After growing up in Fairborn, Ohio, I attended the
University of Cincinnati
, where I majored in
mechanical engineering
. My degree required 18 months in the cooperative education program where I worked for Goodrich Aerospace in Troy, Ohio. At Goodrich, I had the opportunity to design, test, and service wheels and brakes for regional, business, military, and commercial aircraft. In addition to my studies, much of my undergraduate time was spent as a member of UC's
track and cross country
teams.
Deciding that I preferred mathematics over engineering, I stayed at UC and earned my doctorate in
mathematics
. I specialized in geometric measure theory and analysis on metric spaces under the supervision of
Nageswari Shanmugalingam
. My thesis was titled
Comparison of BV Norms in Weighted Euclidean and Metric Measure Spaces
.
After completing my doctorate, I spent two years as a visiting professor at
Kenyon College
in Gambier, Ohio. This was my first experience with a small liberal arts college after having always been at a large (and wonderful) state university. During this time, I realized that I wanted to spend the rest of my career teaching at a similar institution.
I came to Hendrix in 2010 and have had the opportunity to teach a wide variety of math courses while being involved in many different areas of campus life. In 2015, I began serving at the college's Faculty Athletics Representative to the
SAA
and NCAA.