Amanda Croll

About Amanda:

I am a fifth year graduate student in mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. My field of study is commutative algebra, and I am working under the direction of Srikanth Iyengar. In particular, I am interested in homological algebra.

My non-math hobbies include biking, traveling, reading, and playing with my cats.

Contact Information:

Office:	Avery Hall 312
Office Hours:	MW 12:30-1:30 pm
Phone:	(402) 472 - 8239
Email:
The best way to contact me is by email.

Background

Education:

• M.S. Mathematics, May 2009
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• B.S. Mathematics, May 2007
  • Sam Houston State University

Awards and Honor Societies:

• Mentoring through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) advanced graduate traineeship, UNL Math Department, awarded for 2012
• Emeritus Faculty Fellowship, UNL Math Department, Spring 2010
• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, UNL Math Department, Spring & Summer 2008
• Outstanding Mathematics Student, Sam Houston State University Math Department, 2007
• Pi Mu Epsilon

Membership in Professional Societies:

• American Mathematics Society

Teaching

Current Courses:

• Math 300 (Mathematics for Elementary Teachers)
• Students, please rely on Blackboard for all course content.

Past Courses Taught:

• Courses taught as principal lecturer:
  • Math 100A (Intermediate Algebra)
  • Math 101 (College Algebra)
  • Math 203 (Contemporary Mathematics)
  • Math 107 (Integral Calculus)
• Courses taught as recitation instructor:
  • Math 106 (Differential Calculus)
• Other teaching duties:
  • I served as a teaching assistant for Math 896-Elem (Problem Solving and Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom).

Other teaching experience:

• Summer Mathematics Program (SMP) at Carleton College
  For the summer 2008 program, I served as a graduate teaching assistant and a mentor to the undergraduate participants.

Research

Talks:

• "Why are Polynomials Special?", seminar talk, Concordia University, Seward, Spring 2011
• "The Grothendieck Module," Compact Commuative Algebra Reading Seminar, UNL, Spring 2011
• "Hilbert Functions," Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar, Spring 2011
• "The Krull-Remak-Schmidt Theorem," Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar, UNL, Fall 2010
• "Exponential Growth of Betti Numbers," Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar, UNL, Fall 2009
• "Naïve Derivatives," Texas Section of the MAA, Spring 2006
• "Zero: It's More than Nothing," Texas Section of the MAA, Spring 2005

Past Conferences Attended:

• KUMUNU (Conference in Algebra), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2011, September 2009
• Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, New Orleans, January 2011, 2007
• Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, San Francisco, January 2010
• Homotopy Theory and its Applications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2009
• Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, San Diego, January 2008
• MAA Sectional Meeting, Midwestern State University, April 2006
• Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, San Antonio, January 2006
• MathFest, Albuquerque, August 2005
• MAA Sectional Meeting, University of Texas at Arlington, April 2005

Summer Programs and Workshops Attended:

• Summer Graduate School on Commutative Algebra, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, June 2011
• School on Commutative Algebra and Interactions with Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretic Physics, Trieste, Italy, Summer 2010

Service

Committee Membership:

• Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
  Organizing Committee, 2010-2012

Panel Discussion Panelist:

• "Beginning of the Semester Teaching Issues," UNL Teaching Seminar, 2011
• "What is Life in Graduate School Really like?", Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, 2010, 2008
• Panel on teaching, UNL Teaching Seminar, 2010
• "How to Survive Graduate School," UNL Math Department New Graduate Student Orientation, 2009

Other:

• Annual Math Day at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  Math Bowl Moderator, Math Bowl Timer, 2007, 2010

Links

Math:

• Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar: The seminar line up for CARS (and other information about CARS and Compact CARS).
• Commutative Algebra Seminar: The seminar line up for CAS.
• UNL Math Department: Find out more about my department.
• SHSU Math and Stat Department: Find out more about my undergraduate department.
• Summer Mathematics Program (SMP): An awesome summer math program at Carleton College for female math students who are currently completing their first or second year of college.
• Commalg.org: Database of upcoming conferences and events in commutative algebra.
• Math World: An encyclopedia of mathematics!
• Wolfram|Alpha: An online mathematics computational tool.

Fun:

• Brown Sharpie: A math comic by mathematics graduate student Courtney Gibbons.
• PhD Comics: A comic strip by engineering PhD Jorge Cham.