Dr. Walt Huddell, Mathematics

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Walter B. Huddell III

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.

The King's

College

, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 1/94 G.P.A. 3.37, cum laude.

M.A. in Mathematics,

West Chester University

, West Chester, Pa. 8/95 G.P.A. 3.73. 5/95

M.A. in Mathematics,

Bryn Mawr College

, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 5/99

Ph.D. ,

Bryn Mawr College

, 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;

Bryn Mawr College

running problem sessions and writing solution guides.

Bryn Mawr, Pa. 9/97-5/98. Graduate assistant

Department of Mathematics; teaching Linear Algebra.

Immaculata College

Immaculata, Pa. 1/17/97-5/5/97. Adjunct faculty

Department of Mathematics;

West Chester University

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 University

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.

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