Dan King

 



Department of Mathematics
Science Building 121
Sarah Lawrence College
One Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708


(914) 395-2424 [Office]
(914) 395-2662 [Fax]


dking@slc.edu

Sarah Lawrence College Summer 2006 Research Team in Science and Mathematics

Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S. in Mathematics, Lafayette College, 1987

M.S. in Mathematics, The University of Virginia, 1990

Ph.D. in Mathematics, The University of Virginia, 1993

Schedule for Academic Year 2007-2008

Fall Semester 2007:

Spring Semester 2008:

Some recently taught courses:

Research Interests


Special interests in mathematics education, history and philosophy of mathematics, game theory, fair division theory, social choice theory, abstract algebra, applied statistics, and the outreach of mathematics to areas in the social sciences; author of research papers in the areas of Jordan theory, nonassociative superalgebras, fair division theory, mathematics education and mathematical literature.

Publications


Papers listed with links can be viewed as MS Word documents. If you have difficulties reading or downloading these files, please contact me.

Sarah Lawrence College Activities

Co-Director, SLC Mathematical Resource Center providing assessment, counseling, and tutoring for students wishing to strengthen their mathematical skills.

 

Current SLC Committees:  Advisory Committee on Appointments and Tenure (2006-2009),  Advisory Committee for the Center for Continuing Education, Committee on Academic Preparation of Teachers

Former SLC Committees: General Committee, Web Advisory Committee, Substance Use Committee, Admissions Committee, Sports Center Committee, Budget Committee

Professional Activities

Mathematical Association of America (MAA):

Chair, Metropolitan New York Section of the Mathematical Association of America, a professional society of over 1,000 mathematicians in the greater New York City area focused on enhancing undergraduate mathematics education.

Director,  Mathematical Speakers Bureau, a volunteer organization comprised of mathematicians across the metropolitan New York area who speak at local area high schools and colleges on a variety of mathematical topics.

Co-founder, Section NExT: New Experiences in Teaching, a program aimed at supporting new and rising Ph.D's in mathematics or mathematics education. Section NExT is a local version of the highly successful national MAA program Project NExT. Like Project NExT, Section NExT's goal is to support new and pre-tenured faculty who are interested in improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. Section NExT aims to provide New York area mathematicians who have recently entered the profession with practical information about, and concrete suggestions for, implementing more effective pedagogical and professional strategies, ranging from new teaching methods to writing grant proposals and balancing teaching and research responsibilities.

Member, MAA Committee on Mathematics Across the Disciplines.

Greater Hudson Valley Mathematical Speakers Bureau:

Co-founder and co-organizer (with Edith Starr of Vassar College), Greater Hudson Valley Mathematical Speakers Bureau which serves liberal arts colleges in the eastern New York, Connecticut, and western Massachusetts region. For more information visit the Bureau's webpage.

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