| Background |
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| B.S., Honors, from
Gonzaga University, 1977 |
| A.M. from Dartmouth College, 1979 |
| Ph.D. from Dartmouth College, 1981 |
- Ph.D. thesis advisor
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Dr. Charles D. Lahr, Department of Mathematics,
Dartmouth College
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- Ph.D. thesis
- Intrinsic integral representations and boundary theory
for superharmonic measures of a random walk
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- Areas of interest
- Probability, statistics, analysis, philosophy of
mathematics and statistics
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- Professional memberships
- American Association of University Professors (Vice President of Furman
Chapter (2000-2002), President of Furman Chapter (2002-2004, 2007-2008), Nominating Committee for the South Carolina
Conference (2005))
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| Experience |
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| Dartmouth College | Lecturer in mathematics (1979-1981) |
| Boston College | Assistant Professor (1981-1983) |
| Santa Clara University | Assistant Professor (1983-1986) |
| Furman University | Assistant Professor (1986-1989)
Associate Professor (1989-1996)
Professor (1996- ) |
- Courses taught
- Calculus, finite mathematics, linear algebra, statistics, differential equations,
nature of mathematics, probability, statistics, analysis, graph theory, geometry,
advanced calculus, computational science, stochastic processes, measure theory,
projective geometry
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- Committees
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Santa Clara University: Faculty Development(1985-86)
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Furman University: Research and Professional Growth (1987-90), Academic Policies (1991-92), Library (1993-95),
Academic Computing (1995-98, 2002-04) (Chair, 1996-98), Self-study focus group on information technology (1996-97),
University Committee on Information Technology (1997-98), Individualized Curriculum Program Committee (1998-99),
Faculty Development Committee (1998-99, 2000-04), Strategic Planning Committee Academic Program Working Group (2003-04),
Mathematics Department Technology Committee (Chair, 2003- )
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- Computer experience
- System administrator for UNIX (Linux, Solarix, and Iris) workstations and servers
- Experience with numerous mathematical and scientific software packages and languages
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- Seminars (organizer and lecturer)
- Choquet representation theory, Dartmouth College (1980); Statistics,
Boston College (1982-83); Statistical mechanics, Boston College (1982-83);
Mathematical logic, Furman University (1986-88); Differential equations and
chaos, Furman University (1989); Mathematical background to quantum mechanics,
Furman University (1991-92)
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- Additional
- Presented numerous colloquium lectures at Santa Clara University and at
Furman University, referee for American Mathematical Monthly and Mathematics
Magazine, grader for William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (1983-84),
director of Furman University Mathematics Tournament (1987-90), speaker at
Greenville Council of Teachers of Mathematics Spring Banquet (1988),
presented two day seminar on the history of mathematics for the School District
of Greenville County (1988), grader for ETS Advanced Placement Exams (1990),
faculty sponsor for Newman Club at Furman University (2001- )
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| Grants |
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- "Restructuring One Variable Calculus within a Modeling and Computer Oriented
Environment"
- National Science Foundation, August 1988
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- "A Computer Laboratory for Calculus Reform"
- National Science Foundation, August 1989
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- "Computer Algebra Systems in the Classroom"
- Carolinas & Ohio Science Education Network, October 1991
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- "Introduction of Computational Science into the Undergraduate Curriculum
at Furman University"
- National Science Foundation, May 1994 (with Hayden Porter and Frank Taylor)
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- "Multimedia Computing and Scientific Visualization"
- Keck Foundation, August 1994 (with Ken Abernethy, Bob Fray, and Frank Taylor)
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- "Multimedia Computing and Scientific Visualization"
- Kresge Foundation, April 1995 (with Ken Abernethy, Bob Fray, and Frank Taylor)
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| Presented Papers |
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- "Intrinsic integral representations of superharmonic measures"
- Annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society, San Francisco, January
1981, with Charles D. Lahr
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- "Calculus within a modeling and computer oriented environment"
- Annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Phoenix,
January 1989, with Robert D. Fray
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- "Calculus within a modeling and computer oriented environment: content"
- Summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Boulder, August 1989
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- "Peirce and Fisher on the place of probability in abductive inference"
- International Congress Henri Poincaré, Nancy, May 1994
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- "Computational science in a liberal arts setting"
- Annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Orlando, January 1996
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- "An applet a day: simple calculus demonstrations using Java"
- Annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America,
Baltimore, January 1998
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- "Peirce, Zeno, Achilles, and the Tortoise"
- Annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America,
Baltimore, January 2003
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- "Reflections on Zeno's Paradoxes"
- Southeast regional meeting of the Mathematical Association of America,
Clemson, March 2003
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- "Realism and Mathematics: Peirce and Infinitesimals"
- Annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America,
Atlanta, January 2005
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| Other Publications |
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- A definition of mathematics
- In Polimetrica, and available here
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- "Trigonometric Series Approximations"
- Java applet published in Mathematical
Sciences Digital Library, Mathematical Association of America, 2002
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- "Numerical Integration Rules"
- Java applet published in
Multimedia
Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, 2002
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- "Two-dimensional Random Walk"
- Java applet published in supplemental CD-ROM for Mathematics of Data Management,
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2002
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- Eight Java applets with associated sections from
Difference Equations to Differential Equations
- Published at Math Tools, a digital library of technology resources
for mathematics education funded by the National Science Foundation, August 2002
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- Abstract on calculus revision project
- Priming the Calculus Pump: Innovations and Resources, MAA Notes
Series # 17
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| Advisor for Undergraduate Research |
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- "Infinity and the Continuum from the Perspective of Charles S. Peirce"
- Monique Swafford, Fifth Annual Pew-COSEN Scholars Summer Research Conference,
Duke University, October 1993
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- "Infinity and the Continuum from the Perspective of Charles S. Peirce"
- Monique Swafford, National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Kalamazoo,
May 1994
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- "Charles Sanders Peirce or the Consequences of a Hypothesis"
- Ivana Alexandrova, Pi Mu Epsilon National Meeting, Burlington, August, 1995
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