Faculty

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Ethan Bloch, director

B.A., Reed College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Instructor, University of Utah (1983–86). Author, A First Course in Geometric Topology and Differential Geometry (1996); Proofs and Fundamentals: A First Course in Abstract Mathematics (2000; second edition 2010); The Real Numbers and Real Analysis (2011). Articles in Topology, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Topology and Its Applications, Discrete and Computational Geometry, Fundamenta Mathematicae, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Beiträge zür Algebra und Geometrie, and Geometriae Dedicata. Recipient, National Science Foundation grant (1985–87). Member, American Mathematical Society. Specialization: geometric topology. At Bard since 1986.

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John Cullinan

B.A., Bates College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst. Visiting Assistant Professor, Colby College (2005-06), Visiting Assistant Professor, Bard College (2006-08). Articles in Journal of Algebra, Mathematics of Computation, International Journal of Number Theory, Manuscripta Mathematica, Indagationes Mathematicae, Journal de Theorie des Nombres de Bordeaux.  Specialization: Number Theory, Representation Theory.  At Bard since 2006.

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Charles Doran

A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.  His research centers on the arithmetic, geometry, topology and physics of Calabi-Yau manifolds.  His previous faculty positions have been S. Chowla Research Postdoctoral Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University (1999-2000); VIGRE/Ritt Assistant Professor, Columbia University (2000-2004); Assistant Professor/Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington (2003-2011); Associate Professor/Professor, University of Alberta (2008-2021).  He has held the McCalla Professorship of Science at the University of Alberta (2013-2014), the Visiting Campobassi Professorship of Physics at the University of Maryland (2015-2017), a Visiting Professorship of Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics at Brown University (2017-2018), and is an Associate Member of the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications at Harvard University (2018-present); he was the Director of the Alberta site of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (2009-2015).  He has published articles in numerous refereed publications, including Communications in Mathematical Physics, Advances in Mathematics, Research in the Mathematical Sciences, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Communications in Number Theory and Physics, Israel Journal of Mathematics, SIGMA, and Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching.  He was awarded the Merten M. Hasse Prize of the Mathematical Association of America for his paper "From Polygons to String Theory" with former Ph.D. student, Ursula Whitcher; he is the recipient of grants and awards from, among others, Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation, Mathematical Association of America, and the Government of Alberta.  Specialization: Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Physics.  At Bard since 2022.

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Mary Krembs

B.A., Marist College; M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  Research interests include computational geometry (Voronoi Nets), computer graphics, software development methodology, human-computer interaction, and mathematical methods to compose and represent music.  Serves as Director of the Bard College Citizen Science program since 2017, and is a STEM Associate in Bard's Institute for Writing and Thinking,  Previously taught at Marist College, and has worked in the technology industry as a mathematician and developer; holds the patent on “A Method to Detect the Closest Existing Point on a Spline or Polyline.”  At Bard since 2007.

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Caitlin Leverson

B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Duke University.  Research interests include low-dimensional topology, symplectic topology, contact topology, and knot theory, with particular interest in three-dimensional contact topology and knot homologies.  Articles in Journal of Commutative Algebra, Journal of Symplectic Geometry, Pacific Journal of Mathematics and Quantum Topology.  Recipient of a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and numerous teaching, research, and travel awards from Duke University, Wellesley College and the American Mathematical Society.  Previously taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  At Bard since 2020.

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Stefan Mendez-Diez

B.S., B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Maryland. Taught at Utah State University, University of Alberta and University of Maryland. Research focuses on the mathematics underlying supersymmetric high energy physics. Articles in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Communications in Mathematical Physics, and Letters in Mathematical Physics. Memberships include Mathematical Association of America and Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. At Bard since 2016.

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Daniel Newsome

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (1986-1989); B.A. Physics, Bard College (2002); Ph.D. History of Science, CUNY Graduate Center (2012).  Previously taught at John Jay College, Stevens Institute of Technology, New York City College of Technology, NYU's Gallatin School, Columbia University, Bard Prison Initiative, Bard Citizen Science, and Bard L&T.  Given papers and talks in numerous venues including The Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, The International Medieval Congress Leeds, The Renaissance Society of America's Annual Conference, The Conference on Science, Technology and the Humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology, and several colleges, prisons, and high schools in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.  Research interests include medieval mathematics and natural philosophy, medieval Islamic science, early microscopy, and the history of evolution.  At Bard since 2013.

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Lauren Rose

B.A., Tufts University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Taught at Ohio State University, Wellesley College. Visiting scholar, Mathematics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bunting Institute Science Scholar, Radcliffe College. Research interests: algebraic combinatorics, commutative algebra, discrete geometry. At Bard since 1997.

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Steven Simon

B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Research interests include geometric combinatorics, algebraic topology, and discrete and computational geometry. Articles in Israel Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, Geometriae Dedicata, and Journal of Geometry.  Presented talks at numerous universities and institutes throughout the United States and internationally in Berlin, Paris, Budapest, and Mexico City. Previously taught at Wellesley College, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and New York University. At Bard since 2016.

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Japheth Wood

B.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Research interests include universal algebra, tame congruence theory, semigroups, and voting theory. Articles published in Algebra Universalis, International Journal of Algebra and Computation, and Semigroup Forum. Member, American Mathematical Society, Association for Women in Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.