CV

Appointments

• Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University
  August 2013 -- June 2013
  
• Hans Rademacher Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
  July 2011 -- July 2013

Education

• Ph.D., Mathematics, Michigan State University, August 2011
  Thesis: Mean Curvature Flow in Higher Codimension
  Adviser: Jon G. Wolfson
• B.S., Mathematics, The Honors College, Michigan State University, August 2005
  With High Honor. Major coursework in linguistics.

Scholarship and Publications

• Geometric Analysis and Differential Geometry
  • “Singularities of the Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow”, submitted
    arxiv:1505.01856
  • “A Maximum Principle for Circle-Valued Temperatures”, (2019)
    to appear in Advances in Geometry
    
  • “Polygon Curvature Flow” with Jessie de la Cruz Santos, Ryan Gallagher, and Sarah Hadaidi (2014)
  • “A Characterization of the Singular Time of the Mean Curvature Flow” (2011)
    Proceedings of the AMS, 139 (8), 2933–2942
  • “A Compactness Theorem for the Second Fundamental Form” (2010)
    arXiv:1006.5697
• Algebraic Topology
  • “State Sum Homology for Simplicial Complexes” with Radmila Sazdanovic, preprint
  • “On Configuration Spaces and Simplicial Complexes” with Vin de Silva and Radmila Sazdanovic (2019)
    to appear in New York Journal of Mathematics
  • “Homology of Generalized Generalized Configuration Spaces”with Vin de Silva and Radmila Sazdanovic (2016)
    TOPOSYM abstracts, p 78
• Teaching, Outreach, and Mathematics Education
  
  • “Content-Based Specifications Grading in Proofs Courses”, submitted
  • “Incorporating Critical and Creative Thinking in a Transitions Course”, submitted
  • “Understanding Mathematical Induction by Writing Analogies”, (2019)
    to appear in Prompt
  • “Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach: writing about mathematics for a wide audience” with Carla Cederbaum (2016)
    Notices of the AMS, 63 (8), 914–916

Conference and Seminar Talks

• seminar talks
  • Temple Geometry and Topology Seminar, February 2019
  • Claremont Topology Seminar, January 2019
  • North Carolina State University Geometry and Topology Seminar, April 2018
  • University of Georgia Geometry Seminar, March 2018
  • Duke University Geometry/Topology Seminar, February 2016
  • Oberseminar Geometrische Analysis und Mathematisches Relativitätstheorie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, October 2015
  • Michigan State University Geometry Seminar, March 2015
  • Rutgers University Geometric Analysis Seminar, March 2015
  • North Carolina State University Geometry and Topology Seminar, February & September 2015
  • North Carolina State University Differential Equations Seminar, April 2014
  • Michigan State University Geometric Analysis Seminar, November 2013
  • L2 Geometry/Topology Seminar (Lafayette College and Lehigh University), March 2013
  • Bicollege Mathematics Colloquium (Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College), February 2013
  • Stony Brook University Geometry/Topology Seminar, March 2012
  • University of Pennsylvania Geometry/Topology Seminar, September 2011
  • Temple University Geometry/Topology Seminar, September 2011
  • Michigan State University Geometric Analysis Seminar, March 2009 & April 2010
• conference talks
  • “Simplicial Complexes and Configuration Spaces," January 2019
    Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore
  • “A Maximum Principle for Circle-Valued Temperatures”, November 2018
    AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting, University of Arkansas
  • “A ‘chromatic’ polynomial for simplicial complexes", March 2017
    AMS Southeastern Sectional, College of Charleston
  • “Homology of Generalized Generalized Configuration Spaces”, July 2016
    TOPOSYM 2016: Twelfth Symposium on General Topology, Czech Technical University, Prague
  • “A Maximum Principle for Circle-Valued Temperature Functions”, March 2016
    AMS Eastern Sectional, Stony Brook University
  • “Lagrangian mean curvature flow, the Maslov class, and special Lagrangians”, January 2016
    Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle
  • “Singularities of Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow Are Mild or Conical”, November 2015
    AMS Eastern Sectional, Rutgers University
  • “Visual Thinking in Mathematics” with Radmila Sazdanovic, June 2015
    SPM-EMS-AMS Joint Meeting, Porto
  • “Lagrangian Submanifolds under Mean Curvature Flow” March 2014
    48th Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference, University of Richmond
  • “Smooth Singularity Models for Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow”, September 2012
    AMS Eastern Sectional, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • “Smooth Singularity Models for the Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow”, April 2011
    AMS Eastern Sectional, College of the Holy Cross
  • “Smooth Singularity Models for the Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow”, November 2010
    AMS Central Sectional, University of Notre Dame
• talks on teaching
  • “Content-Based Specifications Grading in a Proofs Course," January 2019
    Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore
  • “The Erlanger (Distance) Programm" October 2018
    Kansas City Mathematics Technology EXPO, University of Missouri–Kansas City
  • “Blogs, Wikis, and Tweets (Oh my!)” October 2015
    Kansas City Mathematics Technology EXPO, University of Missouri–Kansas City
  • “The Art of Teaching Mathematics” with Radmila Sazdanovic, August 2015
    MAA MathFest, Washington, D. C.
  • “Definitions as Proof Blueprints” August 2015
    MAA MathFest, Washington, D. C.
  • “Teaching the Art of Mathematics” with Radmila Sazdanovic, May 2015
    D’Art Symposium: Perspectives on Art Education, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
  • “Blogging Introductory Real Analysis” April 2013
    MAA EPaDel Sectional, Dickinson College

