Thomas Treloar:
Professor of Mathematics
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematics May 2001
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Dissertation: Integrable Hamiltonian Systems on Moduli Spaces of Polygonal Linkages
Advisor: John J. Millson
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Chemistry May 1995
Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa
Research and Teaching Experience:
Chair and Professor of Mathematics Sept 2017 - present
Department of Mathematics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Associate Professor of Mathematics Sept 2010 - Aug 2017
Department of Mathematics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Assisitant Professor of Mathematics Sept 2004 - Aug 2010
Department of Mathematics, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
VIGRE Postdoctoral Fellow Aug 2001 - June 2004
Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 1996 - July 2001
Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Research Publications:
Here is a link to a full list of research publications.
Service:
Mathematics Advisor to Barney Charter School Initiative Dec 2010 - current
Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Responsibilities: Teacher training session (both on-campus and off-campus), curriculum development (K-12), presentations to School Founders, wrote mathematics educational philosophy statements. For more information about Barney Charter School Initiative.
Author of Topic Report on General Education Dec 2015 - July 2016
Author of the topic report on General Education and Core Curriculum for the Hillsdale College accreditation process.
Undergraduate Honors Theses Directed:
Samuel Cassels 2018-2019
Probabilistic Interpretations in Markov Ranking Systems
Kirk Williams 2017-2018
Time-Weighted Logistic Regression/Markov Chain Models
Sarah Onken
2015 - 2016
The Mathematical Philosophy of the Common Core: How the Standards Answer the Question: 'What is Mathematics?'
Heidi Schweizer 2010-2011
Non-manipulability in Social Choice Theory
Nathan English 2010-2011
The Effect of Hubs in Populations with Evolutionary Prisoner's Dilemma
Angela Moore 2007-2008
Wavelets and Fourier Analysis
Micah Seppanen 2007-2008
Evolutionary Game Theory of Prisoner's Dilemma and Average Degree of Random Graphs
Jasmine Spady 2005-2006
Topology and Chemistry
Christin Alford 2005-2006
Memory-loss and Strategies in Evolutionary Game Theory
Teaching Experience:
Here is a link to a list of classes taught at Hillsdale College.