Undergraduate

I graduated summa cum laude from Colorado College in 2006. Below is a selective academic history.

Mathematics | Philosophy | Religion

Mathematics

I earned my BA with distinction in Mathematics in June of 2006. As a senior, I won the Florian Cajori prize, reserved for outstanding students in mathematics. The award included three books: generatingfunctionology, Rings of Continuous Functions, and The Man Who Loved Only Numbers.

2002-2003

University of New Haven, West Haven, CT

Calculus 1 and 2; Intro to Programming (in C).

2003-2004

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Calculus 3
Professor Travis Kowalski. Text: Ostebee & Zorn; Multivariable Calculus 2nd Edition
Differential Equations
Professor Travis Kowalski. Text: Edwards & Penney; Differential Equations: Computing and Modeling 3rd Edition
Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling, Third Edition
Distributed Computing
Professor Jonathan Bredin.
Linear Algebra
Professor Jane McDougall. Text: Larson, Edwards, & Falvo; Elementary Linear Algebra 5th Edition
Number Theory
Professor Joshua Laison. Text: Schumacher; Chapter Zero: Fundamental Notions of Abstract Mathematics
Chapter Zero: Fundamental Notions of Abstract Mathematics (2nd Edition)
Mathematical Software: Mathematica (1/2 credit adjunct)
Professor Jane McDougall.

2004-2005

Abstract Algebra I
Professor Marlow Anderson. Text: (preprint)
Abstract Algebra II (emphasis on commutative ring theory)
Professor John Watkins. Text: (preprint)
Graph Theory
Professor Joshua Laison
Combinatorics (1/2 credit adjunct)
Professor Joshua Laison
Mathematical Problem Solving Seminar: Modeling (1/2 credit adjunct)
Professor David Brown

2005-2006

Mathematical Analysis I
Professor David Brown. Text: Ross; Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus. I worked independently on problems in Rudin’s Principles of Mathematical Analysis.
Elementary Analysis Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third Edition
Mathematical Analysis II
Professor Jane McDougall. Texts: Ross; Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus. (others coming soon)
Complex Analysis
Professor Wojciech Kosek. Text: Stewart & Tall; Complex Analysis
Topology
Professor Marlow Anderson. Text: Davis; Topology
Seminar in Mathematics: Ringel’s Conjecture (full credit adjunct)
Professor John Watkins.
Seminar in Mathematics: Counting with Groups (1/2 credit adjunct)
Professor Marlow Anderson.

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Philosophy

As a freshman at the University of New Haven, I won the philosophy award as the outstanding philosophy student of the year.

2002-2003

University of New Haven, West Haven, CT

Ethics
Professor Joel Marks. Texts: coming soon

2003-2004

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Logic & Life
Professor Jeremy Bendik-Keymer. Text: Layman; The Power of Logic.
The Power of Logic

2004-2005

Philosophy & Psychology of the Self
Professor John Riker. Texts:

2005-2006

Metaphysics
Professor John Riker. Texts: Whitehead; Adventures of Ideas. More soon.

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Religion

I was a religion minor, focusing on the religions of Asia.

2003-2004

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Pilgrimages
Professor Jack Stanley. Texts:
Introduction to Buddhism
Professor David Gardiner. Texts:

2004-2005

Introduction to Hinduism
Professor Tracy Coleman. Texts:
The Dalai Lama of Tibet
Professor David Gardiner. Texts:

2005-2006

Buddhist Visionary Traditions
Professor David Gardiner. Texts:

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