ABOUT ME
I am a discrete mathematician, researching discrete models for biological structures and the combinatorics of partially ordered sets. I am excited to be an assistant professor at Davidson College. Previously, I was a postdoc at the Georgia Institute of Technology where I collaborated with a bioinformatics lab on a project involving bacterial typing. My Ph.D. (2015) is from the University of South Carolina and my M.S. (2010) is from Virginia Commonwealth University. At Houghton College, I earned a B.A.(2008), where I studied mathematics and adolescence education. I enjoy involving students in many facets of ongoing projects such as those in genome rearrangement and graphical models for disease spread. In the classroom, I share my excitement for mathematics and support students as they work toward their career goals. On the side, I enjoy nature, hiking with my Labrador retriever, spending time with family, and traveling around the world.