Department of Mathematics ,
Eastern University
1300 Eagle Road, St. Davis, Pa. 19087
Phone: (610)-225-5530 E-mail: whuddell@eastern.edu
OBJECTIVE: To bring glory to Christ through the teaching and study of the Mathematical Sciences.
EDUCATION: B.A., Mathematics, Physics Minor, Secondary Education Concentration.
, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 1/94 G.P.A. 3.37, cum laude.
M.A. in Mathematics,
, West Chester, Pa. 8/95 G.P.A. 3.73. 5/95
M.A. in Mathematics,
, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 5/99
Ph.D. ,
, Bryn Mawr,Pa. 5/02
CERTIFICATION: Pa. State Certificate, grades 6-12. N.Y. State Certificate, (6-12).
OTHER EDUCATION: Phi 421, Existentialism, Eastern University, Spring 03, (Grade: A-).
AMS short course in Public-Key Cryptography at Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, Md., Jan. 13,
2003.
Bryn Mawr/Haverford Bi-Co mathematics colloquium including a variety of topics in mathematics attended regularly. 1996-present.
Cabrini College mathematics colloquium including a variety of topics in mathematics and mathematics education, attended occasionally. 2001-2005.
NYU Courant Institute computer science colloquium by Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Federation, speaking on The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating
System . May, 2001.
Weekly graduate/postdoc seminar, Bryn Mawr College. Activities included regular teaching of the seminar and exposure to the research in analysis of current candidates for the Ph.D. and recent postdocs. 2004present.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES: College of Arts and Sciences; Eastern University, St. Davids, Pa.
8/30/00-present. Tenure track faculty teaching various undergraduate mathematics and computer science courses.
MATH160 – Calculus I
MATH161 – Calculus II
MATH214 – Calculus III
MATH220 – Statistics
MATH300 – Differential Equations
MATH324 – Linear Algebra
MATH330 – Introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems
MATH350 – Advanced Calculus
MATH404 – Real Analysis
MATH415 – Topology
MATH422 – Philosophy of Mathematics
CSC150 – Problem Solving with Computers
CSC200 – Programming with C++
INST150 – Introduction to Faith Reason and Justice
HON204 – Mathematics in the Western Tradition
College of Arts and Sciences; Neumann University, Aston, Pa. 8/25/98-6/1/00.
MATH102 – Introductory Statistics
MATH103 – College Algebra
MATH110 – Precalculus
MATH116 – Quantitative Methods
MATH250 – Calculus I
College of Arts and Sciences; Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. 8/30/96-5/15/98.
MATH015 – Elementary Single Variable Calculus
MATH025 – Further Topics in Single Variable Calculus
Department of Mathematics;
running problem sessions and writing solution guides.
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 9/97-5/98. Graduate assistant
Department of Mathematics; teaching Linear Algebra.
Immaculata, Pa. 1/17/97-5/5/97. Adjunct faculty
Department of Mathematics;
West Chester, Pa. 9/5/95-12/15/96. Adjunct faculty teaching various college level Math courses ranging from Algebra to Statistics.
Center For Academic Excellence;
West Chester, Pa. 9/3/94-8/5/95. Tutor; various college level Math courses ranging from Elementary Algebra to Calculus II.
College Bound Learning Center Broomall, Pa. 3/6/94-9/1/94. Teacher; S.A.T. preparation course in
Math. Tutor; various high school and college level Math courses.
RELATED EXPERIENCES: Briarcliff Manor H.S., Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 9/7/93-10/28/93. Student
Teaching; Regents Physics and Precalculus. Blue Mountain Middle School, Montrose, N.Y. 10/29/93-
12/22/93. Student Teaching; Seventh and eighth grade Mathematics (Algebra).
SERVICE/COMMITTEE EXPERIENCES: College of Arts and Sciences; Eastern University, St.
Davids, Pa. 8/30/00-present. Service includes contributing to curriculum development, and committee service.
Chair of the Department of Mathematics 9/12 – Present. Typical duties include creating load sheets, managing departmental budget, managing department website,
Chair of the division of Natural science 10/06 – 6/12. Facilitated divisional discussion, 4x4 curriculum process, strategic initiative processes, program development (engineering, physics, etc.) and facilities planning. Established 3/2 engineering agreement with Villanova University.
Middle States Self Study Steering Committee co-chair. 8/11-5/12. Facilitated standards 1 and 6 of the self study.
Faculty Personnel Committee – Promotion and Tenure subcommittee. 8/12-present. Activities include review and deliberation of faculty promotion and tenure.
