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James B. Hart (Associate Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 226A
Dr. Hart received his Ph D from
Vanderbilt University in 1991 and has been a member of the MTSU faculty since
that time. His research interests include ordered algebraic structures and
denotational semantics. Dr. Hart has a cat named Buggs and about 100 potted
plants (which he has not yet taken to naming).
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Vatsala Krishnamani (Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 223A
Dr. Krishnamani received her
Ph D from Southern Illinois University in 1986 and has been at MTSU since
that time. Her research interests include Abstract Witt Rings and the effects
of technology on the learning patterns of students and teaching methods of
instructors. She
enjoys reading, listening to music, and gardening in her spare time. Dr.
Krishnamani has a young daughter who wants to be Mom's special
helper when she grows up.
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James W. Lea (Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 203C
Dr. Lea received his Ph D in
1971 from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. Before coming to MTSU,
he worked as an instructor at UT-Martin and Tennessee Tech. He came to MTSU
in the fall of 1971; since that time, Dr. Lea has also been a visiting associate
professor at UT Knoxville. His research interests lie in both the algebraic
and topological properties of partially ordered sets.
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Mary Martin (Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 203F
Dr. Martin received her Ph D
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984. Before coming
to MTSU in 1998, Dr. Martin held positions at Colgate University and Winthrop
University. She been a visiting professor at Florida State University and
Cornell University. Her research interests include commutative and computational
algebra; and she has recently become interested in understanding the
attributes students need to make a successful transition from high school
to college mathematics. Dr. Martin is an undergraduate alumnus of MTSU and
enjoys reading and doing needlework in her spare time.
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Don Nelson (Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 226D
Dr. Nelson received his Ph D
from Vanderbilt University in 1974. Before coming to MTSU in 1986, he worked
at Louisiana College and the Naval Weapons Center. Dr. Nelson's research
interests lie in graph theory; he is a member of First Baptist Church, likes
soccer, and enjoys pampering his 13.5 year old
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Sam Truitt (Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 203E
Dr. Truitt received his Ph D
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 and has been at
MTSU since that time. Dr. Truitt's mathematical interests cover most areas
of analysis. Recently, he has become involved in the application of technology
to the teaching of differential equations.
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Dr. Zijlstra received her Ph.
D from Auburn University in 1990 and has been at MTSU since that time. Her
research interests include combinatorial block designs --- more specifically
Steiner and directed triple systems. Recently, Dr. Zijlstra has also become
involved in teacher education at the primary and secondary levels.
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Xiaoya Zha (Associate Professor)
Kirksey Old Main Room 271
Dr. Zha received his Ph D from
Ohio State University in 1993. Before coming to MTSU in 1997, he worked at
the Lima Campus of Ohio State University and at Vanderbilt University. His
research interests include many areas of combinatorics and graph theory.
In his spare time, Dr. Zha enjoys listening to classical music and getting
exercise.
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