Assistant Professor at Elon University
What’s New? Check out my new Math-Dance video about Alexander’s Theorem!
Check out my new paper with Wade Bloomquist and Peter Patzt!
About Me
I am a tenure track faculty member in the department of Mathematics and Statistics at Elon University in North Carolina. Previously, I was a postdoctoral scholar at ICERM at Brown University, a postdoc at the University of Toronto with Dr. Dror Bar-Natan, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University. I completed my PhD in mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara under the direction of Darren Long in June of 2019. For more information about my research visit the Research tab.
In Jan 2024, Dan Margalit and I organized a Math Variety show for the JMM that was a smashing success! You can see the full program at this page.
In the summer of 2023, I made a new Math-Dance video about Alexander’s Theorem. I collaborated with Elon undergraduates and well as local dancers in my community. To watch the video and see some behind the scenes photos, go to this page.
In the summer of 2021 I mentored an REU project at GA Tech that lead to a student co-authored paper. Check out the Georgia Tech REU 2021 tab for a copy of our paper and some photos of the summer events.
While mathematics takes up most of my time and energy, I am passionately interested in many other things. My most recent adventure has been to create Math-Dance projects, using dance as a communication tool to teach higher mathematics.
In the summer of 2017, I won first place in Science Magazine’s video competition Dance Your PhD with my video Representations of the Braid Groups. Visit the Math-Dance tab for more information about this video.
I have developed many Math-Dance outreach activities including live performances, performative lectures, and published a paper about using dance as a technique to communicate mathematics to the public.
Before I became a mathematician I wanted to be a singer and performer in musical theater. I have a deep yearning for all things old. I love ballroom dancing, sewing, fashions from across the centuries, horse drawn carriages and anything touched by Jane Austen. Here is a photo of a dress I sewed for a victorian ball.
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