Project NExT Silver Dots

1998-1999 participants


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Below is the list of Silver Dot NExTers. Most of the below info is circa 1999 and therefore probably outdated. If you're looking for any of these people, you'd be better off searching for info on the official Project NExT web page.

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James Baglama

Institution: Texas Tech University

e-mail: baglama@math.ttu.edu

Web page: http://www.math.ttu.edu/~baglama

Research interests: applied mathematics

Education: Ph.D. Kent State University - 97

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Eric Barth

Institution: Kalamazoo College

e-mail: barth@kzoo.edu

Research interests: Scientific Computing

Education: Ph.D. University of Kansas 1994

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Harel Barzilai

Institution: Lynchburg College

e-mail: barzilai@barzilai.org

Web page: http://barzilai.org

Research interests: Mathematics Education

Education: Ph.D. Cornell University 1997

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Ethan Berkove

Institution: U.S. Military Academy

e-mail: ae5450@exmail.usma.edu

Research interests: algebraic topology

Education: Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison

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Kavita Bhatia

Institution: University of Wisconsin - Marshfield

e-mail: kbhatia@mail.uwc.edu

Research interests: Geometric topology

Education: Ph.D. University of Oklahoma 1997

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Brian J. Birgen

Institution: Purdue University

e-mail: bbirgen@math.purdue.edu

Web page: http://www.math.purdue.edu/~bbirgen

Research interests: Several Complex Variables, Differential Goemetry

Education: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1997; BA UC Berkeley 1991

Spouse: Mariah Birgen

Pets: Two cats: Athena and Ares

Other interests: Comic Books, Geneaolgy, Bicycling, Ballroom Dancing.


Erin Bredensteiner

Institution: University of Evansville

e-mail: eb6@evansville.edu

Research interests: Mathematical Programming

Education: Ph.D. Rensselaer Poly. Inst. 1997

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Joseph Patrick Brewer

Institution: Lebanon Valley College

e-mail: brewer@lvc.edu

Research interests: Algebra

Education: Ph. D. University of Oregon, 1997

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John F. Bukowski

Institution: Juniata College

e-mail: bukowski@juniata.edu

Research interests: PDE Dynamical systems

Education: Ph.D. Brown University 1997

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Jean M. Burelle

Institution: Southern Connecticut State University

e-mail: mcgivney@scsu.ctstateu.edu

Research interests: Mathematics Education

Education: Ph.D. U. of Connecticut 1998

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Dale R. Buske

Institution:St. Cloud State University

e-mail:dbuske@stcloudstate.edu

Web page: http://stcloudstate.edu/~dbuske/

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Research interests:Operator Algebras

Education: Ph.D. Iowa State University 1997; B. Math. University of Minnesota 1991

Spouse: Cathy Children: Reagan (Daughter born in July 1997) Other interests: Journal Superia, The Minnesota Outdoors, Sleeping

Jeanne Nielsen Clelland

Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder

e-mail: jnc@euclid.colorado.edu

Research interests: Geometry of partial diff. equations

Education: Ph.D. Duke University 1996

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Richard Clelland

Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder

e-mail: rickc@euclid.colorado.edu

Research interests: Numerical partial differential

Education: Ph.D. Duke University 1996

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I. Dan Coroian

Institution:Indiana Purdue U., Fort Wayne

e-mail:coroiand@ipfw.edu

Web page: http://www.ipfw.edu/math/coroian/

Research interests:Numerical Analysis, Applied Math

Education: Ph.D. University of Iowa 1997

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Ermelinda DeLaVina

Institution: University of Houston--Downtown

e-mail: delavina@uhdux2.dt.uh.edu

Research interests: Combinatorics/Graph Theory

Education: Ph.D. U. of Houston--Central Campus 1997


Nancy Dwyer

Institution:University of Detroit-Mercy

e-mail:dwyernk@udmercy.edu

Research interests: secondary mathematical education

Education: Ph.D. University of Toledo 1996

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James A.M. Epperson

Institution: Texas Tech University

e-mail: jepperson@mail.utexas.edu

Research interests: Probability Theory

Education: Ph.D. The U. of Texas at Austin 1996

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Stephanie Fitchett

Institution: Duke University

e-mail: sfitchet@math.duke.edu

Research interests: Algebraic Geometry

Education: Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1997

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Thomas Fox

Institution: Ball State University

e-mail: tfox@wp.bsu.edu

Research interests: Mathematics Education

Education: Ph.D. Illinois State University 1997


Cheryl Grood

Institution: Swarthmore College

e-mail: cgrood1@swarthmore.edu

Research interests: Lie Algebras & Rep. Theory

Education: Ph.D. U. of Wisconsin 1998

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Craig Haile

Institution: College of the Ozarks

e-mail: haile@cofo.edu

Research interests: partial diff. equations

Education: Ph.D. U. of Missouri-Columbia - 97

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Bryce Hanlon

Institution: University of Arizona

e-mail: hanlon@u.arizona.edu

Research interests:Semigroup cohomology

Education: Ph.D. Tulane University 1997

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Jill E. Hemmati

Institution: Arkansas Tech University

e-mail: majh@atuvm.atu.edu

Research interests: Holomorphic partial diff. equs.

