Ph.D., Mathematics, University
of Kentucky, May 1998
GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
M.S., Operations Research, University of Kentucky, May 1995
GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
B.A., Mathematics, Transylvania University, May 1993
Minors: Computer Science, French
GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
Earned an A+ in every one of my mathematics courses
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor of Mathematics - August 1998 to present
Department of Mathematics, Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana)
Responsible for all aspects of teaching mathematics
courses including lecturing and writing examinations.
Primary Instructor of
Calculus B
Calculus A
Discrete Mathematics
College Algebra
Parallel Computation
I team-taught Parallel Computation with a computer science professor.
We completely developed the course ourselves; it had never before been
offered at Earlham.
Will teach 100 8th-graders as the
Primary Instructor of the math component of the 1999
Earlham/Lilly Indiana Initiative (ELII) Summer Odyssey.
ELII is a collaborative project designed to increase the number
of Indiana students who pursue and complete a program of
post-secondary study. I participated in several workshops
during the 1998-99 academic year to prepare for the summer
program, which will take place in June 1999.
Teaching Assistant - August 1994 to May 1998
Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky)
Responsible for all aspects of teaching mathematics
courses including lecturing and writing examinations.
Primary Instructor of
Ordinary Differential Equations (Calculus IV)
Calculus III
Math Excel for Calculus II
Math Excel for Calculus I
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra
Math Excel is a special calculus workshop geared towards rural
and minority first year calculus students, based on the ideas of
Uri Treisman.
Primary Instructor of the
1997 University of Kentucky
Freshman Summer Program. During the summer of 1997, I
taught college algebra to a group of minority
students who had just graduated from high school and were planning
on entering UK the following fall. As the instructor, I lectured
five days a week; in addition, I led two workshops each week,
where students would work together in groups on worksheets
I had prepared.
Supervisor / Coordinator of 27 sections of Laboratory
Calculus I
(each section consisted of
25+ undergraduate students, a professor, and a graduate teaching
assistant).
The semester I held this position was the first semester
the University of Kentucky had implemented Laboratory Calculus
across all sections of calculus.
Responsibilities included:
Instructing 15+ graduate teaching assistants in the use
of graphing calculators
Writing worksheets that were distributed to all sections of
students during laboratory workshops
Writing exams that were administered to all sections
Frequently meeting with the professors and graduate students
involved in Laboratory Calculus
Meeting weekly with the
director of mathematics undergraduate studies
Seminar in College
Teaching
I was a student in this course, which
addressed teaching and learning issues in
the college classroom. From this course, I learned many
effective teaching strategies (Fall 1996).
Member of Mathemedics, a group of graduate students
who held exam review sessions for calculus students. All proceeds
were donated to the UK Children's Hospital (Fall 1995).
Assistant Dance Instructor at Pearman Studio V in Fort
Thomas, Kentucky (1985-89).
Curriculum Development
Together with a computer science professor, I developed
a new course, Parallel Computation, at Earlham College.
We taught it for the first time during the spring term 1999.
As one component of the course, the students assembled
and configured a 16-node parallel cluster from parts donated
by a local computer company.
Developed three new courses in Operations Research
to be introduced into the Earlham College curriculum
during the 1999-2000 academic year. I will be the primary
instructor of each. The third course will give
students hands-on experience with operations research in
industry. Each student will visit a local company, be presented
with a problem there, work 2-3 weeks on a solution to the
problem, then return to the company to present his/her
results.
Research Experience
Research Assistant - Summer 1994, Summer 1995,
Fall 1995, Spring 1996
Department of Mathematics, University of
Kentucky
Supervisor: Dr. Jon Lee
Worked in developing a branch-and-bound algorithm for solving
the Constrained Maximum-Entropy Sampling Problem. I ultimately
implemented the algorithm on the University of Kentucky
32-processor Exemplar Supercomputer.
Experience Writing NSF Grant Proposals
May 1999 - Principal Investigator, NSF Grant, Division
of Undergraduate Education, Course, Curriculum,
and Laboratory Improvement, A Fully Configurable
Parallel Cluster, support pending.
May 1999 - Co-principal Investigator, NSF Grant, Division
of Undergraduate Education, Course, Curriculum,
and Laboratory Improvement, Implementing Linux and Open
Source Software in Undergraduate Science Laboratories, support
pending.
Mentoring Experience
Project Advisor to an Earlham computer science major during
the fall semester, 1998. I helped him to develop and complete a project
for his senior independent study. My work involved teaching him
the method of branch-and-bound for solving integer programs,
and providing guidance for him as he worked to write and run
a parallel computer implementation of the algorithm.
Graduate Student Mentor
for the Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
at the University of Kentucky (Summer 1996). For six weeks, I worked
extensively with an
undergraduate math major on a research project, related to my thesis
topic.
Computer Skills
Have written extensive code in C and Fortran, both at the undergraduate
and graduate levels.
Experienced in parallel programming in C.
Experienced in using SIMAN (simulation software), CPLEX
(linear programming software), LAPACK (numerical analysis
subroutine package), and
LATEX (mathematical word processing
software).
Have incorporated MAPLE and MATHEMATICA software
into my teaching and research.
Minored in computer science as an undergraduate.
Mathematics Conferences and Presentations
Spoke about my research at the:
January 1998 American Mathematical
Society and Mathematical Association of America Joint Meetings in
Baltimore, Maryland;
March 1997 Southeastern
International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory,
and Computing, held at Florida Atlantic University;
Spring 1996 National INFORMS meeting, held
in Washington D.C.;
Center for Computational Sciences,
University of Kentucky;
UK Math Department's Graduate
Student Colloquium;
UK Math Department's
Combinatorics Seminar;
Earlham Math Club.
Participated in the:
October 1998 Operations Research Workshop at
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland;
February 1996 IMA ``Women in Mathematical Sciences Connected
to Industry'' workshop, held at the University of Minnesota.
Attended the:
January 1999 American Mathematical
Society and Mathematical Association of America Joint Meetings in
San Antonio, Texas;
Summer 1998 Mathematical
Association of America Meeting in Toronto;
October 1995 MIGHTY Conference on graph theory, held at the
University of Illinois.
Mathematics Institutes
Participated in the 1991 Summer Mathematics Research Institute
for Women, held at Mills College and the University of California
at Berkeley.
Participated in the 1992 Summer Regional Geometry Institute,
held in Park City, Utah.
Publications
K.M. Anstreicher, M. Fampa, J. Lee, and J. Williams
(1996), Continuous
relaxations for constrained maximum-entropy sampling, in
``Integer Programming and Combinatorial
Optimization,'' W.H. Cunningham, S.T. McCormick, and M. Queyranne, eds.,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1084, Springer Verlag,
Berlin, 234-248.
K.M. Anstreicher, M. Fampa, J. Lee, and J. Williams (1998),
Maximum-entropy remote sampling. University of Kentucky, Department
of Mathematics,
Technical report No.98-23.
K.M. Anstreicher, M. Fampa, J. Lee, and J. Williams (1997),
Using
continuous nonlinear relaxations to solve constrained maximum-entropy
sampling problems, CORE Discussion Paper No. 9729, Université
Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, to appear
in Mathematical Programming.
Professional Organizations
American Mathematical Society
Association for Women in Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America
Projects
Developed and proposed a policy for the
improved performance of the University of Kentucky bus system. The
University implemented my idea, and has had very
good results.
Awards and Honors
Project NExT Fellow, 1998-99
Recipient of the 1997 Wimberly C. Royster Outstanding
Teaching Assistant Award. This award is presented annually by the University
of Kentucky Department of Mathematics for excellence in
teaching. I received the award the first year I was eligible.
Recipient of a ``Quality Achievement Fellowship,'' awarded by
the Graduate School at the University of Kentucky (1993-94,
1994-95, 1995-96).
Recipient of a ``Fellowship for Women,'' awarded by the Graduate
School at the University of Kentucky (1993-94).
Recipient of a research grant by the Center for Computational
Sciences at the University of Kentucky (Summer 1995 - Summer 1996).
Recipient of a full four-year academic scholarship to
Transylvania University.
Recipient of the Transylvania Senior Academic Achievement
Award.
Recipient of the Ruchman Mathematics Award, awarded to the
top senior math major at Transylvania.
Recipient of Lexington Rotary Club academic achievement award
given to the top two Transylvania juniors.
Valedictorian, Highlands High School class of 1989.
Leadership Experience
Coordinator - Earlham College Math Club, for students
and professors, Spring 1999
Co-coordinator - Spring 1998
University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics Combinatorics
Seminar Series.
Member - Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership/
scholarship/service honorary, and recipient of ODK national
scholarship to graduate school.
Captain - Transylvania University Dance Team.
Vice-President, Rush Preference Party Committee Co-Chair,
Bylaws Committee Chair, Keeper of the Ritual, Campus Sing Co-Chair -
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority.
Member - Order of Omega, the national Greek honorary.
Member and Worship Planner - Christian Student Fellowship.
Community Service
Volunteer for Richmond Symphony, in conjunction with the ``Freshman
Service Project'' at Earlham College (Summer 1998).
Volunteer at the Lexington Shriners Hospital for Children
(Summer 1997).
Member of Storytelling Team at Southland Christian Church
(1997).
Volunteer at Brighton Center in Newport, Kentucky. Brighton
Center offers support to disadvantaged families in the Northern
Kentucky area. In the summer of 1992, I started a ballet class
there, open to any child who was interested. No such class
had ever been offered there before, and the children paid nothing
to attend (1992).
References
Research/Teaching Reference:
Dr. Jon Lee, Thesis Advisor
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
phone: (606) 257-3336
e-mail: jlee@ms.uky.edu
Teaching Reference:
Dr. Michael Freeman
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
phone: (606) 257-8836
e-mail: freeman@ms.uky.edu
Reference for Quality of Work as a Graduate Student:
Dr. Brauch Fugate, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
phone: (606) 257-4781
e-mail: fugate@ms.uky.edu
Dr. David Leep
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
phone: (606) 257-6813
e-mail: leep@ms.uky.edu
