Mathematics & Statistics

Several faculty from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics recently presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 27-28.

Alan Russell, associate professor of mathematics, published "Is There a Best Rectangle?" in the November 2011 issue of the Mathematics Teacher.

Chad Awtrey, assistant professor of mathematics, has published a research article in the most recent volume of the International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.

Chad Awtrey, assistant professor of mathematics, presented a research talk on Galois theory and p-adic numbers at the Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at Wake Forest University on Sept. 24, 2011.

A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will bolster the number of math and science teachers Elon University graduates in the years ahead through a partnership with the Alamance-Burlington School System.

Chad Awtrey, assistant professor of mathematics, presented three talks at MathFest, the national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, in Lexington, Ky., from Aug. 4-6, 2011.

Alan Russell, associate professor of mathematics, was invited to give the opening keynote address at the TEAMSwork conference on Aug. 5 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.

Assistant Professors of Statistics Kirsten Doehler and Laura Taylor and Assistant Professor of Mathematics Karen Yokley attended the first meeting of the North Carolina Symposium for Women in Mathematics and Statistics at North Carolina State University this April. Statistics major Keyona Osborne ’12 also attended the symposium.

Alan Russell, an associate professor of mathematics, and Amanda Ketner, a senior mathematics major with teaching licensure, presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2011 Annual Meeting held in Indianapolis, Ind., from April 10-16.