College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Univeristy College of Arts and Science

Committees

Department of Mathematics Committees and Service
2011-2012

CHAIR
Dietmar Bisch

VICE CHAIR
John Ratcliffe

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Mike Neamtu

DIRECTOR OF TEACHING
John Rafter

DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Gieri Simonett

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Alex Powell

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Lori Rafter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Jakayla Robbins

ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Vaughan Jones (F11)
Gennadi Kasparov
Mike Mihalik
Ed Saff
Mark Sapir
Costas Tsinakis

COLLOQUIUM COMMITTEE
Denis Osin, Chair
Akram Aldroubi
Mark Ellingham
Jesse Peterson

COMPUTING COMMITTEE
Phil Crooke, Chair
Mark Ellingham
Doug Hardin
Eric Schechter
Steve Tschantz

GRADUATE COMMITTEE
Mike Neamtu (DGS), Chair
Alex Powell (Associate DGS)
Lori Rafter (Assistant DGS)
Doug Hardin
Alexander Olshanskiy
Glenn Webb
Dechao Zheng (S12)

GRADUATE STUDENT RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
Mike Neamtu (DGS), Chair
Alex Powell (Associate DGS)
Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Paul Edelman

BaÅŸak Gürel
Guoliang Yu

COMMITTEE ON TEACHING
John Rafter (DT), Chair
John Ahner
Phil Crooke

Linda Hutchison
Mike Mihalik (F11)
Pamela Pigg
Lori Rafter
Dechao Zheng (S12)

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE
Gieri Simonett (DUS), Chair
Jakayla Robbins (Assistant DUS)
Akram Aldroubi
Bruce Hughes

John Rafter
John Ratcliffe
Ioana Suvaina

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION COMMITTEES (starting September 1, 2011)
Algebra: Costas Tsinakis (Chair), Denis Osin, Alexander Olshanskiy and Steve Tschantz.
Analysis: Akram Aldroubi (Chair), Jesse Peterson, Glenn Webb and Dechao Zheng.
Topology: Mike Mihalik (Chair), Bruce Hughes and John Ratcliffe.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION COMMITTEES (until August 31, 2011)
Algebra: Alexander Olshanskiy (Chair), Denis Osin (S11), Steve Tschantz and Costas Tsinakis.
Analysis:
Emmanuele DiBenedetto (Chair), Doug Hardin, Jesse Peterson and Larry Schumaker.
Topology: Mike Mihalik (Chair), Gennadi Kasparov and John Ratcliffe.

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES COMMITTEE
John Rafter, Scheduler
Area Representatives: Alex Powell (Analysis & Applied Analysis & Computational Math), Mike Mihalik (Geometry & Topology), Mark Ellingham (Algebra & Discrete Math).

2012 SHANKS LECTURE & CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mark Ellingham, Chair
Paul Edelman

COMMITTEE FOR THE SAMIR ALDROUBI AND AMIRA AZHARI AWARD
Dietmar Bisch, Chair
Akram Aldroubi
Vaughan Jones
Alexander Olshanskiy
Costas Tsinakis

COMMITTEE FOR THE B. F. BRYANT AWARD
John Rafter, Chair
Mark Ellingham
John Ratcliffe

COMMITTEE FOR THE B. JÓNSSON AWARD
Mike Neamtu, Chair
Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Doug Hardin
Ralph McKenzie

COMMITTEE FOR THE R. LARSEN AWARD
Undergraduate Committee

COMMUNITY GIVING CAMPAIGN SOLICITOR
John Ahner
Daoxing Xia

LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVE
John Ahner

UNDERGRADUATE MATH CONTEST ORGANIZER
Steve Tschantz
(Putnam Exam, Annual Virginia Technological Regional Contest)

REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (BRUFF, J. RAFTER, L. RAFTER)
John Ratcliffe, Chair
Phil Crooke
Doug Hardin

REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (GÜREL)
Gennadi Kasparov, Chair
Mike Mihalik
Gieri Simonett (teaching)

REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (PETERSON)
Vaughan Jones, Chair
Denis Osin
Gieri Simonett (teaching)

REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (SUVAINA)
John Ratcliffe, Chair
Guoliang Yu
(teaching: J. Ratcliffe)

PROMOTION COMMITTEE (POWELL)
Akram Aldroubi, Chair
Doug Hardin
Ed Saff
Gieri Simonett (teaching)

PROMOTION COMMITTEE (OSIN)
Mike Mihalik, Chair
Bruce Hughes
Mark Sapir
Gieri Simonett (teaching)

HIRING COMMITTEE
Dietmar Bisch, Chair
Vaughan Jones
Mark Sapir
Costas Tsinakis
Guoliang Yu
& Open membership

POSTDOC SEARCH COMMITTEE
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