Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty

Department Chair

Timothy A. Wahls
Associate Professor of Computer Science (2003).
Tome Scientific Building Room 244
wahlst@dickinson.edu
(717) 245-1743

Department Faculty

Barry A. Tesman
Professor of Mathematics, Theodore & Catherine Mathias Chair in Mathematics (1989).
Tome Scientific Building Room 233
(717) 245-1548 | tesman@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.S., Colby College, 1981; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1989.

His recent research is in the application of the theory of meaningfulness in measurement theory to graph colorings, in particular, list and T-colorings.

Grant W. Braught
Associate Professor of Computer Science (1997).
Tome Scientific Building Room 234
(717) 245-1401 | braught@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.S., Dickinson College, 1990. M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1995; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, 2005.

His current research interests are in the area of artificial life. In particular his research focuses on the interactions between learning and evolution. His other research interests include social, evolutionary and developmental robotics; swarm intelligence and biologically inspired artificial intelligence. He is also active in computer science education, focusing most recently on evaluating the effects of pair programming on student programming ability in the first computer science course.

Lorelei Koss
Associate Professor of Mathematics (1998).
Tome Scientific Building Room 241
(717) 245-1334 | koss@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.A., Columbia University, 1989; M.A, 1992; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1998.

Her scholarship concentrates on ergodic theory and complex dynamical systems. Her current research focuses on the parametrized dynamics of meromorphic functions.

David S. Richeson
Associate Professor of Mathematics (2000).
Tome Scientific Building Room 237
(717) 245-1744 | richesod@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.A., Hamilton College, 1993; M.S., Northwestern University, 1994; Ph.D., 1998.

His research involves the study of dynamical systems from a topological viewpoint. Recent research topics include the Conley index and bounded homeomorphsims of noncompact spaces. Current projects include itineraries of circle maps and applications of the Euler characteristic.

Richard J. Forrester
Associate Professor of Mathematics (2002).
Tome Scientific Building Room 235
(717) 245-1668 | forrestr@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.A., Alfred University, 1995; M.S., Clemson University, 1997; Ph.D., 2002.

His research is in the field of operations research, with particular interest in discrete optimization. His teaching interests primarily center around applied mathematics, including statistics, operations research, and numerical analysis.

Timothy A. Wahls
Associate Professor of Computer Science (2003).
Tome Scientific Building Room 244
(717) 245-1743 | wahlst@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.S., Iowa State University, 1990; M.S., 1992; Ph.D., 1995.

His main research interests are in specification language design and semantics, and in the execution of formal specifications using constraint logic programming techniques. His teaching specializations are programming languages and software engineering.

Jeffrey S. Forrester
(on leave Fall 2012)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2006).
Tome Scientific Building Room 243
(717) 245-1410 | forresje@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.A., Alfred University, 1992; M.S., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1996; Ph.D., 2001.

John P. MacCormick
(on leave 2011-12)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (2007).
East College Room 310
(717) 245-1626 | jmac@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1993; M.S., University of Auckland, 1996; Ph.D., University of Oxford, 2000.

John MacCormick has degrees in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and the University of Auckland, and a doctorate in computer vision from the University of Oxford. He was a research fellow at Linacre College, Oxford from 1999-2000, a research scientist at HP Labs from 2000-2003, and a computer scientist with Microsoft Research from 2003-2007. Professor MacCormick joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dickinson College in Fall 2007. His current research focuses on computer vision, but he also maintains an interest large-scale distributed computer systems. Currently active research topics include message-passing algorithms for early vision tasks such as stereo vision, and superpixel algorithms for image over-segmentation. Dr. MacCormick is the author of one book, "Stochastic Algorithms for Visual Tracking," and has filed 15 US patents covering novel computer technologies.

Jennifer Schaefer
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2008).
Tome Scientific Building Room 236
(717) 245-1402 | schaefje@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.S., University of North Dakota, 2003; M.S., University of Iowa, 2004; Ph.D., 2008.

Her scholarship concentration is in the area of representation theory of finite groups and finite dimensional algebras.

Sarah Bryant
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2010).
Tome Scientific Building Room 242
(717) 254-8008 | bryants@dickinson.edu
B.A., Berea College, 2002; M.S., Purdue University, 2006; Ph.D., 2009.

Margaret M. Coahran
Visiting Instructor in Computer Science (2010).
Tome Scientific Building Room 246
(717) 245-1048 | coahranm@dickinson.edu | Visit Web Site
B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1987; M.S., University of Toronto, 2005.

Contributing Faculty

Rebecca L. Wells
Senior Computing Specialist.
Tome Scientific Building Room 245
(717) 245-1631 | wells@dickinson.edu
B.S., Dickinson College, 2003; M.S., University of Florida, 2007.