K. L. Price
Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800
Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901-8631
EDUCATION
University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D.
in Mathematics,
Dissertation: Universal Enveloping Algebras of Lie Color Algebras
University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M.S.
in Mathematics,
Western
Illinois University
B.S.
in Mathematics with a Physics minor,
Magna Cum Laude
AWARDS
MAA Project NExT Fellow
U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of
National Need (GANN) Fellowship,
WIU Walter Eller Physics Scholarship,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University
of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Professor of
Mathematics September 2013 to present
Associate Professor of Mathematics
September 2005 to September 2012
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
September 1999 to June 2005
Taught College Algebra, Trigonometry, Liberal Arts Mathematics (Problem Based
Inquiry Seminary), Finite Math, Discrete Math, Introduction to Statistics,
Applied Statistics, Probability and Statistics for Elementary Education,
Business Calculus, Calculus I, II, and III, Introduction to Abstract
Mathematics, Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry, Introduction to Group
Theory, Introduction to Ring Theory, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Advanced
Linear Algebra, Seminar in Mathematical Problem Solving, and a graduate course
in Algebra.
Truman
State University
Visiting Assistant Professor August
1997 to May 1999
Taught College Algebra, Trigonometry, Basic Statistics, Essentials
of Calculus, Liberal Arts Calculus, Matrix Algebra, and Calculus II.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Educational
Testing Service
Advanced
Placement Calculus Exam Reader,
UW
Oshkosh Precollege Programs
Instructor,
Taught a two-week introductory course in business mathematics to
high school students in the Young Entrepreneurial Scholars program.
UWM's Gateway to Engineering Science and Technology
Instructor,
Taught
a two-week advanced geometry course to minority and financially disadvantaged
eighth-
and ninth-grade students from Milwaukee Public Schools.
UWM and Milwaukee Public Schools Saturday Academy
Instructor,
Designed a course on Density that introduces students to the
physical properties of materials in a science lab setting. Collaborated with secondary school teachers. Participated in
teaching the following: density, geometry and tessellations, measuring height
and distance, algebra experiments,
math modeling and patty paper geometry.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Homological
Properties of Color Lie Superalgebras
Advances
in Ring Theory, 287-293 (1997)
Primeness Criteria for Universal Enveloping Algebras of Lie
Color Algebras
Journal
of Algebra 235(2), 589-607 (2001)
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society. 71, 327-335
(2005)
Factorization in
Quantum Planes
Missouri
Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 18(3) (2006)
Coauthored with undergraduate student Romain Coulibaly
A
Domain Test for Lie Color Algebras
Journal
of Algebra and its Applications 7(1), 8190 (2008)
Normal Quadratics
in Ore Extensions, Quantum Planes, and Quantized Weyl
Algebras
Acta Appl. Math. 108(1),
7381 (2009)
Coauthored with undergraduate student Candis Holtz
MAA
Focus October/November 2011, 22
Coauthored with Dr. S. Szydlik
Good Gradings of Generalized Incidence Rings
Communications
in Algebra 41, 3668-3678 (2013)
Good Matrix Gradings from Directed Graphs
Contemporary Mathematics, vol. 609, Amer. Math. Soc.,
Providence, RI, pp. 267276 (2014)
Coauthored with Dr. S. Szydlik
An Alternative
Construction to the Transitive Closure of a Directed Graph
International
Electronic Journal of Algebra 17, 215-228 (2015)
Some Algebras
Similar to the 2Χ2 Jordanian Matrix Algebra
Coauthored with Dr. J. Gaddis (submitted)
Good Abelian Group Matrix Gradings from Directed Graphs
Coauthored with undergraduate student John Dewitt (in preparation)
Refereeing
Linear Algebra and its Applications
Journal of Algebra and its Applications
Manuscripta Mathematica
Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly
MEMBERSHIPS
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
AMS Math Reviewer
MAA Project NExT Fellow
UW OShkosh PRofessional Development Awards
Student Titan Employment Program (STEP) for "Mathematics of
Puzzles Research Assistant" covering each of the academic years from fall
2011 through spring 2015.
Sabbatical for "Research at Atlantic Algebra Center" to
visit Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada in Fall
2009.
Undergraduate Student and Faculty Collaborative Research grant for
"New Discoveries on Quantized Weyl
Algebras" for summer 2004.
Research Component grant for "Envelopes of Lie Color
Algebras" conducted during summer 2002.
Off-Campus grant award to attend the Von
Neumann Conference at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley,
CA in 1999.