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Pamela B. Pierce

Pamela B. Pierce

Pamela B. Pierce

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Professor of Mathematics and Statistical & Data Sciences

ppierce@wooster.edu

Phone: 330-263-2389

Office: Taylor 314

Degrees

  • B.A., Amherst College 1985
  • M.Ed., University of Massachusetts 1986
  • M.S., Syracuse University 1988
  • Ph.D., Syracuse University 1994
Areas of Interest

Pamela Pierce has been teaching at 黑料社 since 1994, and she currently serves as co-chair of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Department. Her primary research area is real analysis, although she has secondary interests in geometry, combinatorics, graph theory, and mathematics education. Along with colleague Jennifer Bowen, she co-edited and contributed to the MAA Volume: Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar (MAA Notes Board, 2021). She is active in the Summer Symposium in Real Analysis and enjoys her work on the editorial board of Math Horizons.

Courses Taught
  • First-Year Seminar
  • MATH 100:听 Math in Contemporary Society
  • MATH 123:听 Discrete Mathematics
  • MATH 104:听 Calculus for the Social Sciences
  • MATH 111:听 Differential Calculus
  • MATH 120:听 Applied Integral Calculus
  • MATH 125:听 Theoretical Integral Calculus
  • MATH 212:听 Multivariable Calculus
  • MATH 211:听 Linear Algebra
  • MATH 215:听 Transitions to Advanced Mathematics
  • MATH 223:听 Combinatorics and Graph Theory
  • MATH 299:听 Topics in Geometry
  • MATH 332:听 Real Analysis I
  • MATH 333:听 Real Analysis II
  • MATH 279:听 Putnam Problem Seminar
Publications

Books

  • Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar,听Jennifer Schaefer, Jennifer Bowen, Mark Kozek, and Pamela Pierce (editors), MAA Notes Series, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., May 2021. Available online for MAA members at听.

Articles/Book Chapters

  • The Hamster Diaries, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (Special Issue on Mathematics in the time of Covid), January, 2022.听Available at:听
  • 叠别测辞苍诲听e听and 蟺: A Collection of Constants (with J. Grime, K. Knudson, E. Veomett, and G. Whitney),Math Horizons, vol. 36, No. 3, September 2021, pp. 18-22.听
  • Dynamics of Measurable Functions on the Interval (with T.H. Steele), Topology and its Applications, Vol. 295, May 2021, pp.听听
  • A First Year Seminar on Decision Making, in听Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., May 2021.
  • The Best and The Brightest, an entry on the AMS听Living Proof听blog that describes my personal story of resilience in the field of mathematics, October 2020.
  • Dynamics of Typical Baire-1 Functions on a Compact n-Manifold (with B. Hanson and T. H. Steele),听Aequationes Mathematicae,听93, 1111-1125 (2019), available online:.
  • A Riemann Type Theorem for Segmentally Alternating Series听(with M. Banakiewicz, B. Hanson, and F. Prus-Wisniowski),听Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society, Vol. 44, issue 5, October 2018, pp. 1303-1314.听
  • To Each Their Own: Students Asking Questions Through Individualized Projects (with S.A. Cook, J. Hartman, and N. Seaders),听PRIMUS, Vol. 27, iss. 2, June 2016.
  • Conquer the World with Markov Chains (with R. 黑料社),听Math Horizons, Vol. 22, No. 4, April 2015, pp. 18-21.听
  • Developing Research Skills Across the Undergraduate Curriculum (book chapter, with L. Coates, A. Fraser, and S. Gray) in听Enhancing and Expanding Undergraduate Research: A Systems Approach, pp. 145-168, 2015.听
  • Math-Flavored Budapest,听MAA Focus, December 2011/January 2012, pp. 15-16.听
  • The Circle Squaring Problem Decomposed (with J. Ramsay, H. Roberts*, N. Tinoza*, J. Willert*and W. Wu*),听Math Horizons, Vol. 17, No. 2, November 2009, pp. 19-21, 33.
  • An Improved 2n-gon-to-Square Dissection Process (with J. Ramsay, H. Roberts*, N. Tinoza*), Proceedings of the Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics, Oberlin College, November 2009, pp. 11-16.
  • A New Sequence Based on Translations-Only Dissections of Regular 2n-gons (with J. Willert*and W. Wu*),听Proceedings of the Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research inComputer Science and Mathematics, 黑料社, November 2008, pp. 27-36.
  • Sequence A141292 in The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (with J. Willert* and W. Wu*), published electronically at <http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/> by N.J.A. Sloane (2008).
  • On Some High Indices Theorems III (with M. Schramm and D. Waterman),听Analysis,听28听(2008), pp. 367-373.听
  • Making the Mathematics Major Work for the Under-Prepared Student (with B. Gold, J. Ramsay, and听L. Taalman),听MAA Focus, Vol. 28, Issue 4, April 2008.
  • The Circle Squaring Problem Dissected (with M. Rhollans* and J. Willert*),听Proceedings of The Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics,听John Carroll University, November 2007, pp. 27-36.
  • Some Generalizations of the Notion of Bounded Variation (with D. Velleman),听The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 13, No.10, December 2006. 听听
  • Don鈥檛 Bet on Gambling to Strike it Rich -a column for the听黑料社 Daily Record, June 2004.
  • On the Invariance of the Classes 桅BV, 螞BV Under Composition (with D. Waterman), Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society,听132听(2004), pp. 755-760.
  • A 螖2-Equivalent Condition (with D. Waterman),听Real Analysis Exchange,听26听(2001), pp. 651-655.
  • Bounded Variation in the Mean (with D. Waterman),听Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society,听128听(2000), pp. 2593-2596.听
  • Regulated Functions Whose Fourier Series Converge for Every Change of Variable (with D. Waterman),听Journal of Mathematical Analysis and its Applications,听214听(1997), pp. 264-282. 听
  • Dimension of Images and Graphs of Little Lipschitz Funcions (with B. Hanson, M. Zeleny, and
    O. Zindulka), Fundamenta Mathematicae 262 (2023), pp. 37-70.
    https://www.impan.pl/en/publishing-house/journals-and-series/fundamenta-mathematicae/online/114979/dimension-of-images-and-graphs-of-little-lipschitz-functions
Professional Affiliations
  • Math Horizons Editorial Board (2014-present)
  • Mathematical Association of America
  • MAA Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching)
  • Summer Symposium in Real Analysis
Awards
  • Trevor Evans Award from the MAA, 2010, for听The Circle Squaring Problem Decomposed,听(Math Horizons, December 2009).听 The prize is for听exceptional articles that are accessible to undergraduates and published in听Math Horizons.
  • The Andrew M. Bruckner Award (the 鈥淎ndy鈥), 2017, for contributions to the field and to the Summer Symposium in Real Analysis.
  • Advisor for the student poster 鈥淎pproximating the Circle Squaring Process,鈥 selected for presentation at the CUR-sponsored听Posters on the Hill听session in Washington, D.C., May 2009.
  • NSF Grant of $23,965 to help sponsor the 41st Summer Symposium in Real Analysis, 2017. (Award # 1700356)
  • S-STEM Track 1 grant from the NSF, $600,000 to support a mentoring and retention program for promising students in the Physical Sciences, 2011-2017. (Award # 1059954)
  • NSF Grant of $15,770 to help sponsor the 34th Summer Symposium in Real Analysis, 2010.
    (Award # 1011888)