CURRICULUM VITAE: CATHERINE PFAFF Bard College at Simon’s Rock 84 Alford Rd Great Barrington, MA 01230 cpfaff@math.rutgers.edu 732-589-0011 CITIZENSHIP: US EMPLOYMENT: Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock EDUCATION: 2004-Jan 2012 Rutgers University PhD Program, Piscataway, NJ 2000-2004 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Honors B.A. in Mathematics, May 2004 AWARDS AND HONORS: 2006 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 2005 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 2004 Henry C. Torrey Graduate Fellowship BOOK PROOFREADING: Primary Proofreader for Chapter 2: Mapping Class Group Basics of A Primer on Mapping Class Groups by Benson Farb & Dan Margalit NOTETAKING: -Took notes on an Out(F_r) course at the MSRI that were posted online -Took notes on talks during MSRI workshop that were posted online -Took notes on several seminars at Rutgers that were also posted online LEADERSHIP: Fall 08-09 Organized Graduate Student Geometric Group Theory Seminar Spring 2008 Organized Grad Student Mapping Class Group & Teichmuller Theory Seminar 2005-2008 Head of Rutgers Directed Reading Program Committee 2005 Founded Rutgers Directed Reading Program in Mathematics Spring 2007 A Primary Organizer of Asha for Education International Conference 2002-2003 University of Chicago Math Club President SELECT TALKS GIVEN (External to Rutgers): “Constructing and Classifying Fully Irreducible Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups” -Workshop on Geometric Group Theory, Part II, Baton Rouge (Invited) “Constructing and Classifying Fully Irreducible Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups” -Technion, Geometric Group Theory Conference “Constructing and Classifying Fully Irreducible Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups” -OSU Workshop on the Torelli Group, Mapping Class Group, and Out(F_n) “Constructing and Classifying Fully Irreducible Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups” -Rutgers-Newark, Topology/Geometry Seminar “Constructing and Classifying Fully Irreducible Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups” -CUNY Graduate Center, Geometry & Topology Seminar (Invited) "Train Track Structures for Train Track Representatives" -Graduate Student Conference in Topology & Algebra, Binghamton, NY "Singularities of Outerautomorphisms of Free Groups: Whitehead Groups" -Graduate Student Conference in Topology & Algebra, Binghamton, NY "An Introduction to Outer Space" -Graduate Student Topology Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL "Train Tracks Bestvina-Handel Style" -MSRI Graduate Student Seminar PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: June 2011 Geometric Group Theory Conference, Technion July 2011 Workshop on Geometric Group Theory, Part II, Baton Rouge May 2011 OSU Workshop on the Torelli Group, Mapping Class Group, and Out(F_n) November 2010 Graduate Student Topology & Algebra Conference, Binghamton, NY August 2010 Workshop on Geometric Group Theory, Goa, India May 2009 Examples of Groups, Ohio State University March 2009 Graduate Student Topology Conference, Madison, WI Fall 08-09 Graduate Student Geometric Group Theory Seminar November 2008 Graduate Student Topology & Algebra Conference, Binghamton, NY Spring 2008 Graduate Student Mapping Class Groups & Teichmuller Theory Seminar May 2008 Knots, Surfaces, the Curve Complex, Foliations, and all that..., IAS May 2008 Fourth Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium, Newark, NJ April 2008 RTG Workshop: Dynamics of Teichmueller Space, University of Michigan March 2008 Graduate Student Topology Conference, Urbana-Champaign Spring 2008 Graduate St. Mapping Class Group & Teichmuller Theory Seminar Fall 2007 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Associate Member November 2007 Topics in Geometric Group Theory, MSRI November 2007 Topics in Teichmuller Space and Kleinian Groups, MSRI August 2007 Introductory Topics in Geometric Group Theory, MSRI August 2007 Connections for Women in Geometric Group Theory, MSRI August 2007 Introductory Topics in Teichmuller Space and Kleinian Groups, MSRI August 2007 Connections for Women in Teichmuller Space and Kleinian Groups, MSRI 2006-2008 Graduate Student Topology/Geometry Seminar June 2007 Geometry and the Imagination, Princeton May 2007 Cornell Topology Festival March 2007 Graduate Student Topology Conference, University of Chicago March 2006 Graduate Student Topology Conference, Indiana University Summers 02,03 University of Chicago REU TEACHING: Fall 2010 Geometric Group Theory Instructor, Bard College at Simon’s Rock (instructor) Fall 2010 Elementary Functions (Precalculus), Bard College at Simon’s Rock (instructor) Spring 2011 Calculus II for Biological Sciences TA, Rutgers (led recitations, graded) Fall 2010 Calculus I for Math, Physical Sci, & Engineering TA, Rutgers (went over homework for 15-30mins, then had students work in small groups on difficult problems, one of which they wrote up as an essay; graded) Spring 2010 Calculus II for Math, Physical Sci, & Engineering TA, Rutgers (went over homework for 15-30mins, then had students work in small groups on difficult problems, one of which they wrote up as an essay; graded) Fall 2009 Calculus I for Math, Physical Sci, & Engineering TA, Rutgers (same as above) Summer 2009 Diff Eqs for Engineers & Physicists Lecturer, Rutgers (taught course) Summer 2008 Calculus I Lecturer, Rutgers University (taught course) Summer 2007 Calculus III Lecturer, Rutgers University (taught course) Spring 2007 Precalculus TA, Rutgers (led recitations, graded) Spring 2007 Calculus II for Biological Sciences TA, Rutgers (led recitations, graded) Fall 2006 Calculus I for Econ and Bio Sci TA, Rutgers (led recitations, graded) 2005-2008 Mentor in Rutgers Directed Reading Program in Mathematics Winter 2004 University of Chicago Calculus Junior Tutor (led recitations) Summer 2003 University of Chicago Young Scholars Program Counselor 2001-2004 University of Chicago Young Scholars Program Assistant ACADEMIC REFERENCES: L. Mosher, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University-Newark (Thesis Advisor) M. Bestvina, Professor of Mathematics, University of Utah M. Feighn, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University-Newark B. Farb, Professor of Mathematics, University of Chicago TEACHING REFERENCES: W. Dunbar, Professor of Mathematics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock S. Tahvildar Zadeh, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick K. Teixeira, Professor of Mathematics, Formerly Rutgers-New Brunswick