University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Mathematics
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Spring 2009 Schedule:

Office hours are Tuesday 1:00-1:40 and Thursday 1-1:50 in MSB 404 and by appointment. You can usually find me in CUE 123 on MWF 9:30-11:30 (but safest to call first). I'm happy to answer questions anytime by email, which I check frequently.

I teach Math 5020 (Graduate Combinatorics) 9:30-10:45 in MSB 118; and
INTD 1820 "Jane Austen Dances" Tues. 2-3:15 in the Parish Hall of Storrs Congregational Church.


I am currently a associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs (a very safe place to live), where I arrived in Fall 2005. I also direct the Quantitative Learning Center (Q Center). Here is a list of UConn acronyms that I've needed to learn since I arrived. How many can you name?


Before coming to UConn I held faculty positions in the math departments of the following academic institutions:

I was a student at:

  • MIT, where I earned a Ph.D. in algebraic combinatorics under Richard Stanley;
  • Swarthmore College, where I essentially double-majored in math and ancient Greek;
  • Kenwood Academy, a public high school on the South side of Chicago;
  • Bret Harte School (Chicago); and
  • Ancona Montessori School (Chicago) Click here for an Ancona picture. Can you pick me out? Of course, my life has always been measured in academic years.

    Along the way I taught (or participated) in a number of summer programs. Including

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