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Jennifer L. Bowen

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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Department/Affiliation: Mathematics
Phone: 330-263-2037
Office Address: 307 Taylor
Email: jbowen@wooster.edu

Degrees

  • B.A., Boston College, 1998
  • M.S., The University of Virginia 2001
  • Ph.D., The University of Virginia 2005

Courses Taught

  • Abstract Algebra
  • Math in Contemporary Society
  • Basic Statistics
  • Calculus and Analytic Geometry I and II
  • Multivariate Calculus
  • First Year Seminar
  • Linear Algebra
  • Number Theory
  • Problem Seminar

Recent Senior Theses Advised

  • Iteration Digraphs (Hannah Roberts, 2012)
  • Similarly Intriguing and Perspectively Odd: Fractal and Projective Geometry Explored in MC Escher's Art (Adam Trontz, 2012)
  • Tighten Up: A Preliminary Study of Knots (Louisa Catalano, Math and Physics, 2011)
  • Analyzing Insurgency SItuations with an Emphasis on the Effect of Intelligence: An Adaptation of the Lanchester Model (John Mullet, 2010)
  • Investigation of Dioxybenzone-Alcohol Complexes through Spectral Deconvolution and an Analysis of Symmetric Groups and Character Tables (Rachel Lipner, Math and BCMB, 2009)
  • Topics in Multivariate Statistical Theory (Robert Ashmead, 2009)
  • The 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 Reasons Why Sudoku is a Puzzle Worth Solving (Bethany Smith-Polderman, 2008)

Recent Publications

  • Bowen, J., "Intersectionality and My Practice of Teaching Mathematics" in Banks and Pliner (Eds).  Teaching, Learning, and Intersecting Identities in Higher Education. New York: Peter Lang (in press).,
  • Dresden, G., Bowen, J., Paul, R., Instructor’s Solutions Manual to Accompany Jon Rogawski’s Calculus: Multivariable (2nd edition). New York: W.H. Freeman, 2012.
  • Roche, Jennifer, "On Jordan Ideals and Matrix Rings". Linear Algebra and its Applications. Volume 431 Issue 9, 2009.

Awards and Professional Memberships

  • Mathematical Association of America
  • Phi Beta Kappa

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