Academic and Research Positions

2018–
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa.
 
2013–2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.
 
2012–2013
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
 
2010–2012
Visiting Fellow, Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.
Supported by Marshall Sherfield Fellowship.
 
2004–2010
VIGRE Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Instructor of record for precalculus, Calculus I, and applied combinatorics. (More information in teaching.)
 
Summer 2004
Research Intern II, Institute for Defense Analyses-Center for Computing Sciences, Bowie, Maryland.
Developed and tested algorithms for data mining of large graphs using Perl, C, and Hancock (a C-based, domain-specific language for analyzing data streams). Top Secret Security Clearance, Department of Defense.
 
2001–2004
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Paper Grader, and Computer Systems Administrator, Department of Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
 
Summer 2003
Director's Summer Program, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Worked in a team environment to develop and test mathematical algorithms for data mining. Trained and tested neural networks using LNKnet. Implemented and tested algorithms using C and Perl. Top Secret Security Clearance, Department of Defense.
 
Summer 2002
Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Conducted research connecting graph theory and knot theory with N.W. Stoltzfus.