Robert Talbert

Current

• Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computing Science at Franklin College

Past

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bethel College
• Graduate Teaching Scholar at Vanderbilt University

Education

• Vanderbilt University
• Vanderbilt University
• Tennessee Technological University

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Robert Talbert’s Summary

I am a college mathematics and computer science professor with over 10 years of experience teaching courses at all levels of the curriculum.

My experience includes administrative and program-building work as director of Franklin College's 3:2 cooperative engineering program with the Purdue University School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI and in the development of dual-enrollment courses in mathematics with local high schools. I am a member and chair of Franklin College's Promotion and Tenure committee and formerly on the Curricular Assessment and Planning committee.

My ongoing mathematical interests include cryptography, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics. In the scholarship of teaching, I am interested in the incorporation of technology into mathematics courses, particularly web 2.0 technology, computer algebra systems and dynamic geometry software, and programming concepts.

Robert Talbert’s Specialties:

Use of Web 2.0 technology in college mathematics, use of dynamic geometry software in upper-level college geometry classes, development of dual-enrollment curricula with high schools and other universities.

Robert Talbert’s Experience

• Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computing Science

  Franklin College

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — Present (7 years 3 months)

  I have taught or currently teach the following mathematics courses: Calculus Preparation, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Methods of Problem Solving, Operations Research, Topics in Geometry, and Modern Algebra. I also designed and taught a topics course in Cryptology. I have supervised independent study courses in Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Mathematical Methods in Artificial Intelligence, and Number Theory.
  
  Outside the mathematics department, I have taught courses in Quantitative Reasoning and specialized Winter Term courses on "The Life and Works of C. S. Lewis" and "Cryptography, Privacy, and Leadership".
  
  I am chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee and former chair of the Curricular Assessment and Planning Committee. I currently serve as director of Franklin College's 3:2 cooperative engineering program with the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics

  Bethel College

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1997 — May 2001 (3 years 10 months)

  Taught courses in College Algebra, Applied Calculus, Calculus I-III, Differential Equations, Modern Geometry, Abstract Algebra I-II, and Topology.

• Graduate Teaching Scholar

  Vanderbilt University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1993 — May 1997 (3 years 10 months)

  Taught 3 calculus courses per year in the Mathematics Department at Vanderbilt University.

Robert Talbert’s Education

• Vanderbilt University

  Ph.D., Mathematics, 1994 — 1997

  Dissertation: "Stratified and equivariant homology via homotopy colimits".
  Advisor: Efstratios Prassidis
  
  My PhD thesis used methods of category theory and homological algebra to establish isomorphisms between stratified or "Quinn" homology groups and G-equivariant homology groups in the case of a discrete group acting cellularly on a CW-complex.

• Vanderbilt University

  M.S., Mathematics, 1992 — 1994

  Qualifying paper: "The Leray-Serre spectral sequence, equivariance, and cohomology."
  Advisors: Bruce Hughes and Stratos Prassidis.
  
  My qualifying exam was concentrated in the areas of algebra, universal algebra and lattice theory, algebraic topology, and point-set topology.

• Tennessee Technological University

  B.S., Mathematics, 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Robert Talbert’s Websites:

• My Blog

Robert Talbert’s Interests:

Cryptology, machine learning, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, number theory, teaching with technology.

Robert Talbert’s Groups:

Student Activities Coordinator for Indiana MAA section, Director of Franklin College's 3+2 engineering program

•    Tennessee Tech University Alumni Association
•    Tweeple

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