Curriculum Vitae Department of Mathematics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 (401) 874-2709 Education www.math.uri.edu/~ekfarrell Ph.D. in Mathematics University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (May 2016) Thesis Title: Minimal Cantor Sets: The Combinatorial Construction of Ergodic Families and Semi-Conjugations Thesis Advisor: Dr. Araceli Bonifant M.S. in Mathematics University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (May 2012) B.S. in Mathematics with distinction Summa Cum Laude Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA (May 2010) Teaching Experience Lecturer University of Rhode Island Mathematics Department, Kingston, RI (August 2015-present) Taught a full course load consisting of three to four undergraduate courses per semester. MTH 100X - Introductory and Intermediate Algebra (Fall 2016-2 sections) MTH 101 - Introduction to College Algebra (Fall 2016 ) MTH 141 - Introductory Calculus (Spring 2016-3 sections) MTH 142 - Intermediate Calculus (Fall 2015-2 sections, Summer 2016 ) MTH 244 - Di erential Equations (Fall 2015, Summer 2016 ) Graduate Teaching Assistant/Mathematics Instructor University of Rhode Island Mathematics Department, Kingston, RI (August 2010-July 2015) Served as the sole instructor for all classes listed. MTH 099 - Basic Algebra & Trigonometry (Fall 2011 ) MTH 101 - Introduction to College Algebra (Spring 2013 ) MTH 108 - Topics in Mathematics (Summer 2013 ) MTH 111 - Precalculus (Fall 2010, Spring 2011-2 sections, Spring 2012,. Summer 2014, Summer 2015 ) MTH 141 - Introductory Calculus (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014,. Fall 2014) MTH 142 - Intermediate Calculus (Spring 2015) For all courses taught, class sizes during the regular semester were typically 40-50 students. Unmarked courses were coordinated. For these, the textbook, calendar, online homework, and exams were determined by a faculty member and all other work was the responsibility of the instructor.
CV: Page 2 Uncoordinated course. Solely responsible for the development and writing of the syllabus, calendar, homework, quizzes, exams, and projects, as well as creating and maintaining the course website. Served as co-coordinator. Duties included jointly selecting the textbook, material, syllabus, calendar, homework, quizzes, exams, and projects. Summer course taught for disadvantaged, potential incoming freshmen a liated with the Talent Development Program. Part of a small team tasked with the development of exams and Mathematica projects. Other Experience Mathematics Tutor University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (Summer 2011-2015) Provided tutoring for mathematics courses and the computer algebra system Mathematica. Mathematics Tutor/Mentor University of Rhode Island Talent Development Program, Kingston, RI (Summers 2011-2015) Served as a college algebra tutor and mentor for the program, whose mission is to recruit, admit, support, and retain in-state students of color and students from disadvantaged backgrounds who, without the support of the program, could not expect to be admitted to the university. Mathematics Tutor Fitchburg State University Academic Success Center, Fitchburg, MA(September 2007-May 2010) Provided tutoring for undergraduate mathematics courses, the computer algebra system Maple, and the statistical software Minitab to the general student body, as well as on an individual basis for students a liated with the Multicultural Center and Disabilities Services. Research Interests Real dynamical systems, discrete dynamical systems, local and global behavior of di erence equations, combinatorially obtained minimal Cantor sets, infinite products, infinite matrix products. Publications Birkho Normal Forms, KAM Theory and Time Reversal Symmetry for Certain Rational Map (with M. R. S. Kulenović and E. Pilav), Mathematics 2016, 4, 20
CV: Page 3 Presentations Constructing Ergodic Families of Combinatorially Obtained Minimal Cantor Sets, AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory II, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, WA, January 9, 2016 On the Existence of a Semi-Conjugation Between Certain Combinatorially Obtained Minimal Cantor Sets, MAA Session for General Papers, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, WA, January 7, 2016 Birkho Normal Form and KAM Theory for a Certain System of Di erence Equations, Session for Contributed Papers I, AMS Fall Eastern Section Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, November 15, 2015 The Construction of a Non-Uniquely Ergodic Minimal Cantor Set, AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, and Di erence and Functional Equations, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January 12, 2015 The Construction of a Non-Uniquely Ergodic Minimal Cantor Set, University of Rhode Island Di erence Equations Seminar, October 3, 2014 Service Activities SPIN+ Program Mentor/Liasion, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (September 2014-present) Served as mentor and interdepartmental liaison for a growing cohort of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in the fields of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Mathematics who were selected to receive a scholarship from the Scholarship Program to Increase Numbers and Strengthen the Workforce in Technology and Mathematics (SPIN+). Graduate Teaching Assistant Mentor Mentor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (September 2014-present) Served as mentor to new graduate teaching assistants in the mathematics department. Periodically observed lectures and provided pedigogical feedback and support. URI Calc Bowl Orginizational Sta, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (April 2012-2016) Recruited calculus students to participate in and helped run the mathematics department s annual Calc Bowl, a lively team-based calculus competition among groups of calculus students from URI and local high schools. Joint Mathematics Meetings Session Chair (January 2016) Served as a session chair for the AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory II at the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle, WA.
CV: Page 4 COMAP Contest in Mathematical Modeling Advisor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (February 2014) Served as the advisor to the university s undergraduate team for the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) Contest in Mathematical Modeling. Northeast Regional Math Modeling Challenge Organizational Sta, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (September 2013) Part of a small group responsible for all local arrangements for a twenty-four hour mathematics modeling challenge. Outreach Activities URI Summer Program for NECAP Preparedness Program Sta, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (Summer 2013) Part of a small group responsible for monitoring the online progress on selected objectives in Khan Academy of approximately 60 Cranston East High School students struggling with New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) preparedness. Duties additionally included organizing and executing an initial visit to URI and a separate summer workshop at URI for these students. Awards and Honors Robert Sine Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (2015) Awarded to a graduate student in mathematics who has demonstrated teaching excellence. Richard Beaupre Hope & Heritage Fund Scholarship University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (2014, 2015, 2016) Awarded to attend and present at the 2015 and 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings as well as the 2015 AMS Fall Eastern Section Meeting. Graduate Teaching Assistantship University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (August 2010-May 2015) College Reading & Learning Association International Peer Tutor Certification Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA (2009) Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society Member (Inducted 2009) Computer Skills Experience with ALEKS, Blackboard, L A TEX, Maple, Mathematica, Minitab, MyMathLab, Sakai, WeBWorK, and WileyPlus.
CV: Page 5 Professional A liations American Mathematical Society Mathematical Association of America