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  • John Cullinan, chair
    Associate Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Number Theory
    PhD: University of Massachusetts
    Office: Albee 300
    Email: cullinan@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7104
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/cullinan

    John Cullinan, chair

    Associate Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Number Theory
    PhD: University of Massachusetts
    Office: Albee 300
    Email: cullinan@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7104
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/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.
  • Ethan Bloch
    Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Geometric Topology
    PhD: Cornell University
    Office: Albee 317
    Email: bloch@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7266
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/bloch

    Ethan Bloch

    Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Geometric Topology
    PhD: Cornell University
    Office: Albee 317
    Email: bloch@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7266
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/bloch

    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.
  • Mark Halsey
    Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment
    Associate Professor of Mathematics


    Specialization: Graph Theory
    PhD: Dartmouth College
    Office: RKC 218
    Email: halsey@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-752-2336
    Website: bard.edu/doc

    Mark Halsey

    Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment
    Associate Professor of Mathematics


    Specialization: Graph Theory
    PhD: Dartmouth College
    Office: RKC 218
    Email: halsey@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-752-2336
    Website: bard.edu/doc

    B.A., Hobart College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College. Assistant professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1984–89). Member, American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America; full fellow, Institute for Combinatorics and Its Applications. Articles in Discrete Mathematics, Discrete Applied Mathematics, and Journal of Combinatorial Theory. National Science Foundation grants for pure and applied discrete mathematics research experience for undergraduates (1988–89) and advanced computing environment for the sciences (1991–93). Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (1989– ) Associate Professor of Mathematics.
    Interests:
    • Research Interests: dimensional parameters of graphs; domination in graphs
    • Other Interests: architecture; science education; cycling
  • Caitlin Leverson
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
     
    Specialization: Low-Dimensional Topology
    PhD: Duke University
    Office: Albee 301
    Email: cleverson@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7093
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/cleverson/

    Caitlin Leverson

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
     
    Specialization: Low-Dimensional Topology
    PhD: Duke University
    Office: Albee 301
    Email: cleverson@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7093
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/cleverson/

    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.
  • Stefan Mendez-Diez
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Mathematical Physics
    PhD: University of Maryland
    Office: Albee 315
    Email: smendezdiez@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7093
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/smendezdiez

    Stefan Mendez-Diez

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Mathematical Physics
    PhD: University of Maryland
    Office: Albee 315
    Email: smendezdiez@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7093
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/smendezdiez

    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.
  • Lauren Rose
    Associate Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Algebraic Combinatorics
    PhD: Cornell University
    Office: Albee 305
    Email: rose@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7362
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/rose

    Lauren Rose

    Associate Professor of Mathematics

    Specialization: Algebraic Combinatorics
    PhD: Cornell University
    Office: Albee 305
    Email: rose@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7362
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/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.
  • Steven Simon
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
     

    Specialization: Geometric Combinatorics, Algebraic Topology
    PhD: New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    Office: Albee 311
    Email: ssimon@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-4720
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/ssimon

    Steven Simon

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
     

    Specialization: Geometric Combinatorics, Algebraic Topology
    PhD: New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    Office: Albee 311
    Email: ssimon@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-4720
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/ssimon

    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.
  • Japheth Wood
    Director of Quantitative Literacy
    Continuing Associate Professor of Mathematics


    Specialization: Universal Algebra
    PhD: UC Berkeley
    Office: Albee 301 
    Email: jwood@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7191 
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/jwood

    Japheth Wood

    Director of Quantitative Literacy
    Continuing Associate Professor of Mathematics


    Specialization: Universal Algebra
    PhD: UC Berkeley
    Office: Albee 301 
    Email: jwood@bard.edu
    Phone: 845-758-7191 
    Website: faculty.bard.edu/jwood

    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.

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Email: cullinan@bard.edu

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