Faculty News

This year, the department made three new faculty appointments:

Soumik Pal (Assistant Professor), Ph.D. Columbia University, 2006. Professor Pal studies applied and theoretical probability.

Julia Pevtsova (Assistant Professor), Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2002. Professor Pevtsova studies representation theory; she was an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department last year.

Susan Sierra (NSF Postdoctoral Fellow), Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2008. Dr. Sierra studies noncommutative algebraic geometry, noncommutative algebra, and algebraic geometry.

Matthew Conroy was promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer.

Christopher Hoffman was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor.

Rekha Thomas was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor.

Ginger Warfield was promoted from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer.
 

Edward Curtis and K. Bruce Erickson retired; they joined the Department in 1970 and 1970, respectively.