Faculty and Staff

Paul L. Anderson, Professor and chair
B.S., 1976, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1989, Colorado School of Mines. Appointed 1990.

Research Areas: Probability and statistics; time-series analysis

Office: 250 Putnam Hall
Phone: 517/629-0304
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Mark E. Bollman, Associate Professor
B.A., 1986, Northwestern University; M.A., 1988, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 2001, Central Michigan University. Appointed 1999.

Research Areas: Combinatorial number theory, mathematics education, mathematics history

Office: 226 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0261
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Nadiya (Potsepun) Fink, Assistant Professor
B.S. in Mathematics, 1998, Dnipropetrovsk University; M.A. in Mathematics, 2001, Dnipropetrovsk University; M.A. in Mathematical Statistics, 2007, Wayne State University; Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2007, Wayne State University; Appointed 2007.

Office: 228 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0200
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Darren E. Mason, Professor
B.S., 1991, Ph.D., 1996, University of Minnesota. Appointed 2001.

Research Areas: Variational calculus; continuum mechanics; modeling damage nucleation/propagation in metals, intermetallics and other engineering materials.

Office: 224 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0826
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Jackie Masternak, Secretary

Office: 104 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0361
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Karla R. McCavit, Instructor and Director of the Quantitative Skills Center
B.S., 1993, Adrian College; M.S., 1995, Michigan State University. Appointed 1995.

Office: 230 Palenske Hall and 203 Mudd (QSC)
Phone: 517/629-0824
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David A. Reimann, Associate Professor
B.S., 1986, University of Toledo; M.A., 1990, Wayne State University; Ph.D., 1998, Wayne State University. Appointed 1996.

Research Areas: Medical Imaging; Parallel Computing; Computer Graphics.

Office: 252 Putnam Hall
Phone: 517/629-0426
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Ronald C. Fryxell, Professor Emeritus
B.A., 1960, Augustana College;
M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1964, Washington State University
Appointed 1964.

Office: 236 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0287
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Robert A. Messer, Professor Emeritus
B.S., 1971, University of Chicago; Ph.D., 1975, University of Wisconsin.
Appointed 1981.

Areas of Interest: Author of Topology Now! in collaboration with Phil Straffin, Beloit College, a textbook with a geometric approach to topology; Change ringing, English and American traditional dance forms.

Office: Stockwell 101; Phone: 517/629-0827 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Keith Moore, Professor Emeritus
B.S., 1947, Southwestern College
M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1951, University of Kansas
Appointed 1952.

Martha R. O'Kennon, Professor Emeritus
B.A., 1961, University of Richmond; M.S. in mathematics, 1970, M.S. in computer engineering, 1981, Ph.D., 1973, Clarkson University.
Appointed 1985.

Research Areas: Machine translation of natural languages - try it!

Office: 232 Palenske Hall
Phone: 517/629-0300
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John A. Wenzel, Professor Emeritus
B.A., 1963, Carleton College
M.A., 1965, Ph.D., 1969, University of Kansas
Appointed 1969.

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