Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty Research Areas

Table of Faculty Research Areas
Name Emphasis Research Areas
Dr. Manuchehr Aminian Applied Mathematics, Statistics Time series; Omics data; Mathematical data science; Mixing in fluids; Data science for social justice
Dr. Stacy Brown Mathematics Education Learning and learning environments in advanced undergraduate mathematics, with a focus on students' enculturation to the practice of proving; Spatial noticing in the context of 2-D and 3-D mathematical artifacts; The role of professional development on K-6 teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching and its impact on student outcomes.
Dr. J. Arlo Caine Mathematics Mathematical Physics; Poisson Geometry; Lie Groups; Functional Analysis
Dr. Jillian Cannons Applied Mathematics Optimization; Robotics
Dr. Anne Cawley Mathematics Education DEI; Sense of belonging; Students’ experiences in math courses; Math faculty instructional practices; Professional development of math faculty
Dr. Briana Foster-Greenwood Pure Mathematics Graph Theory; Reflection Groups; Noncommutative Algebra
Dr. Berit Givens Pure Mathematics Algebra; Combinatorics; Number Theory
Dr. Emily Heath Pure Mathematics Combinatorics; Graph Theory
Dr. He Jiang Statistics Clustering; Mixture Modeling; Computational Statistics
Dr. Peter Kagey Pure Mathematics Combinatorics; Discrete Probability; Algorithms; Experimental Mathematics; Group Theory
Dr. Hoon Kim Statistics Bayesian Inference; Hierarchical Modeling; Cancer Mortality Rate; Statistical Consulting
Dr. Adam King Statistics Discrete Time Survival Analysis; Bayesian Statistics; Machine Learning; Statistical Software Development
Dr. Alan C. Krinik Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics,  Statistics Explicit transient and steady state solutions of Markov chains and processes (solving various types of Gambler's Ruin problems in different settings and exploring queueing theory models using duality theory combined with various eigenvalue and eigenvector matrix representation); Combinatorics; Real Analysis
Dr. Fernando Lopez-Garcia Pure Mathematics Functional inequalities in Sobolev spaces, such as Poincaré type inequalities, where the geometry of the domain plays a fundamental role. These results are used in the variational analysis of certain partial differential equations and the numerical analysis of their solutions. The spaces considered to study these inequalities are Sobolev spaces on bounded Euclidean domains, spaces with variable exponents, and graphs.
Dr. Ioana Mihaila Pure Mathematics Analysis; Problem Solving (competitions and math journals)
Dr. Chris Jungwon Mun Statistics Repeated Measurements, Nonlinear Models, Semiparametric Regression, Mixed Effect Models
Dr. Stacy Musgrave Mathematics Education Mathematics Education
Dr. Laurie Riggs Mathematics Education Preparing mathematics teachers; Use of technology in the mathematics classroom
Dr. Jimmy Risk Statistics Computational Statistics; Machine Learning; Gaussian Processes; Actuarial Science; Financial Mathematics; Mortality Modeling
Dr. John A. Rock Pure Mathematics Pedagogy of real analysis; Complex analysis; Topology; Measure theory; Functional analysis from the perspective of arbitrarily close; Fractal Geometry
Dr. Amber Rosin Pure Mathematics Recreational math (math related to games and dice)
Dr. Cristina Runnalls Mathematics Education Mathematics for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students; Pre-service and In-service Teacher Education; Social Justice in Mathematics
Jill Shirley Applied Mathematics; Mathematics Education Mindset GPS in the Business Calculus Classroom
Dr. Randall Swift Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Statistics Probability Theory; Stochastic Processes; Functional Analysis; Differential Equations; Mathematical Modeling; Mathematical Epidemiology; Statistical Inference
Dr. Jennifer Switkes Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modeling
Dr. Ryan Szypowski Applied Mathematics Applied Analysis and Numerical PDEs
Dr. Hubertus von Bremen Applied Mathematics Computational methods for nonlinear dynamical systems; Structural dynamics; Control of structures
Dr. Greisy Winicki-Landman Mathematics Education Mathematical thinking; Visualization in mathematics learning; Mathematics teacher education; Philosophy of mathematics
Dr. Weiqing Xie Applied Mathematics Differential Equations
Dr. Hyunkyoung Yoon Mathematics Education Generative AI in teaching and learning; Teacher education; Quantitative reasoning