Faculty and Staff

Math Department Group Photo

Department Chair: Bruce Riley

Bruce Riley photo Bruce Riley, Professor  (1985)
M.S., Ph.D., Montana State University
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University
specialties:  numerical analysis, applied mathematics

Phone:  (608) 785-8392    
Office:  1015 Cowley Hall
Email:  riley.bruc@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/mathematics/personal/riley

Academic Department Associate

Karry Auby photo Karry Auby     (1978)
Phone:  (608) 785-6603    
Office:1021 Cowley Hall
Email:  auby.karo@uwlax.edu
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/auby
Fax:  (608) 785-6602

Faculty

Jeff Baggett photo Jeffrey Baggett, Associate Professor    (1999)
M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
B.S., University of Portland
specialties:  Numerical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Phone:  (608) 785-8393; 
Office:  1026 Cowley Hall
Email:  baggett.jeff@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/baggett
 
Barbara Bennie photo Barbara Bennie , Assistant Professor    (2006)
M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
B.S., Bethel College
specialties:  Statistics

Phone: (608) 785-6605; 
Office: 1028
Email:  bennie.barb@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/bennie
 
Jeffrey Boyle photo Jeffrey Boyle, Associate Professor    (1988)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa
specialties:  Topology

Phone:  (608) 785-6611; 
Office:  1033 Cowley Hall
Email:  boyle.jeff@uwlax.edu
 
Abdulaziz Elfessi photo Abdulaziz Elfessi, Associate Professor   (1999)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana
specialties:  Statistics

Phone:  (608)  785-6612    
Office:  2031 Cowley Hall
Email:  elfessi.abdu@uwlax.edu
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/elfessi/
 
Jon Hasenbank photo Jon Hasenbank, Assistant Professor    (2006)
M.S., Ph.D., Montana State
B.S., Michigan Tech
specialties:  Mathematics Education

Phone:  (608) 785-6609; 
Office: 1034
Email:  hasenban.jon@uwlax.edu    
Web: www.uwlax.edu/faculty/hasenbank
Robert Hoar photo Robert Hoar, Professor     (1995)
M.S., Ph.D., Montana State University;
B.S., Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
specialties:  Numerical Analysis, Applied Mathematics

Phone:  (608) 785-6617     Office:  2036 Cowley Hall
Email:  hoar.robe@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/Mathematics/Personal/hoar
 
Heather Hulett photo Heather Hulett, Associate Professor     (2002)
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., M.A., University of Kansas
specialties:  Ring theory, Combinatorics

Phone:  (608) 785-8384    
Office:  1024 Cowley Hall
Email:  hulett.heat@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/hulett
Karl Kattchee photo Karl Kattchee, Associate Professor     (2001)
M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.S., University of Chicago
specialties:  Commutative Rings and Monoids

Phone:  (608) 785-6616    
Office:  1036 Cowley Hall
Email:  kattchee.karl@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/kattchee
Susan Kelly photo Susan Kelly, Professor    (1992) 
M.A., Ph.D., Washington University
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
specialties:  Harmonic Analysis, Wavelets

Phone:  (608) 785-6610    
Office:  1029 Cowley Hall
Email:  kelly.susa@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/kelly
Jennifer Kosiak photo Jennifer Kosiak, Assistant Professor (2004)
Ph.D., Montana State,
(Mathematics with Mathematics Education Specialization)
B.S., M.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
specialties:  Mathematics education

Phone:  (608) 785-8385   
Office:  1032 Cowley Hall
Email:  kosiak.jenn@uwlax.edu 
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/kosiak
David Koster photo David Koster, Associate Professor   (1985)
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., University of Michigan
specialties:  Abstract algebra, Group theory

Phone:  (608) 785-8668   
Office:  2033 Cowley Hall
Email:  koster.davi@uwlax.edu
 
Rebecca LeDocq photo Rebecca LeDocq, Associate Professor  (1991)
M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa
B.S., Moorhead State University
specialties:  Abstract algebra

