Note: This is a list of committee and administrative assignments in the UNL Department of Mathematics for 2022-23. This list does not include any service that faculty do on College, University or national committees, and it does not include any other professional service activities.
Chair P. Radu
Vice Chair A. Donsig
Graduate Chair R. Rebarber
Undergraduate Chair A. Zupan
Department and Faculty
Executive Committee: P. Radu (Chair), J. Brummer, B. Harbourne, J. Radcliffe, A. Seceleanu.
Responsibilities: Serve as the primary advisory committee to the Chair on all aspects of the Department’s business. The Executive Committee conducts annual evaluations of faculty, provides the Chair with advice about faculty salaries, workload policies, faculty hiring, strategic planning, budgetary matters, committee assignments, and other duties as assigned to it by the Chair.
Award Nominations Committee: B. Harbourne (Chair), D. Pitts, R. Rebarber, M. Walker.
Responsibilities: Make nominations for university professorships, research awards (college, university, and national), and for new fellows in professional societies.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: K. Gonzalez (Chair), G. Avalos, L. Heath, M. Homp, M. Walker.
Grad students: Shalom Echalaz Alvarez, Cleve Young.
Responsibilities: Make recommendations at the department level for strategies for hiring diverse faculty, re- cruiting and mentoring minority graduate students, attracting minority undergraduates to mathematics, and new outreach efforts to Lincoln’s minority communities.
Search Committee in Data Science: T. Marley (Chair), M. Brittenham, H. Du, M. Foss, C. Kelley, A. Larios, J. Clarke (Statistics).
Alumni Relations Coordinators: P. Radu (Chair), T. Marley.
Responsibilities: Strengthen relations with our alumni, produce a department newsletter, work with the NU Foundation on fundraising efforts.
Computer Systems Coordinator: M. Brittenham.
Responsibilities: Oversee(s) the work of our computer support staff, serve as a resource and advise the depart- ment on all aspects of use of technology in the classroom and in research, advise the department on issues related to our website, advise the Chair on technology resource needs.
Library Liason: X. P´erez-Gim´enez.
Faculty Senate Representatives: G. Avalos, X. P´erez-Gim´enez.
Graduate Program
Graduate Advisory Committee: R. Rebarber (Chair), E. Grifo, S. Hermiller, Y. Lai, A. Larios, J. Radcliffe, C. Schafhauser, Graduate student member: Sam Monkman.
- Graduate Admissions Coordinator: J. Radcliffe
- Graduate Advisor for Internships and Non-academic Jobs: S. Hermiller
- Graduate Exams Coordinator: A. Larios
- Graduate Recruiting Visits and Outreach Coordinator: C. Schafhauser
- Postbac Exploratory Subcommittee: Y. Lai, J. Radcliffe.
- GSA Representative: Kirsten Morris.
Responsibilities: Advise the Department about all aspects of the graduate program. In particular, administer the graduate program, administer the graduate exams, recruit graduate students, advise about policy issues concerning the graduate program, advise about curricular issues affecting the graduate program, serve as grading appeals committee for all grade appeals in graduate courses, provide recommendations for graduate student awards and scholarships, provide advice on preparing graduate students for the profession.
MAT Committee: W. Smith (Chair), A. Bennett, B. Deng, A. Donsig, M. Homp.
Responsibilities: Administer the MAT portion of the graduate program, providing advice to the GAC about this program as appropriate. Arrange for instructors of record for MAT courses taught by members of the graduate faculty.
Job Search Workshop Coordinators: D. Pitts, C. Schafhauser, M. Walker.
Undergraduate Program and Activities
Undergraduate Program Committee: A. Zupan (Chair), H. Du, M. Foss, J. Jeffries, Y. Lai, X. P´erez-Gim´enez (Spring only).
- Major Recruiting Coordinators: H. Du, J. Jeffries. Experiential Learning Coordinators: H. Du, J. Jeffries. Major Faculty Advisor: M. Foss.
- Scholarship Assistant: Y. Lai.
- ACE Coordinators: A. Zupan (Fall), X.. P´erez-Gim´enez (Spring).
Responsibilities: Advise the Department about all aspects of the undergraduate program. In particular, ad- minister the undergraduate program, advise about undergraduate curriculum and major/minor requirements (including ACE requirements), serve as grading appeals committee for all grade appeals in undergraduate courses, recruit undergraduate majors, provide recommendations about undergraduate awards and scholar- ships, promote undergraduate research, provide career advice for undergraduates.
Undergraduate Activities Committee: T. Lai (co-Chair), A. Seceleanu (co-Chair), A. Bennett, Z. Norwood, K. Yamazaki.
Responsibilities: Serve as faculty advisors to the Math Club, Pi Mu Epsilon, the Women’s Undergraduate Math Network, and the AWM Student Chapter. Facilitate a sense of community and promote mathematical activities for undergraduate math majors.
First-Year Mathematics Task Force: J. Brummer (Chair), K. Amman, M. Bills, M. Brittenham, B. Deng, K. Gonzales, Y. Jin. Graduate students: Sam Macdonald, Sara McKnight.
Responsibilities: Monitor the implementation and the results of the redesign of Math 100A, Math 101, Math 102 and 103, oversee the research project associated to this project, and advise the department on extending the redesign project to other 100-level courses. Create strategies to help reduce equity achievement gaps in our 100 level course.
Second-Year Mathematics Task Force: A. Donsig (Chair), S. Hermiller, A. Larios, Z. Norwood, D. Pitts. Graduate students: Scott Hootman-Ng and Dylan McKnight.
Responsibilities: Review and standardize the syllabi for Math 208, 221, and 314. Particular attention should be given to trimming the 208 syllabus. Find ways to improve large lecture instruction for 208 and 221, and explore teaching 314 in large lectures.
Foreign Student Credentials: K. Gonzalez.
Learning Assistant Coordinator: J. Brummer.
MRC Coordinator : K. Gonzales.
WebWork System Administrator: J. Brummer. Putnam Exam Coordinators: A. Biswas, C. Yang. AMS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor: R. Aranda.
Events
Math Day Committee: L. Heath (Chair), M. Brittenham, M. Foss, X. P´erez-Gim´enez, J. Radcliffe. Graduate students: A. Heitzman, J. Cristobal, T. Murray, I. Safarik, K. Lee.
Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics Committee: C. Kelley (co-Chair), A. Zu- pan (co-Chair), K. Amman, H. Du, T. Pllaha. Graduate students: Abigail D’Ovidio Long, Sam Macdonald, Sabrina Klement, Kirsten Morris.
AGAM Committee: Y. Jin (Chair), B. Deng. Graduate students: TBA.
Colloquium Chair: J. Jeffries.