Faculty Personnel Committee – Policy subcommittee. 8/10-5/12. Reviewed and developed faculty personnel policies for the faculty handbook.
Institutional Renewal Committee. 1/12-present. Activities include Eastern's institutional plan for renewal and assessment.
Faculty Senate. 8/06-05/08, 8/12-present.
Provost's Working Group on Arts and Sciences efficiency. 8/10-5/11. Conducted interviews with faculty and administration to analyze effectiveness and communication within A&S.
Provost's Distance Education Task Force, Eastern University, 9/09-5/11.
Communications Search Committee, Eastern University, 2008.
Faculty Senate, vice moderator, Eastern University, 2005-2007.
Lamberton ECHS Steering Team, Eastern University, 2005-2007.
Chairman of the core competencies talk force considering technology and mathematics in the core. 2001
Eastern University 3-2 Engineering Representative. 8/10-present. Activities include website maintenance, meetings with perspectives and student advising.
EQUIP Program Mathematics Coordinator. 8/00-present. Teach mathematics portion of the EQUIP program.
Abelian Group Administrator. 8/08-present. Schedule and administer drop in mathematics tutoring service.
Systems Administrator for numbers.eastern.edu. 8/00-present. Maintain server and its website, compiler and OS.
Chair of search committee for the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Eastern University.
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative. 8/03-12/05.
Eastern University Technology Team. 8/02-5/05.
College of Arts and Sciences; Neumann College, Aston, Pa. 8/25/98-6/1/00.
Personnel committee. 1998.
Curriculum committee. 1999.
ACADEMIC HONORS:
Professor of the Year, Eastern University, May 2011.
Professor of the Year, Eastern University, May 2009.
Lindback teaching award-Eastern University, May 2006.
Eastern University Provost's fellowship, May 2008.
Teaching Assistantship-Bryn Mawr College, Fall '97-Spring 97.
Graduate Assistantship-West Chester University, Fall '94-Sum. '95.
The King's College Dean's List, Fall '91 - Fall '93. National Dean's List, 1992-1993.
Who's-Who America's teachers 2005, 2006, 2008.
Who's-Who in America's Colleges and Universities, 1993.
National Honor Society, 1986-1990.
Who's-Who in America's High Schools, 1988-1990.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES: Smooth Approximation of Singular Perturbations.
(Rhonda Hughes, corresponding author) Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 282 (2003) 512-530.
Smooth Approximation of Finitely-many Relativistic Point Interactions , (Rhonda Hughes, corresponding author), Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 38 (2005) 1-8.
SUBMITTED ARTICLES: MM09-0202, The Anti-authoritarian Derivative , Mathematics Magazine
(Submitted 9/09).
The Ontology of Number , Christian Scholars Review (Submitted 10/11).
TALKS: Free Software and Social Justice, Windows to the World, Eastern University, Nov. 2003.
The Anti-authoritarian Derivative , Cabrini College mathematics colloquium, Feb. 2005.
The Distributional Derivative , Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College Bi-Co colloquium, Feb. 2010.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics , Eastern University Philosophical Society, Nov. 2011.
Mathematics and the Word of God , Eastern University Theological Society, Oct. 2010.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: AMS (1995-present)
MAA (1995-present)
AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics) (1995-2002)
MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCES: Council of Elders, Aldan Union Church, 1999-2008, 2009-present.
Chairman of the Worship Committee, Council of Elders, Aldan Union Church, 2000-2008.
Executive Committee, Council of Elders, Aldan Union Church, 2000-2008.
College & Career Bible School Teacher, Aldan Union Church, 2007-present.
Substitute (and at times regular) Bible teacher, Aldan Union Church Bible School, 1999-present.
High School Ministry Team, Aldan Union Church, 1995-1999.
Sort term missions trip to Gorazde, Bosnia. 18 days in June of 2003 were spent with a team from UFM assisting in construction of a youth center, humanitarian aide, chopping 1.5 cords of wood for a family physically debilitated by the war, and building trust and relationships.
Small group Bible study leader/teacher 1999-2002.
ACT 2 speaker, Eastern University, Feb 2000 and Jan 2004.
Chapel speaker, Eastern University, March 2007.
Y.A.C.H.T. Club, Eastern University, on occasion 2005-2007.
Homeless ministry, Aldan Union Church, Bi-weekly, 2004-present.
OTHER EXPERIENCES: Silk Screen printer, American Process Lettering, Secane, Pa. Summers 1983-
1989.
Commercial clammer, Summer 1990.
INTERESTS: Theology, philosophy, running, football, basketball, golf, cycling and music.
REFERENCES: Available upon request.