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Mathematics Presentations

  • 2007-2008
    • "Enumeration Schemes for Permutations Avoiding Barred Patterns"; Sixth International Conference on Permutation Patterns; University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand); June 17, 2008. (slides)
    • "Counting Pattern-Avoiding Permutations"; Trinity Research Experience for Undergraduates; Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas); June 11, 2008. (slides)
    • "Barred Permutation Patterns"; Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference 2008; University of California (Davis, California); April 12, 2008.
    • "Enumeration Schemes for Pattern-Avoiding Words and Permutations"; Ph.D. Thesis Defense; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); April 7, 2008.
    • "Experimenting with Barred Patterns"; Rutgers Experimental Math Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); March 13, 2008.
    • "Counting Trees"; Rutgers Pizza Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); February 1, 2008.
    • "How to Cleverly Count Pattern-Avoiding Words"; AMS Special Session on Applications of Computer Algebra in Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics; 2008 Joint Mathematics Meetings (San Diego, California); January 8, 2008. (slides)
    • "An Introduction to Enumeration Schemes (or How I Taught My Computer to Count)"; Rutgers Graduate Combinatorics Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ); December 10, 2007.
  • 2006-2007
    • "Schemes for Pattern-avoiding Words"; Prague Midsummer Combinatorial Workshop XIII; Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic); August 1, 2007.
    • "Schemes for Pattern-avoiding Words"; Fifth International Conference on Permutation Patterns; University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland, UK); June 11, 2007. (slides)
    • "How to Count Words Cleverly"; Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference 2007; University of Washington (Seattle Washington); April 21, 2007. (slides)
    • "How to Count Words Cleverly"; Topology Et. Al. Seminar; Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut); April 4, 2007.
    • "All About 1089"; Princeton Graduate Lunch Seminar; Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); October 3, 2006.
    • "How to Count Permutations Cleverly"; Rutgers Pizza Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); September 13, 2006.
  • 2005-2006
    • "A Bijection on {123-132}-Avoiding Multiset Permutations"; 4th International Conference on Permutation Patterns (Reykjavik, Iceland); June 12, 2006.
    • "The Bergman Complex of a Matroid"; Rutgers Tropical Math Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); November 16, 2005.
    • "All About 1089"; Rutgers Pizza Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); October 14, 2005.
  • 2003-2005
    • "Pebbling and Cover Pebbling"; DIMACS REU; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); June 22, 2004.
    • "Pebbling, Cover Pebbling, and Chocolate"; Rutgers Pizza Seminar; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); March 26, 2004.
  • 1999-2003 (undergraduate talks)
    • "Graph Cover Pebblings"; Indiana Section MAA meeting; Butler University (Indianapolis, Indiana); March 28, 2003.
    • "An Introduction to Hypergraphs"; Undergraduate Colloquium -- Senior Presentation; Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana); March 18, 2003.
    • "Graphs of Essentially Equivalent Lattice Paths"; Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics; University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska); February 8, 2003.
    • "Cross Numbers of Minimal Zero Sequences"; Undergraduate Colloquium; Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana); February 5, 2002.
    • "Circumellipses"; Undergraduate Colloquium; Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana); April 17, 2001.
    • "Curves of Constant Width"; Undergraduate Colloquium; Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana); October 17, 2000.
    • "Constructing Planar Regions with Maximal Distance d(P,Q)"; Indiana Section MAA Meeting; Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana); April 8, 2000.


Non-Mathematics Presentations

  • 2007-2008
    • "Dealing with Different Levels of Academic Preparation"; Rutgers TA Project Workshop; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); February 13, 2008. (slides)
    • "What is a Mathematician?"; 8th grade guest speaker; Immanuel Lutheran School (Memphis, Tennessee); January 11, 2008.
    • "Assessment and Feedback"; Introduction to College Teaching 2 lecture (joint with Esther Leibovich, Rutgers Ecology & Evolution Department); Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ); November 14, 2007. (slides)
    • "Designing Creative Assignments"; Introduction to College Teaching 2 lecture (joint with Colleen Kennedy, Rutgers French Department); Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ); October 31, 2007. (slides)
  • 2006-2007
    • "Dealing with Different Levels of Academic Preparation"; Rutgers TA Project Workshop; Rutgers University (Piscataway, New Jersey); February 21, 2007.
  • 1999-2003 (undergraduate talks)
    • "REUs -- Everything You Could Possibly Want to Know About Them and More!!!"; Undergraduate Colloquium; Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana); December 11, 2001.