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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

Comments/Questions to:
crawford@macalester.edu

Department Coordinator
Kay Crawford

Department Chair

Karen Saxe

Faculty

Vittorio Addona

Andrew Beveridge

David Bressoud

Dan Flath

Susan Fox

Tom Halverson

Joan Hutchinson (MSFEO)

Danny Kaplan

Dick Molnar (MSFEO)

Wayne Roberts

Karen Saxe

G. Michael Schneider (MSFEO)

Elizabeth Shoop

Chad Topaz

Stan Wagon

 

 

Department chair

Karen Saxe

Karen Saxe

Professor

Ph.D., University of Oregon

B.A., Bard College

Olin 223· 651-696-6041
saxe@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~saxe

Professional Interests: Functional analysis and operator theory

Courses: Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Calculus,  Applied Calculus, Elementary Statistics, 
Mathematics -- Its Content and Spirit

Department coordinator

Kay Crawford

Kay Crawford


B.A., Macalester College

Olin 222 · 651-696-6287
crawford@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~crawford
Vittorio Addona

Vittorio Addona

Assistant Professor

PhD, MSc, BSc, McGill University

Olin 229 · 651-696-6506
addona@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~addona

Professional Interests: Survival analysis, Bayesian methodology

Courses: Data Analysis and Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, Probability, and Applied Multivariate Statistics

Andrew Beveridge

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Yale University
B.A., Williams College

Olin 225· 651-696-6603
abeverid@macalester.edu

Professional Interests: Graph Theory, Combinatorics

Courses: Applied Calculus, Graph Theory, Algebraic Structures

David Bressoud

David Bressoud

DeWitt Wallace Professor

Ph.D., M.A., Temple University
B.A., Swarthmore College

Olin 224 · 651-696-6559
bressoud@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~bressoud

Professional Interests: Number Theory, Combinatorics, Special Functions

Courses: Calculus, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Discrete Math

Dan Flath

Dan Flath

Visiting Professor

Ph.D., M.S., Harvard University
M.S.E.E., B.S.E.E., Southern Methodist University

Olin 233 ·651-696-6342
flath@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~flath

Professional Interests: Algebra, Applications of mathematics

Courses: Applied Calculus, Differential Equations, Complex Analysis

Susan Fox

Susan Fox

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A., Oberlin College

Olin 230 · 651-696-6553
fox@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~fox

Professional Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Learning, Case-based Reasoning

Courses: Core Concepts in Computer Science, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, 
Intro to AI, Compilers

Tom Halverson

Tom Halverson

Professor

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin — Madison
B.A., Saint Olaf College

Olin 226 · 651-696-6466
halverson@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~halverson

Professional Interests: Algebra, Combinatorics

Courses: Linear algebra, Calculus, Algebraic Structures, Topics in Algebra (Representation Theory)

Joan Hutchinson

Joan Hutchinson (MSFEO)

Professor

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 
B.A., Smith College

Olin 125 · 651-696-6134
hutchinson@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~hutchinson

Professional Interests: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algorithms

Courses: Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Discrete Applied Math 

Danny Kaplan

Danny Kaplan

DeWitt Wallace Professor

Ph.D., Harvard University 
M.S., Stanford University
B.A., Swarthmore College

Olin 231 · 651-696-6599
kaplan@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~kaplan

Professional Interests: Statistical Modeling, Biomedical Signal Processing

Courses: Intro. to Statistical Modeling, Applied Calculus,  
Intro. to Scientific Programming, Scientific Computation (advanced), Quantitative Thinking

Dick Molnar

Richard K. Molnar (MSFEO)

Associate Professor

PhD., University of North Carolina,
M.S. University of North Carolina,
B.S. Georgetown University,

Olin 123 · 651-696-6338
molnar@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~molnar

Professional Interests: Theory of Computation and Programing Languages; Algebra , Combinatorics, Discrete Mathematics, Representations

Courses: Core Concepts in Computer Science, Algorithms, Theory, Programming Languages; Discrete Mathematics and Applications, linear Algebra, Algebraic Structures, Combinatorics.

G. Michael Schneider (MSFEO)

(on leave Fall semester)

Professor

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

B.A., University of Michigan
Olin 122 · 651-696-6458
schneider@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~schneider

Professional Interests: Parallel Processing and Computer Networks

Courses: Operating systems, Computer Systems Architecture

Libby Shoop

Libby Shoop

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
B.A., University of Minnesota

Olin 232 · 651-696-6455
shoop@macalester.edu
macalester.edu/~shoop

Professional Interests: Bioinformatics, Data Visualization and Exploration

Courses: Database Systems, Internet Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, 
Software Development, Operating Systems, Bioinformatics, Introduction to Computing

Chad Topaz

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., M.S. Northwestern University
B.A., Harvard University

Olin 227· 651-696-6380

ctopaz@macalester.edu

macalester.edu/~ctopaz

Professional Interests: Nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, and modeling of biological, chemical, and physical systems

Courses: Applied Calculus, Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Computation

Stan Wagon

Stan Wagon

Professor

Ph.D., Dartmouth College 
B.A., McGill University

Olin 228 · 651-696-6057
wagon@macalester.edu
stanwagon.com

Professional Interests: Number Theory, Computational Mathematics

Courses: Calculus, Math Modeling, Differential Equations, Algorithms

 
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