Education
- 2005 - present: New York University, New York, NY
Graduate student in the Courant Institute - 2000 - 2004: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
M.S. in Mathematics - 1996 - 2000: Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
B.S. in Mathematics, cum laude - Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) - Summer 1999: Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
French Immersion Program
Awards Received
- LGBTQA Student Leadership Award at the University of Vermont (2003)
- Phi Beta Kappa (2000)
- Honors List at Mary Baldwin College (1997-2000)
- Leadership Scholarship in Mathematics and the Sciences (2000)
- Ashley DuLac Mathematics Award (2000)
- Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (2000)
- Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership society (1999)
- PEG Merit and Leadership Award (1998)
- Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honors society (1997)
Chapter President, 1997-98
Publications
- A Characterization of Projective-Planar Signed Graphs, with D. Archdeacon, Discrete Math. 290 (2005) 109-116.
- Cycle Systems In The Complete Bipartite Graph Minus A One-Factor, with D. Archdeacon, J. Dinitz, H. Gavlas, Discrete Math., Special Issue In Honor of Curt Lindner On His 65th Birthday. 284 (2004) 37 – 43.
- Halin's theorem for the Mobius strip, with D. Archdeacon, C.P. Bonnington, and M. Prestridge, Ars Combin. 68 (2003) 243-256.
Teaching and Research Experience
- 2006 - 2007: New York University, New York, NY
Graduate Research Fellow - Department of Teaching and Learning
Courses TA'd: Transformations and Geometry - Summer 2006: Canada/USA Mathcamp, Tacoma, WA
Faculty member - summer camp for gifted high school students.
Courses taught: Proof Techniques, Intro to Graph Theory, Topological Graph Theory - Summer 2005: St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT
Research Assistant
Graduate Assistant to Professor Joanna Ellis-Monaghan. Position sponsored by the Vermont Genetics Network. - 2004 - 2005: Community College of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Instructor - Department of Mathematics
Courses taught: Statistics I, College Algebra with Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I. - 2000 - 2001, 2002 - 2004: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Graduate Research Assistant - Department of Mathematics
Graduate Assistant to Professor Dan Archdeacon. Position sponsored by the Vermont Space Consortium Grant. - 2001 - 2002: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Graduate Teaching Fellow - Department of Mathematics
Courses taught: Precalculus, Calculus I. - Summers 2001 - 2005: UVM Discovering Engineering / Governer's Institute, Burlington, VT
Teacher, Residential Counselor - Math/Science Summer Camp - Summers 2001 - 2005: Vermont Math, Science, and Technology High School Summer Insititute, Burlington, VT
Teacher, Residential Counselor - Math/Science Summer Camp - Summer 2002: Upward Bound at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Mathematics Instructor
Courses taught: Algebra I - Summers 2000, 2001: Maine School of Science and Math, Limestone, ME
Teacher - Math/Science Summer Camp
Courses taught: Combinatorics, Discrete Math, HTML. - 1997 - 2000: Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Teaching Assistant, Tutor - Department of Mathematics
Student assistant to Professor John Ong. Leading help sessions, grading, web page maintenance.
Extracurricular Activities
- 2002 - 2005: Cat's Meow, collegiate a cappella, University of Vermont
Positions Held: Music Director (3 years); Webmaster (3 years) - 2003 - present: Vermont A Cappella Summit, University of Vermont
Conference Co-Founder and Producer - 2002 - 2004: President's Commission on Campus Climate for LGBT Members of the University Community, University of Vermont
Student Representative - 2003 - 2004: Department of Mathematics - Graduate Committee, University of Vermont
Student Representative - 2002 - 2004: Faculty Senate - Student Affairs Committee, University of Vermont
Student Representative - September 2002: "World Tree" concert, Shelburne, Vermont
Performed with Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort - 1997 - 2000: Student Government, Mary Baldwin College
Positions Held: SGA Treasurer; Committee Co-Chair; Senator. Served as Student Representative to the Board of Trustees. - 1998 - 2000: Baldwin Charm, collegiate a cappella, Mary Baldwin College
Positions Held: Soprano Director; Webmaster
Miscellany
- Professional Memberships: American Mathematical Society, Association for Women in Mathematics
- Programming: HTML, CSS, C++, Java