Welcome!
I am a Science & Technology Policy Fellow (STP) for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). My fellowship is hosted at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), Division of Information & Intelligent Systems.
In addition, I am a mathematics instructor for University of Arizona Online.
From fall 2014 to summer 2017, I was a teaching postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona Department of Mathematics and was mentored by Professor Andrew Gillette.
I received my doctorate from the University of Oregon Department of Mathematics and was advised by Professor Brad Shelton.
I study numerical methods and algebra; specifically, I am interested in finite elements, finite element exterior calculus, non-commutative algebra, homological algebra, and combinatorial topology. I am also interested in data science, data science education and policy, mathematics education and research for undergraduates.
For more information, see: CV (updated 1/18/2019).
Recent talks:Computational serendipity and tensor product finite element differential forms
AMS Contributed Paper Session on Numerical Analysis, I
Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2019
Idea for research study: error detection in an introductory proofs course
2nd Northeastern Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) Conference
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2018
Support for a variety of pathways to undergraduate research
Invited talk, AMS Spring Western Sectional Meeting
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, April 2017
Trimmed serendipity finite elements
Invited talk, CMAT-UA Workshop
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March 2017
Invited talk, Structure and Scaling in Computational Field Theories ERC Project
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norwary, October 2016
Weakly Cohen-Macaulay posets and a class of finite-dimensional Koszul algebras
AMS Fall Sectional Meeting, Session: Combinatorics, at the Crossroads of Algebra, Geometry, and Topology
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, September 2016
A transition to deductive reasoning
Mathematics Educators Appreciation Day Conference
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ January 2016