Grants and Awards

• Teaching Awards
  • Certificate of Reflective Teaching, 2015
    NCSU Office of Faculty Development
  • Thank-A-Teacher Letters, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
    NCSU Office of Faculty Development
  • Good Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
• Grants
  • Hayek Fund for Scholars, 2019
  • Multimedia Accessibility Grant, NCSU Office of Information Technology 2018
    to provide captioning for MA 132 screencasts
    
  • Mathematics and Pedagogy: Training for Implementation of Common Core Standards, 2015-2017
    Co-Project Director (with Karen Hollebrands and Sonia Dupree)
    $445,000, US Department of Education
  • Alt-Textbook Project, NCSU Libraries 2014-2015
  • Writing for Conceptual Understanding in Calculus, NCSU Office of Faculty Development, 2014-2015
• Other Awards
  • International Leadership Award, MSU International Students Association, 2011
    In recognition of "outstanding achievement in cross-cultural relations"

Professional Development as a Teacher

• TH!NK Faculty, 2017-2018
  NCSU Quality Enhancement Program
• Campus Writing and Speaking Faculty Seminar, NCSU Spring 2016
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, NCSU May 2014
• Undergraduate Faculty Program, June - July 2013
  IAS/Park City Math Institute

Service and Outreach

• Judge, MAA Undergraduate Poster Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2019
• Junior Editor, Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach
• Program Committee, The Bridges Conference, 2016 --
• Co-organizer, MoSAIC Festival, March 2015
  sponsors: Bridges Organization and MSRI
• Judge, ΣΞ Student Research Showcase, 2013

Mentoring

• NCSU GLBT Advocate
• Undergraduate research
  • Simplicial Chromatic Polynomial, 2017-2018
    Philipp Buriak & Joseph Mueller
  • Partially-Prescribed Curve Shortening Flow, 2016-2017
    Davis Atkinson & Jonathan Dunay
    presentations at: NCSU Student Research Symposium 2016, UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference
  • Geometric Flows of Plane Curves, Summer 2014
    Jessie de la Cruz Santos, Ryan Gallagher, Sarah Hadaidi
    presentations at: NCSU Student Research Symposium 2014, JMM Session on Convex and Discrete Geometry 2015, JMM Student Poster Session 2015
• Graduate students
  • Dustin Leininger
• Graduate teaching mentoring
  • Daniel Scofield, Certificate of Achievement in Teaching, NCSU, 2017