Meredith Hegg
Harvard University
Mathematics Department
One Oxford Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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(617) 495-5340
(215) 313-6016
hegg@math.harvard.edu
http:math.harvard.edu\~hegg
Academic Employment
Preceptor in Mathematics, Harvard University, 2012 - present.
Education
PhD, Applied Mathematics, Temple University, 2012.
Teaching in Higher Education Certificate, Temple University, 2011.
Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
BA with Honors, Economics, Swarthmore College, 2000.
Research
PhD Dissertation: Exact Relations for Elasticity Tensors of Fiber-Reinforced Composites
PhD Advisor: Yury Grabovsky
Modeling Project: Automatic Detection of Weather Fronts
Joint with Kirk Soodhalter, in partnership with weather service company MeteoMedia
Project Advisor: Benjamin Seibold
Presentations
“How Many Mathematicians Does it Take to Color a Map? The Four and Five Color Theorems.” Bard
College Summer Colloquium, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. July 2, 2012.
“Exact Results for Effective Tensors of Fiber-Reinforced Elastic Composites,” Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, MA. January 4, 2012.
“Links between Effective Tensors of Elastic Composites,” Workshop on Macroscopic Modeling of Materials with Fine Structure, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. May 27, 2011.
“Automatic Weather Front Detection,” with Kirk Soodhalter, Temple University Applied Math and
Scientific Computing Seminar, Philadelphia, PA. September 15, 2010.
“Exact Results for Effective Tensors of Elastic Composites,” SIAM Mini-Symposium on Mechanics and
Mathematics of Microstructure in Materials, Philadelphia, PA. May 24, 2010.
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Publications
M. Hegg. Links between effective tensors for fiber-reinforced elastic composites. Comptes rendus Mécanique 341 (2013), pp. 520-532.
M. Hegg. Everything I needed to know about being a reporter I learned in math class. SIAM News,
42(9), 2009.
University Teaching Experience
Course Head
Multivariable Calculus for the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Fall 2012, 2013.
Instructor
Introduction to Functions and Calculus I, Harvard University, Fall 2013.
Graduate Seminar for Precalculus, Harvard University Extension School, Fall 2013.
Introduction to Functions and Calculus II, Harvard University, Spring 2013.
Multivariable Calculus, Harvard University, Fall 2012.
Multivariable Calculus, Temple University, Summer 2010 and 2011.
Linear Algebra, Temple University, Summer 2008.
College Algebra, Temple University, Fall 2007.
Awards and Fellowships
Graduate Assistant Service Award, Temple University, 2012.
Accepted into Mathematics Research Community in Harmonic Analysis, American Mathematical
Society, 2012.
Visiting Student, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, 2011.
Mass Media Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009.
Research Assistantship, Temple University, 2008 - 2012.
Teaching Assistantship, Temple University, 2007 - 2008.
Deans’ Award for Contribution to the College Community, Swarthmore College, 2000.
Institutional Service and Outreach
Co-organizer, Boston Math Teacher’s Circle at Harvard University, 2013 - present.
Collaborator, Economics multimedia lesson for the Calculus Practitioner Series: Meeting the Changing
Needs of Our Students and Client Disciplines (Grant from Harvard Initiative for Learning Teaching),
2013-present.
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Co-coordinator, Math Table Undergraduate Colloquium, Harvard University, 2012 - present.
Girls and Mathematics Summer Program, Temple University.
Instructor, 2013.
Assistant Director, 2012.
Co-organizer, Sonia Kovalevsky Mathematics Day, Temple University, 2012.
Co-coordinator, Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Temple University, 2011.
Ombudsperson, Graduate Students in Mathematics, Temple University, 2010 - 2012.
Professional Associations
Association of Women in Mathematics, 2011 - present.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2010 - present.
Previous Experience
Program Assistant. Mastery Charter High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2006 - 2007.
Supported all aspects of innovative student internship program for eleventh grade students. Developed
curriculum and taught sessions for course on workplace skills.
Teacher. Esperanza Academy Charter High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2002 - 2006.
Taught courses in geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and statistics to ninth through twelfth grade
students.
Paralegal. Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Philadelphia, PA, 2000 - 2002.
Counseled caseload of 15-20 indigent clients monthly on bankruptcy and debt management.