Faculty

$Mathematics and Statistics Faculty$

SRU's Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty are focused on student success. We care about providing a quality education that encourages and challenges our students, and we are always willing to assist and support our students in achieving that success. Our dedicated faculty are active researchers in mathematical sciences and education, both as individuals and with students.

Mr. James Anthony

Instructor Dr. Anthony Photo
E-mail: james.anthony@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200F

Jim Anthony is returning to SRU after a decade or so teaching at Westminster College in PA. He earned his B.S. in Secondary Education Mathematics with a Computer Science Specialization from Lock Haven University. He then earned a M.A. in Mathematics from Penn State University where he focused on primality testing including the implementation of a cubic number field sieve to factor a special set of large numbers. His current research is in fractals, their creation, and analyzing and simulating real-world objects through their fractal dimension. He enjoys working with students on research projects, especially dealing with fractals, the intersection of mathematics and art, and educational simulations.

Dr. Joshua Ballew

Associate Professor Dr. Ballew
E-mail: joshua.ballew@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200G

Dr. Ballew grew up in rural Maryland. He earned his bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College of Maryland with a double major in mathematics and physics, becoming a first-generation college graduate. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and Scientific Computation from the University of Maryland College Park. Immediately before coming to Slippery Rock, he served as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. His research is in the analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations. In 2018, he was named a Project NExT fellow by the MAA.

Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations, Fluid Dynamics

Dr. Boris Brimkov

Assistant Professor Boris Brimkov Headshot
Homepage: srufaculty.sru.edu/boris.brimkov
E-mail: boris.brimkov@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200N

Dr. Boris Brimkov received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University at Buffalo and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Rice University. His doctoral work was funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rice Academy of Fellows and joined Slippery Rock University in the fall of 2019.

Broadly, his academic interests center on using graph theory and combinatorial optimization to model and solve practical problems with societal impacts. His hobbies include chess, weightlifting, target practice, and cooking.

Research Interests: Graph Theory, Combinatorial Optimization, Data Science, Discrete Geometry.

Ms. Amanda Goodrick

Assistant Professor Ms.Amanda Goodrick
E-mail: amanda.goodrick@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200P
Phone:724.738.2352

Amanda Goodrick joined the Mathematics & Statistics Department in 2015. She earned her BS in Mathematics from Slippery Rock University followed by a MS in Mathematics from Youngstown State University. While teaching, she earned a MS in Data Analytics from SRU, and she is currently working on a PhD in Systems Science at Binghamton State University. Amanda is the director of the Statistical Consulting Center at Slippery Rock University.

Research interests are data analytics, statistics, and applied mathematics. More specifically, these interests focus on mathematical, statistical, and simulation modeling, forecasting, and optimization.

Ms. Rachele Graham

Professor Rachele Graham Instructor
E-mail: rachele.graham@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200D

Rachele Graham joined the department in the Fall of 2022. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry from Lambuth University and a Master of Science in Mathematics Education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. After spending 10 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, she returned to education, serving as a mathematics and statistics instructor at the University of Pittsburgh Titusville for eight years.

Ms. Graham's research interests are Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Pedagogy, and Teacher Education.

Dr. James Henderson

An image of James Henderson.

Instructor
E-mail: james.henderson@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200C

James Henderson received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma, his M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Arkansas, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University at Buffalo. He has taught mathematics at the University of Arkansas and Penn State University, and philosophy and mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Off university grounds, he enjoys tennis and running even though he does neither as well as he used to.

Research interests are philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, and logic.

Dr. Woosuk Kim

Woosuk Kim Associate Professor
E-mail: woosuk.kim@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200G

Dr. Kim joined the department in 2015 as a tenure track faculty member. He received his M.S. in Mathematics from Texas A&M University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Cincinnati. His research interests focus on Bayesian statistics, Mathematical statistics, and Actuarial science.

Prior to his employment at SRU, Dr. Kim taught at University of Iowa for two years and at Miami University Middletown for three years.

Dr. Kim is a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Korean International Statistics Society (KISS).

Dr. Richard Marchand (Chair)

Chair, Professor Professor Richard Marchand
E-mail: richard.marchand@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200M

Rich Marchand earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Virginia in 1996. After a three-year National Research Council post-doctoral position at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Army Research Lab at Aberdeen, MD, he spent four years at SUNY Fredonia. He started teaching at Slippery Rock University in 2003. He is now a professor of mathematics and currently serves as the chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He also spent one year at the U.S. Air Force Academy as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in 2011-12. In 2010, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the MAA Allegheny Mountain Section and the Slippery Rock University President's Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2009, he was given the MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Faculty Mentor Award, and in 2002, he received the William T. Hagan Young Scholar Award at SUNY Fredonia.