Phone:  (608) 785-6615    
Office:  1025 Cowley Hall
Email:  ledocq.rebe@uwlax.edu
Web: www.uwlax.edu/faculty/LeDocq
Andrew Matchett photo Andrew Matchett, Associate Professor  (1982)
Ph.D., University of Illinois
B.S., University of Chicago
specialties: Abstract algebra, Group representations, Statistics

Phone:  (608) 785-8391   
Office:  1031 Cowley Hall
Email:  matchett.andr@uwlax.edu
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/Matchett
Futaba Okamoto photo
Futaba Okamoto , Assisstant Professor  (2007)
Ph.D., Western Michigan
B.S., Western Michigan
specialties: Graph theory

Phone:  (608) 785-6608   
Office:  1016 Cowley Hall
Email:  Futaba Okamoto
Web: www.uwlax.edu/faculty/Okamoto
James Peirce photo James Peirce, Assistant Professor  (2004)
B.S., University of Washington
M.A., Ph.D., University of California Davis
specialties:  Mathematical Biology, Fluid dynamics

Phone:  (608) 785-6604   
Office:  1027 Cowley Hall
Email:  peirce.jame@uwlax.edu  
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/peirce
David Reineke photo David Reineke, Associate Professor    (1999)
Ph.D., Air Force Institute of Technology
B.S., M.S., Wright State University
specialties:  Applied statistics

Phone:  (608) 785-6607    
Office:  1030 Cowley Hall
Email:  reineke.davi@uwlax.edu   
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/reineke
Bruce Riley photo Department Chair
Bruce Riley, Professor 
(1985)
M.S., Ph.D., Montana State University
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University
specialties:  Numerical analysis, Applied mathematics

Phone:  (608) 785-8392    
Office:  1015 Cowley Hall
Email:  riley.bruc@uwlax.edu    
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/mathematics/personal/riley
Steven Senger photo Steven Senger, Professor   (1983)
B.S., Ph.D., Purdue University,
specialties:  Scientific visualization
Sherwin Toribio photo Sherwin Toribio , Assistant Professor    (2006)
M.S., Ph.D., Bowling Green State Univ.
B.S., Ateneo De Manila Univ.
specialties:  Statistics

Phone:  (608) 785-6606; 
Office: 1023 Cowley Hall
Email:  toribio.sher@uwlax.edu    
Web: www.uwlax.edu/faculty/toribio
Wendt

Ted Wendt , Assistant Professor    (2008)
Ph.D., Mathematics; M.S., Computer Science and Mathematics,
The University of Iowa
B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science, Carroll College, Helena, MT
specialties: Applied Math, Computer simulations

Phone:  (608) 785-785-6613; 
Office: 1018 Cowley Hall
Email: wendt.theo@uwlax.edu    
Web: www.uwlax.edu/faculty/wendt

Todd Will photo Todd G. Will, Associate Professor    (2002)
M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., Carleton College
specialties: Graph theory, Mathematica

Phone:  (608)  785-6650    
Office:  2030 Cowley Hall
Email:  will.todd@uwlax.edu   
Web:  www.uwlax.edu/faculty/will

Lecturers

  Gary Dickinson
Phone:  (608) 785-6614   
Office:  2029 Cowley Hall
Email:  dickinso.gary@uwlax.edu
  Mary Klankowski
Phone:  (608) 785-8667   
Office:  1009 Cowley Hall
Email:  klankows.mary@uwlax.edu
  Dar Klatt
Phone:  (608) 785-8390   
Office:  1013 Cowley Hall
Email:  klatt.darv@uwlax.edu
  David Olson
Phone:  (608) 785-8667   
Office:  1009 Cowley Hall
Email:  olson.davi@uwlax.edu
William Shilla photo William Schilla
Phone:  (608) 785-6613   
Office: 1018 Cowley Hall
Email:  schilla.will@uwlax.edu
  Judy Young
Phone:  (608) 785-8383   
Office: 1011 Cowley Hall
Email:  young.judy@uwlax.edu