Education: Ph.D. University of Arkansas 1998

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Edwin (Jed) Herman

Institution: University of St. Thomas

e-mail: eherman@stthomas.edu

Research interests: Topological Groups

Education: Ph.D. University of Oregon 1997

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Jennifer Hontz

Institution: University of Dayton

e-mail: hontz@neelix.udayton.edu

Research interests: Lie Algebras

Education: Ph. D. N. Carolina State U., 1998

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Thomas C. Hull

Institution: Merrimack College

e-mail: thull@merrimack.edu

Web page: http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull

Research interests: graph theory, origami math

Education: PhD University of Rhode Island, 97; MS University of Rhode Island, 93, BA Hampshire College 91

Other interests: Frisbee, dancing, origami, and supernatural horror.


David J. Hunter

Institution: Westmont College

e-mail: dahunter@westmont.edu

Research interests: Algebraic Topology

Education: Ph.D. University of Virginia 1997

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Michael E. Johnson

Institution: Belmont University

e-mail: johnsonm@mail.belmont.edu

Research interests: Mathematical Biology

Education: Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 1998

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Michael Keeve

Institution: Norfolk State University

e-mail: mkeeve@vger.nsu.edu

Research interests: Numerical Analysis

Education: PhD Ph.D. - Georgia Institute of Technology 1997

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Lucia Kimball

Institution: Bentley College

e-mail: lkimball@bentley.edu

Research interests: Optimization

Education: Ph.D. 1997, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Lorelei Koss

Institution: Dickinson College

e-mail: koss@dickinson.edu

Research interests: Ergodic theory

Education: Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill, 1998

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Robert Krueger

Institution:Coe College

e-mail:rkrueger@coe.edu

Research interests:Difference equations

Education: Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1998

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Heather Ames Lewis

Institution: Nazareth College

e-mail: halewis@naz.edu

Research interests: Algebraic Graph Theory

Education: Ph.D. U. of Wisconsin-Madison 1997

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Jennifer Luebeck

Institution: University of Northern Colorado

e-mail: luebeck@math.montana.edu

Research interests: Mathematics education (secondary)

Education: EdD, Montana State University 1998

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Gail Mackin

Institution: Georgia Southern University

e-mail: gmackin@gsu.cs.gasou.edu

Research interests: Partial Diff. equations

Education: Ph.D. Virginia Tech 1997

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Jean Mastrangeli

Institution:Immaculata College

e-mail: jmastra2@immaculata.edu

Research interests: Symplectic Topology

Education: Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College 1997

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Cynthia L. McCabe

Institution: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

e-mail: cmccabe@uwsp.edu

Research interests: Topology

Education: Ph. D. University of Iowa, 1998

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C. Maeve McCarthy

Institution: Murray State University

e-mail: maeve.mccarthy@murraystate.edu

Research interests: Differential Equations, Optimal Design

Education: Ph.D. Rice University 1997

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Katherine G. McGivney

Institution: University of Arizona

e-mail: mcgivney@u.arizona.edu

Research interests: Probability

Education: Ph.D. Lehigh University 1998

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Linda E. McGuire

Institution: Gettysburg College

e-mail: 1mcguire@gettysburg.edu

Research interests: Network Analysis & Graph Theory

Education: Ph.D. Stevens Institute of Tech, 1997

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Kimberley P. McHale


Institution: Columbia College

e-mail: kpmchale@email.ccis.edu

Research interests: Part. Diff. Equations

Education: Ph.D. University of Missouri Columbia 1997

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Mary Hope McIlwain

Institution: Mercer University

e-mail: mcilwain_mh@mercer.edu

Research interests: Graph Theory

Education: Ph.D. Rice University, 1998

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Jeffrey L. Meyer

Institution: Syracuse University

e-mail: jlmeye01@mailbox.syr.edu

Research interests: Number Theory

Education: Ph.D. U. of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1997

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Nancy Ann Neudauer

Institution: Pacific Lutheran University

e-mail: neudauna@plu.edu

Research interests: Graph Theory

Education: Ph.D. U. of Wisconsin 1998

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Lisa A. Orlandi-Korner

Institution: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

e-mail: lorlandi@math.unl.edu

Research interests: geometric group theory

Education: Ph.D. Cornell University 1998

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David Pinchbeck

Institution: Saint Josephus College of Maine

e-mail: dpinchbe@mail.sjcme.edu

Research interests: Hyperbolic Geometry

Education: Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1996

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Neil Portnoy

Institution: University of Tennessee

e-mail: portnoy@math.utk.edu

Web page: http://www.math.utk.edu/~portnoy

Research interests: Operator Theory & Math. Edu.

