University of Connecticut
Department of Mathematics

Sarah Glaz

Sarah Glaz

Professor
  Graduate Director for Instructional Development
 
Department of Mathematics 
University of Connecticut 
Storrs, CT 06269-3009 

Office: MSB 202
Telephone: (860) 486-9153
Fax: (860) 346-5284 

email: glaz@math.uconn.edux
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Ph.D. 1977        Rutgers University
B.A. 1972         Tel Aviv University
Place of Birth    Bucharest, Romania


Teaching:

ball 
The Math Department TA Program Pages
    
ball  Undergraduate Resources: Math Links for Information and Fun
                                                                                                                                           

Math 1011Q: Introductory College Algebra and Mathematical Modeling
Faculty Contact Webpage - Spring 2013

green   Fall 2013 : I am on leave for the Fall semester                                 

ball   Selected Past Course Webpages:     Math 2210-003: Applied Linear Algebra - Spring 2013
                                                            Math 5020: Introduction to Commutative Algebra - Fall 2012
                                                            Math 321: Introduction to Homological Algebra - Spring 2008
                                                            Math 2110: Multivariable Calculus - Fall 2010
                                                            Math 108QC: Mathematical Modeling in the Environment - Spring 2007                                                    
                                                          
ball   2007  University Teaching Fellow

ball   2004  UConn AAUP Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award


Research:

ball  Research Interests:
         Commutative Algebra; Homological Algebra; Non-Noetherian Ring Theory: Coherent and Related Rings; Noetherian Ring Theory: Cohen-Macauley and Related Rings
         Mathematics Education: Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Training; Poetry and Art in the Math Classroom

ball  Google Scholar Citation Profile

ball   BRIDGES CONFERENCES
         Scientific Committee Member and Special Event Coordinator:
         Mathematical Poetry at Bridges

ball  AGAMOCR 2007, University of Connecticut, June 11-15, 2007

green  Journal editorships:
         Editorial Board Member: International Electronic Journal of Algebra (IEJA) 
         Associate Editor: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (JMA)                                                      

ball  Curriculum Vitae and Publications

ball  Commutative Algebra and Other Research Links

ball  My Ph.D. Students:
        Su Liang - graduated in August 2010
        Ryan Schwarz - graduated in August 2011


Books:

ball    Strange Attractors:  Poems of Love and Mathematics
       Editors: Sarah Glaz and JoAnne Growney
       CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (A K Peters), 2008
       heart  More information and sample poems

ball    Multiplicative Ideal Theory in Commutative Algebra:
      a tribute to the work of Robert Gilmer                                
      Editors:  James Brewer, Sarah Glaz, William Heinzer and Bruce Olberding
      Springer, 2006

ball   Non-Noetherian Commutative Ring Theory
      Editors:  Scott Chapman and Sarah Glaz
      MAIA 520, Springer (Kluwer), 2000

ball   Commutative Coherent Rings
      Sarah  Glaz
      Lecture Notes in Mathematics 137, Springer-Verlag, 1989
      Reprinted by Springer, 2007. Available online at  Springerlink.com
      Review:  Math Reviews 90f:13001


Selected Articles (after 2000):

ball  Ryan Schwarz and Sarah Glaz, Commutative Group Rings with von Neumann Regular Total Rings of Quotients,  Journal of Algebra, 2013. Online first: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2013.03.033
ball  Sarah Glaz, Mathematical Ideas in Ancient Indian Poetry, to appear in Proceedings of Bridges Enschede, July 2013
ball  Su Liang, Sarah Glaz, Thomas DeFranco, Charles Vinsonhaler, Robin Grenier and Fabiana Cardetti,
     An Examination of the Preparation and Practice of Grades 7-12 Mathematics Teachers from the Shandong Province in China
, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education 16, 149-160, 2013 
green ball  Su Liang, Sarah Glaz and Thomas DeFranco, Investigating Characteristics of Award-Winning Grades 7-12 Mathematics Teachers from the Shandong Province in China, Current Issues in Education 15, 2012 (online)
greenball  Sarah Glaz, Mathematical Pattern Poetry, Proceedings of Bridges Towson, 65-72, 2012
ball  Sarah Glaz and Ryan Schwarz, Finiteness and Homological Conditions in Commutative Group Rings, Progress in Commutative Algebra2, De Gruyter, 129-143, 2012
ball  Sarah Glaz, Poetry Inspired by Mathematics: a Brief Journey through History, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 5, 171-183, 2011
ball  Sarah Glaz, The Poetry of Prime Numbers, Proceedings of Bridges Coimbra, 17-24, 2011
ball  Sarah Glaz and Ryan Schwarz, Prüfer Conditions in Commutative Rings, The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering 36, 967-983, 2011
ball  Sarah Glaz, The Enigmatic Number e: A History in Verse and its Uses in the Mathematics Classroom, MAA Loci: Convergence, April 10,  2010
ball  Sarah Glaz, Poetry Inspired by Mathematics, Proceedings of Bridges Pecs, 35 - 43, 2010
ball  Sarah Glaz and Su Liang, Modeling with Poetry in an Introductory College Algebra Course and Beyond, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 3, 123-133, 2009
ball  Silvana Bazzoni and Sarah Glaz, The Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients, Journal of Algebra 310, 180-193, 2007
ball  Silvana Bazzoni and Sarah Glaz, Prüfer Rings, in: Multiplicative Ideal Theory in Commutative Algebra, Springer, 55-72, 2006
ball  Sarah Glaz, The Weak Dimensions of Gaussian Rings, Proceedings of the American Math. Society 133, 2507-2513, 2005
ball  Sarah Glaz, Prüfer Conditions in Rings With Zero-Divisors,  CRC Press Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Math. 241, 272-282, 2005
ball  Sarah Glaz, Controlling the Zero-Divisors of a Commutative Ring, Marcel Dekker Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Math. 231, 191-212, 2002
ball  Sarah Glaz, Homological Characterizations of Rings: The Commutative Case, The Concise Handbook of Algebra, Kluwer, 505-508, 2002
ball  Sarah Glaz, Finite Conductor Properties of R(X) and R<X>, Marcel Dekker Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Math. 220, 231-250, 2001
ball  Alberto Corso and Sarah Glaz, Gaussian Ideals and Dedekind-Mertens Lemma, Marcel Dekker Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Math. 217, 131-144, 2001
ball  Sarah Glaz, Finite Conductor Rings, Proceedings of the American Math. Society 129, 2833-2843, 2001


Selected Poems (after 2000):

ball   A Pantoum for the Power of Theorems, Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics, March 18, 2013
ball   I am a number (II),  Talking Writing, February 17, 2012
ball   I am a number,  The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 1(2), 113-114, 2011
                                An unusual collaboration: Poem jewelry by Sandi Nenga
ball  13 January 2009,   Recursive Angel, May/June Issue, 2011
ball  Ghazal: Resonant Air,  The Ghazal Page, December Solstice Issue 2, 2010
ball  The Enigmatic Number e,  MAA Loci: Convergence, 2010
ball  Calculus, Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal 26, 30-31, 2002


coolbook Last Modified: Spring 2013, Sarah Glaz