Faculty & Staff

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Dr. Joanna Wares
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Chair, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Specialties:
  • Mathematical and Computational Modeling
  • Modeling in Public Health
Contact:
(804) 287-6564
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Dr. Taylor Arnold
Associate Professor
Data Science Program Coordinator
Specialties:
  • Data Science
  • Digital Humanities
  • Linguistics
Contact:
Volkan Bakirdan
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Contact:
(804) 289-8084
Vic Bednar
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics & Statistics
Contact:
804-287-6595
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Kay Brooks
Visiting Instructor in Mathematics
Contact:
(804) 289-8079
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Dr. Lester Caudill
Professor of Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Biomedical Applications of Mathematical Modeling
Contact:
(804) 289-8083
Dr. Racheal Cooper
Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics
Contact:
(804) 289-8087
Dr. Huyen Curtis
Visiting Lecturer of Economics
Visiting Lecturer of Mathematics
Contact:
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Dr. James Davis
Professor of Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Algebra
  • Combinatorics
  • Number Theory
  • Coding Theory
Contact:
(804) 289-8094
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Dr. Della Dumbaugh
Professor of Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Algebra
  • Number Theory
  • History of Mathematics
  • Broadening Representation in Mathematics
  • Editor, American Mathematical Monthly
Contact:
804-287-6567
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Dr. Gary Greenfield
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Specialties:
  • Division Algebras
  • Brauer Groups
  • Cryptography
  • Artifical Life
  • Algorithmic Art
Contact:
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Dr. Harry Hoke
Director of Mathematics & Statistics Emeritus
Contact:
Dr. Kathy Hoke
Professor of Mathematics
Mathematical Economics Program Coordinator
Contact:
(804) 289-8089
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Dr. Michael Kerckhove
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Differential Geometry
Contact:
(804) 289-8774
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Dr. Paul Kvam
Professor of Statistics Emeritus
Data Science Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
  • Mathematical and applied statistics
Contact:
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Dr. Jeremy LeCrone
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Evolution Equations
  • Free Boundary Problems
Contact:
(804) 287-6669
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Dr. Van Nall
Professor of Mathematics & Statistics Emeritus
Contact:
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Dr. Lilla Orr
Assistant Professor of Data Science and Statistics
Data Science Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
  • Causal Inference
  • Political Methodology
Contact:
(804) 287-6492
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Dr. William Ross
Professor of Mathematics
Roger Francis and Mary Saunders Richardson Chair in Mathematics
Specialties:
  • Complex analysis
  • Operator theory
Contact:
(804) 289-8090
Kathy Rothert
Academic Administrative Coordinator
Contact:
(804) 289-8077
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Dr. Heather M. Russell
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics Program Coordinator
Specialties:
  • Combinatorial representation theory
  • Low-dimensional topology
  • Reconfiguration
  • Broadening representation in STEM fields
Contact:
(804) 289-8086
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Dr. Marcella Torres
Director of Mathematical Studies
Specialties:
  • Mathematical biology
  • Medical applications of modeling
  • Optimal control of biological systems
  • Parameter estimation
Contact:
(804) 289-8081
Dr. Nathaniel Withers
Emeritus Professor
Specialties:
  • Qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations
Contact: