Education

  • Ph.D. Mathematics; August, 2013
    Dissertation: Decompositions of Betti diagrams
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • M.S. Mathematics; May, 2009
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • B.A. Mathematics with distinction, Summa Cum Laude; May, 2006
    Colorado College

Awards, Fellowships, and Honor Societies

  • Project NExT Fellow (Brown '13)
    A fellowship designed to further the professional development program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL, Spring 2011
    A university-wide award given to two graduate teaching assistants each year honoring excellent teaching
  • Emeritus Faculty Fellowship, UNL Math Department, Spring 2010
    Given each academic year by the department to doctoral students exhibiting high scholarship
  • Graduate Fellowship, UNL Graduate Fellowship Committee, Spring 2009
    Awarded in recognition of outstanding academic performance and scholarly potential; approximately 25 fellowships awarded each year
  • Outstanding Qualifying Exams, UNL Math Department, Fall 2008
    Given each academic year by the department to the student who produces the most outstanding qualifying exams the previous spring
  • Mentoring through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) Traineeship, UNL Math Department, Fall 2007-Summer 2008
  • Florian Cajori Prize in Mathematics, Colorado College Math Department, 2006
    The Colorado College Mathematics Department award recognizing mathematical prowess
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Golden Key Honor Society

Membership in Professional Societies

  • American Mathematics Society
  • Association for Women in Mathematics
  • Mathematics Association of America