Office Hours

Monday/Wednesday: 1:00 - 3:00
By appointment

Current Semester Schedule

MAC 1105-001 (1859) COLLEGE ALGEBRA (Lecture)  MoWe 9:45AM - 11:20AM


About Me


Born and educated from K - 12, on FAMU's campus; piano lessons from age 5 to freshman year at Spelman College; the education and/or attended institutes were FSU, UF, and Univ. Cal Berkeley (UCB); faculty member at Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg Va. and FAMU; career as a FAMU Mathematics Associate Professor

Areas of Interest


  • Playing Classical and Spiritual Piano
  • STEM Disciplines
  • Ancient World History
  • Christianity
  • Traveling
  • Family and Friends

Education


 
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics • 1988
    Florida State University
  • Masters in Mathematics • 1974
    University of Florida
  • B.S. in Mathematics • 1972
    Spelman College

Work History


  • Associate Professor 1988 - 2024
    Florida A&M University
  • Assistant Professor •  1987 - 1988
    Randolph Macon Women's College
  • Instructor 1974 - 1979
    Florida A&M University

Academic Accomplishments


  • Chair of the Mathematical Association of America’s Award for Inclusivity 2023 - 2024
  • Chair of American Mathematical Society’s Fall 2023 – Fall 2024 Southeast Regional Conferences
  • The External Reviewer of the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of the Towson University Department of Mathematics, Spring 2016
  • Secretary/Treasurer of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), January 2002 – 2019
  • Steering Committee Member of the Sunshine State Scholars Program, whose primary goal is to recognize Florida high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding performance in mathematics and sciences, 2002 - 2009
  • Principal Investigator for the NSF Young Scholars Program titled, “Mathematical Models in the Natural and Social Sciences”. This project was funded in the amount of $218,000 from March, 1996 through July, 1998.
  • The STPX Spheromak System: A topological Study”, a poster presentation for the DPP15 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Savannah, GA, November, 16-20, 2015
  • Invited Speakers Shirley Burgraff and Roselyn Williams presented a presentation titled, “Workshop of Inequality, Development and Growth”, held at the United Nations, New York, NY. Also presented a paper titled, “Between the Lines of Economic Growth Models: An Efficiency Case for Gender Equality”, May 18-20, 2008.
  • Founder: The Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences, July 19, 2005.

 


Courses Taught At FAMU


  • Intermediate Algebra
  • College Algebra
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Pre-Calculus
  • Calculus I, II, and III
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Advanced Calculus I and II
  • Linear Algebra
  • Number Theory
  • Abstract Algebra
  • Modern Pure Geometry
  • Foundations of Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Topology
  • Group Theory; its Application to Physical Problems and Fundamentals of Research Design
  • Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis