Education
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1994.
M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1991.
A.B., College of the Holy Cross, 1989.
Associate Professor, Kalamazoo College, 2002-.
Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College, 1998-2002.
Assistant Professor, Mesa State College, 1995-1998.
Visiting Assistant Professor, John Carroll University, 1994-1995.
An Application of Group Theory to Change Ringing, with
Aileen Murphy, to appear in The College Mathematics Journal.
The rank filtration and Robinson's complex
with Brenda Johnson and Randy McCarthy,
Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 212 (2008) no 4, p735-752.
Homotopical Complexity and Good Spaces, with Jeff Strom,
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society , 359
(2007) no. 2 pp687-700.
v_*-torsion Spaces and Thick Classes
with Wojciech Chacholski and William G. Dwyer,
Mathematische Annalen, 336 (2006) no. 1, pp13-26.
Model Structures on the Category of Ex-Spaces, with Mark W. Johnson,
Topology and its Applications,
119 (2002) no. 3 pp325-353.
The A-Complexity of a Space, with Wojciech Chacholski and William
G. Dwyer, Journal of the London Mathematical Society,
65 (2002) no. 2
pp204-223.
An equivariant
smash spectral sequence and unstable box product,
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
351 (1999) no. 7 pp2763-2775.
An equivariant van Kampen spectral sequence, Topology and its
Applications 79 (1997) no. 1 pp31-48.
Oct 2009, The Sound of Algebra, Calvin College.
July 2007, Some Remarks on A-Cellularity Polish Math Society/
American Math Society Joint Conference, Warsaw, Poland.
May 2006, Obstructions to Weak A-Cellular Inequalities
University of Chicago.
March 2006, The Sound of Algebra ,
the Leonard Sulski Memorial Lecture, College of the Holy Cross.
November 2005, Good Spaces and A-Complexity
Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland.
October 2005 An Introduction to Goodwillie Calculus,
Western Michigan University.
April 2005, Some Remarks on A-Cellular Theory Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland.
September 2004, The Sound of Algebra, Colorado College.
November 2003, What is Good A-Cellular Theory?, Wayne State University.
April 2003, Some Remarks on Closed Classes and Complexity,
Johns Hopkins University.
October 2001, Can You Build a Mobius Band out of a Doughnut?,
Hope College.
June 2001, Model Structures for Ex-Spaces,
International Conference in Algebraic Topology, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
December 2000, Model Structures on the Category of Ex-Spaces,
University of Chicago.
November 2000, An Artist's View of Curves and Codes,
Albion College.
March 2000, The Complication of a Space University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign.
February 2000, Calculus Plus Topology Equals..., Western Michigan
University.
March 1998, Applications of an Unstable Box Product ,
Max Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany.
October 1997, Recent Trends in Mathematics , Mesa State
College.
October 1996, Oh, Knots! An Elementary Look at Knot Theory ,
Air Force Academy.
July 1996, The Hole Truth - A Topologist's Story , PROMYS
Program at Boston University.
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