Education
BS, Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 1990
MS, Mathematics, Michigan State University, 1992
PhD, Mathematics (with emphasis in graph theory and computer science), Western Michigan University, 1997
Interests
- Graph Theory
- Algorithm Design and Analysis
- Mathematics and Music
- Theory of Computation
- Assessment
Scholarly Works
Journal Articles
1. Changes to an IT Program in Response to the IT 2008 Curriculum Guidelines. (with H. Ellis, S. Jackson, L. Tang, and J. Willemain). Proceedings of the 10th SIGITE Conference on Information Technology Education. ACM, New York, NY, 192-198.
2. Distance in stratified graphs. Czech. Math. J. 50 (2000) (with G. Chartrand, R. Rashidi and N. Sherwani)
3. Orientable open domination of graphs. J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comp. 29 (1999) 159 181. (with Y. Lai, B.Q.Yue)
4. Domination in Digraphs Ph.D. Dissertation, Western Michigan University (1997).
5. Orientable step domination in graphs. Congress. Numer. 117 (1996) 129-143. (with Y. Lai, B.Q. Yue)
6. Greatest common divisors and least common multiples of graphs. Period. Math. Hungar. 27 (1993) 95-104. (with G. Chartrand, G. Kubicki, and M. Schultz)
7. On a degree problem in graph theory. Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics 23 (1991) 45-53. (with M. Schultz)
Courses Taught
- First Year Seminar
- Mathematics for Elementary Education I and II
- Calculus I and II
- Discrete Structures I and II
- Advanced Discrete Structures
- Combinatorics
- Graph Theory
- Real Analysis
- Algebraic Structures
- Computing for the Arts and Sciences
- Computer Science I and II
- Cryptography and Network Security
- Computer Graphics
- Theory of Computation
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
