdoctoral Selection Committee, 1998–1999. Committee directs the national competition among female postdoctorates to present their research at the annual winter joint mathematics meetings.

  • Association for Women in Mathematics. Graduate Student Selection Committee, 1995–1998 (Chair 1996-1998). Committee selects graduate students to present at the winter joint mathematics meetings.

Professional Memberships

American Mathematical Society

Mathematical Association of America

Association for Women in Mathematics

 

(updated June 2015)