Education: Ph. D. U. of New Hampshire - 1998

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John Prather

Institution: Ohio University - Eastern campus

e-mail: prather@ohiou.edu

Web Page: http://www.eastern.ohiou.edu/academic/pratherj/homepage.htm

Research interests: Complex analysis

Education: Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1997

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Joseph P. Previte

Institution: Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

e-mail: jpp4@psu.edu

Research interests: Topological Dynamics

Education: Ph.D. U. of Maryland College Park 1997

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Kenneth Price

Institution: Truman State University

e-mail:price@mathax.truman.edu

Research interests: Algebra, Universal Enveloping Algebras.

Education: M.S. and Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1997.
B.S. Western Illinois University

Pets: One fish, he is a Betta. Bettas are nick named Siamese Fighting fish. My Betta's name is Alpha. Other interests: vegetarian cooking, gardening, going to movies, computers, listening to music, especially live music,
and advising Truman's ultimate frisbee team haZe.


Amy Rabb-Liu

Institution: Montclair State University

e-mail: rabba@alpha.montclair.edu

Research interests: Math Education

Education: Ph.D. University of Arizona 1997

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Eric J. Rawdon

Institution: Chatham College

e-mail: rawdon@grumpy.chatham.edu

Research interests: Topology Knot Theory

Education: Ph.D. University of Iowa 1997

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Denise M. Reboli

Institution: Kings College

e-mail: dmreboli@rs01.kings.edu

Research interests: Group Theory

Education: Ph. D. - SUNY - Binghamton 1998

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Lisbeth Schaubroeck

Institution: U.S. Air Force Academy

e-mail: schaubroeckbe.dfms@usafa.af.mil

Research interests: Complex Analysis

Education: Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill, 1998

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Elaine Audrey Terry

Institution: St. Josephus University

e-mail: terry@sju.edu

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Education: Ph.D. Howard University 1997

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Robert E. Thurman

Institution: University of Texas at El Paso

e-mail: bob@math.utep.edu

Research interests: Complex Analysis

Education: Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995

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Robert Joseph van den Hoogen

Institution: Saint Francis Xavier University

e-mail: rvandenh@stfx.ca

Web Page: http://www.stfx.ca/people /rvandenh/welcome.html

Research interests: Mathematical Cosmology & Dynamical Systems (pub. list)

Education: Ph.D. Dalhousie University 1995; M.Sc. Dalhousie University 1991; B.Sc. St. Mary's University 1990

Family: (spouse) Suzanne, (children) Joshua age 8, Josee age 6, and Alexis age 2, (pet) Bronte a cocker spaniel age 2.

Other interests: Boy Scouts of Canada, playing cards, and playing with my children


Gideon Weinstein

Institution: Montclair State University

e-mail: gweinstein@hvc.rr.com

Web page:

Research interests: Mathematics Education

Education: Ph.D. Indiana University

Other interests: undergraduate mathematics education, development of mathematical sophistication, technology in mathematics education, students' understanding of proof.


Joy Denise Williams

Institution: Earlham College

e-mail: jdw@ms.uky.edu

Research interests: Operations research

Education: Ph.D., 1998 University of Kentucky

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Elizabeth Lee Wilmer

Institution: Oberlin College

e-mail: wilmer@post.harvard.edu

Research interests: probability and combinatorics

Education: Ph.D. Harvard University, 1998

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Carolyn Yackel

Institution: Indiana University

e-mail: cyackel@math.indiana.edu

Web page: http://php.indiana.edu/~cyackel

Research interests: Commutative Algebra

Education: University of Chicago, S.B. 1992; University of Michigan, M.S. 1994, Ph.D. 1998

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Qingchuan Yao

Institution: University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

e-mail: qiy+@pitt.edu

Research interests: applied math

Education: Ph.D. Michigan State -98

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Aklilu Zeleke

Institution: Alma College

e-mail: zeleke@alma.edu

Research interests: Probability Theory

Education: Ph.D. Temple University 1997

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