In the Classroom:
  • Summer/Fall 2002
    I am not teaching these semesters.
  • Lie Groups
    notes from Bill Goldman's course, Fall 2001
    • More About Me:
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • What I do when I'm not doing Math
  • Who I would be if I were a Star Wars character
    • joshua tree
    Links, useful and otherwise:
  • places i frequently go
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    the hunger site
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    Places I Like to Visit:

    image from http://www.flyvision.org/sbm/bia.html The Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara is an educational as well as a religious organization dedicated to the presentation of Buddhist thought, practice, and culture. The vihara is open to anyone for meditation sessions; if you're out of the DC area, you might look for a Shambhala center near you. Access to Insight is an extensive online library of Theravada Buddhist texts. Pema Chodron and Thich Nhat Hanh are two excellent teachers whose writings are widely available.

    3 tips for avid readers:

  • shop local at booksense
  • shop union at powell's
  • don't shop! read a found book or find one at your public library
    		• Liceo Scientifico Alberti
    The first Italian WWW school server!!! With information about Sardinia and an extensive international penpal database, this is one of my favorite websites (which has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the fact that it is maintained by my old roommate).    		 Mutual Funds Interactive
    Check out this page for sound investment advice AND a picture of my dad.
    If you're like most graduate students at UMd, you're either paying too much rent or living too far from campus. Check out the Graduate Housing Initiative to learn what your colleagues are doing about the problem, and how you can get involved.
    the galowl
    Graduates, Adjuncts, and Lecturers: Organized Labor
    Academic workers are the only employees in the state of Maryland specifically denied their right to be classified as such; GALOL was formed to protect these workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Our position is that a union will give all academic workers a voice in improving both their own working conditions and the University's commitment to higher education... from the GALOL mission statement
    Z Magazine Online
    ZNet is a community of people concerned about social change and eager to learn from, enjoy, and work with one another. It is an interactive home base for progressives, a launch pad for research and study, and an interactive center for exchanging information, developing ideas, and jointly pursuing shared agendas.    		 Urban Legends Reference Pages
    Ever get forwarded email from a friend, containing a credible cautionary tale? How can you tell if it's true? Try looking it up on Barbara and David P. Mikkelson's site. They do the research so you don't have to!
    Women in Mathematics at UMCP
    WIM is dedicated to serving the needs of women mathematicians at UMCP. Regular activities include the WIM seminar (talks by women mathematicians designed to be accessible to the general mathematics population) and brown bag lunches.
    archival material: The Graduate Student Teaching Committee now has a website! This committee was formed in response to the graduate student petition; the document that is produced will outline what is reasonable/unreasonable to ask of a TA...and I know that anyone who has been a TA in the math dept. has an opinion on that, so get in touch with the committee to share your views. (follow the link to learn more)