- McKendree University

Dr. Alan Alewine, Ph.D.

Dr. Alan Alewine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Office: Voigt Science 115
Phone: 6185376931
Email: jaalewine@mckendree.edu

Education
          Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
          M.S., Vanderbilt University
          B.S., Furman University

Honors
*Phi Kappa Phi Vice President, 2007-Present
*Phi Kappa Phi (charter member), 2004
*Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow, 2003
*Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, 2001
*B.F. Bryant Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 2001
*Delaney Medal in Mathematics, Furman University, 1996
*Summa cum laude, Furman University, 1996
*Phi Beta Kappa, 1996
*Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematical Honor Society, 1995
*Phi Eta Sigma National First-Year Honor Society, 1993

Publications
*Article: Real Analysis Exchange, Co-authored "Topologizing the Denjoy Space by Measuring Equiintegrability."
*Article (submitted): Co-authored "Rates of Uniform Convergence for Riemann Integrals."
*Book Review: American Mathematical Monthly June/July 2001, Co-authored a review of The Integral: An Easy Approach after Kurzweil and Henstock, by Lee Peng Yee and Rudolf Vyborny.
*Algebra/Trigonometry Review Booklet (copyright 2002): Authored one chapter of the review booklet From Here to Infinity: A Foundation for Calculus used by Vanderbilt University. Co-edited the text.

Teaching Interests:
I teach Calculus I and II, Vector Functions and Matrices, Multivariate Calculus, Modern Algebra I and II, College Geometry, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Analysis, Point-Set Topology, Differential Equations and Modeling, and Graph Theory.

Presentations:
*McKendree College Spring 2007
Co-presented "Making Groups Work" as part of a general education teaching workshop.

*Joint Mathematics Meetings Spring 2007
New Orleans, LA
"Running a Mathematics Capstone Course in a Small Department"

*McKendree College Spring 2007
Co-presented University 101 pilot pilot program to the Student Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees

*Joint Mathematics Meeting Spring 2006
San Antonio, TX
"Topologizing the Denjoy Space by Measuring Equi-integrability"

*AMS Western Sectional Mathematics Meeting Spring 2004
University of Southern California
"Topologizing the Space of All Generalized Riemann Integrable Functions"

*ICTM Conference Spring 2004
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Invited address "Riemann Revisited - An Introduction to the Generalized Riemann Integral."

*Brown Bag Seminar Series 2003
McKendree College
Co-presented "To Infinity and Beyond!".

*Joint Mathematics Meetings Spring 2003
Baltimore, MD
"Topologizing the Space of All Generalized Riemann Integrable Functions"

*Departmental Seminar 2002
Furman University
"Riemann Revisited - An Introduction to the Kurzweil-Henstock Integral

*National Conference on Undergraduate Research 1996
"Rook Polynomials of Three-Dimensional Chessboards"

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