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• Office hours: Tues/Thurs 10:45‒11:30 and 1:45‒2:30 in MSB 212 and by appointment. I'm happy to answer questions or schedule appointments by email, which I check frequently.

In Spring 2013 I am teaching Math 2710 (Transition to Higher Math) Tues/Thurs 9:30‒10:45 in MSB 319 and Math 3250 (Combinatorics) Tues/Thurs 12:30‒1:45 in TBD.

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I am currently a tenured associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs (a very safe place to live though others may be better), where I arrived in Fall 2005. My main research interests are in algebraic and enumerative combinatorics, and I've also done a good deal of work in educational outreach. From Fall 2005 through Fall 2012, I also directed the Quantitative Learning Center (Q Center) as 50% of my appointment. Here is a list of UConn acronyms that I've needed to learn since I arrived. How many can you name without looking?

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

• California State University Hayward (which changed its name to "Cal State East Bay" in January 2005);
• the University of Wisconsin;
• Reed College; and
• the University of Tokyo (as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow).

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?

Along the way I directed, taught in, and/or participated in a number of summer programs. Including

• Founding and directing ACCLAIM (Alameda County Collaborative for Learning and Instruction in Mathematics), a large grant-funded professional development program for K‒12 teachers (5 summers).
• Founding head counselor, then recitation instructor at ProMYS (PROgram in Mathematics for Young Scientists) at Boston University (4 summers);
• Senior staff at HCSSiM (Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics) (2 summers);
• Northfield Mount Hermon Summer School (1 summer); and
• Student, counselor, and head counselor at The Arnold Ross math program at Ohio State University (5 summers).