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Mathematics Faculty


John T. Anderson, Professor
  • Office: Swords 340          Phone: (508) 793-2459
  • email: anderson at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 1986; B.A. Princeton University, 1981
  • Mathematical Interests:  Several Complex Variables


Cristina M. Ballantine, Associate Professor (on leave AY 2009-10)
  • Office: Swords 335          Phone: (508) 793-3940
  • email: cballant at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1998; M.Sc. University of Toronto, Diplom University of Stuttgart
  • Mathematical Interests:  Number Theory, Autormorphic Forms and Representation Theory, Combinatorics


Thomas E. Cecil, Professor
  • Office: Swords 337          Phone: (508) 793-2719
  • email: cecil at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 1973; A.B. College of the Holy Cross, 1968
  • Mathematical Interests:  Differential Geometry, Submanifolds


David B. Damiano, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 341          Phone: (508) 793-2476
  • email: dbd at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 1980; A.B. Dartmouth College, 1975
  • Mathematical Interests:  Topology, Global Analysis


Alisa DeStefano, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 330          Phone: (508) 793-2403
  • email: alisad at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Dartmouth College, 1992; A.M. Dartmouth College, 1989; B.S. Northeastern University, 1987
  • Mathematical Interests:  Control Theory, Dynamical Systems


Sharon Frechette, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 335          Phone: (508) 793-2257
  • email: sfrechet at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Dartmouth College, 1997; B.A. Boston University, 1988
  • Mathematical Interests:  Number Theory, Modular Forms


Margaret N. Freije, Associate Professor
  • Office: Smith 233          Phone: (508) 793-2247
  • email: freije at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 1986; B.A. Boston College, 1980
  • Mathematical Interests:  Number Theory
  • Associate Dean of the College


Andrew D. Hwang, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 339          Phone: (508) 793-2458
  • email: ahwang at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1993; B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1986
  • Mathematical Interests:  Differential Geometry, Complex Manifolds, and Global Analysis
  • Director, Calculus Workshop


Rafe Jones, Assistant Professor
  • Office: Swords 332          Phone: (508) 793-2400
  • email: rjones at holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 2005; M.A. Brown University, 2001; B.A. Amherst College, 1998
  • Mathematical Interests: Galois Theory, Dynamics, Algebraic Number Theory 


Steven P. Levandosky, Assistant Professor
  • Office: Swords 325          Phone: (508) 793-3358
  • email: spl at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Brown University, 1997; A.B. College of the Holy Cross, 1992
  • Mathematical Interests:  Analysis, Partial Differential Equations


John B. Little, Professor
  • Office: Swords 331         Phone: (508) 793-2274
  • email: little at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Yale University, 1980; A.B. Haverford College, 1976
  • Mathematical Interests:  Algebraic Geometry, Computational Methods, Coding Theory


Catherine A. Roberts, Associate Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Office: Swords 336          Phone:(508) 793-2456
  • email: croberts at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1992; A.B. Bowdoin College, 1987
  • Mathematical Interests: Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling


Gareth Roberts, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 326          Phone:(508) 793-2350
  • email: groberts at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. Boston University, 1999; B.A. Oberlin College, 1992
  • Mathematical Interests: Dynamical Systems, Celestial Mechanics


Edward J. Soares, Associate Professor (on leave AY 2009-10)
  • Office: Haberlin 4xx          Phone: (508) 793-3368
  • email: soares at mathcs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1994; M.S. University of Rhode Island, 1987; B.A. Providence College, 1983
  • Mathematical Interests: Inverse Problems, Image and Signal Processing, Estimation and Detection Theory, Biostatistics


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Computer Science Faculty


Laurie Smith King, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 334          Phone: (508) 793-2248
  • email: la at cs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. College of William and Mary, 1992; M.S. College of William and Mary, 1983; B.A. Virginia Tech, 1980
  • Computing Interests: Hardware/Software Co-Design, Programming Languages, Compiler Construction, Ethics


Viraj Kumar, Assistant Professor (on leave AY 2009-10, Fall 2010)
  • Office: Swords 331          Phone: (508) 793-3406
  • email: vkumar at holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, expected October 2007; M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; M.S. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2000; B.S. St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, 1998
  • Computing Interests: Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Automata Theory, Software Verification


Constance S. Royden, Associate Professor
  • Office: Swords 333         Phone: (508) 793-2472
  • email: croyden at cs.holycross.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. University of California at San Francisco, 1988; B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1980
  • Computing Interests: Neuroscience, Motion Perception in Human Vision, Computational Modeling


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Emeritus Faculty


Daniel G. Dewey, Associate Professor Emeritus
M.A., University of Kansas

Peter Perkins, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Universal Algebra, Mathematical Logic

Patrick Shanahan, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Indiana University
Topology, Gauge Theory, Mathematical Physics

Melvin C. Tews, Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Washington
Harmonic Analysis, Functional Analysis



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