Research Interests: Mathematical Pedagogy, Applied Mathematics, Partial Differential Equations in Vibration and Control Theory, Numerical Analysis, Actuarial Science, and Data Analytics.

Dr. Kirk McDermott

Associate Dr. McDermott Professor
E-mail: kirk.mcdermott@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200Q

Dr. McDermott joined the department in 2017 and received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University. His research is in combinatorial group theory and low dimensional topology with a focus on cyclically presented groups. For instance, these groups have the finiteness and fixed point problems and their presentations arise naturally as 3-manifold spines. Students interested in a research project should check out Johnson's Topics in the Theory of Group Presentations or Stillwell's Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory from Bailey Library.

Dr. McDermott also has experience working with students in other areas like combinatorics, dynamics, and operations research. More broadly, he previously studied geosciences and has spent time with the National Park Service and in petroleum geology. Hobbies include watching the Brewers and Packers and outdoor recreation such as backpacking and mushroom and/or deer hunting.

Research Interests: Group Theory, Topology.

Dr. J. Lyn Miller

Assistant Professor Lyn Miller Headshot
E-mail: lyn.miller@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200B

Dr. Lyn Miller is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, her undergraduate alma mater. Previously, she was a tenured associate professor of mathematics at Western Kentucky University, which she joined in 1994. Dr. Miller's Ph.D. is in computational commutative algebra (specifically, dealing with Groebner bases and their analogs); she received it in 1994 from the University of Maryland, under the direction of Dr. William W. Adams. A 1995-96 Project NExT Fellow, Dr. Miller is also a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Society, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Research Interests: Computational Commutative Algebra, Teacher Preparation

Dr. Jeffrey Musyt

Assistant Professor Dr. Jeffrey Musyt
E-mail: jeffrey.musyt@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200H

Dr. Jeffrey Musyt joined the department in 2019 after completing his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Oregon. Jeffrey's research is in low-dimensional topology; in particular, he likes to study equivariant knots. He is also deeply committed to excellence in mathematics education, ranging from grade-school level math circles up to training of future mathematics teachers. He has recently begun incorporating community-engaged education pedagogy into his courses.

In his spare time, Jeffrey enjoys swing dancing, riding his road bike, and all sort of puzzles and games. He also bakes and makes a mean vegan soup.

Research Interests: Knot Theory, Khovanov Homology, Community-Engaged Education, Teacher Preparation

Dr. Dil Singhabahu

Associate Professor Dil Singhabahu
E-mail: dil.singhabahu@sru.edu
Office: VSC 200K

Dr. Dil Singhabahu joined the department in 2013 as a temporary faculty member and two years later became a tenure track faculty member. She received her Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh in Biostatistics. Her main research interests are in high dimensional data and dimension reduction methods related to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) data.

Dr. Singhabahu has years of experience working with students in many research areas such as Classification Methods, FRMI data pre-processing, statistical comparison of student outcomes in different pedagogical methods used in teaching statistics, and the use of partial least squares regression in FMRI brain image development. Her students have presented their work at national, regional, and local conferences and have won national awards.

Outside of work, she likes to travel, read, and fundraise for the Close to My Heart Foundation to help rural schools and hospitals.

Research Interests: Biostatistics, High dimensional data and dimension reduction methods related to FMRI.

Emeriti and Retired Faculty

Dr. Robert Buck

Professor Emeritus
E-mail: robert.buck@sru.edu

Research Interests: Topology (Generalized Metric Spaces), Statistics, Actuarial Science

Dr. Michael Detlefsen

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Elise Grabner

Professor Emerita

Elise Grabner was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Dr. Grabner's interests include all areas of math, particularly point set topology and mathematical education. She taught classes from across the mathematics curriculum. She has extensive interests outside of math, including gender and women's studies and middle school mathematics.

Education: Ph.D. Mathematics, M.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, and B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, Ohio University

Research Interests: Point-Set Topology, Mathematics Education

Dr. Gary Grabner

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Mohammad Ismail

Professor (Retired)
E-mail: mohammad.ismail@sru.edu

Research Interests: General Topology

Dr. William Lindgren

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Gary Roberts

Professor (Retired)
E-mail: gary.roberts@sru.edu

Research Interests: Analysis, Differential Equations

Dr. Andrzej Szymanski

Professor Emeritus
E-mail: andrzej.szymanski@sru.edu

Research Interests: Set Theory, Topology, Real Analysis

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