Mathematics & Statistics Faculty

Department chairs:  Ann Cannon, Fabián Candelaria

Faculty

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  Ann Cannon

  Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

   West Science Hall 317

  Teaches statistics courses, and her main professional interest is in statistics education. She is co-author of Stat 2: Building Models for a World of Data, 2e (2018), a textbook for the second introductory course in statistics. Ph.D., statistics, Iowa State University.

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  J. Fabián Candelaria

  Associate Professor of Mathematics

   West Science Hall 312

  Has research interests in applied mathematics, speleology and cartography, spatial analysis, ecology, metapopulations, and dispersal models. Candelaria Soberal earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics and computational sciences from the University of Iowa.

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  Tyler George

  Associate Professor of Statistics

   West Science Hall 311

  Teaches undergraduate statistics and data science courses and directs the Cornell Summer Research Institute. His research spans three areas: theoretical statistics, including lack-of-fit testing in linear regression; statistics and data science education, with a focus on increasing student engagement and improving learning outcomes; and collaborative applied projects across the liberal arts with undergraduate students and faculty. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics and Analytics from Central Michigan University.

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  Melanie King

  Associate Professor of Mathematics

   West Science Hall 310

  Melanie King teaches courses such as Applied Mathematics and Differential Equations and has enjoyed teaching undergraduate mathematics courses at Cornell. Her interests in math education are growing, as she considers the math skills necessary to succeed in the AI era and how math knowledge can transfer to other relevant contexts, in engineering and beyond. She has also had the opportunity to work with the Cornell Summer Research Institute and the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education network as a speaker and summer instructor. King earned her Ph.D. in applied mathematics and computational sciences from the University of Iowa.

• Claire Christian

  Lecturer

• Michelle Larson

  Lecturer

• Kevin Schartz

  Lecturer

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  Jim Freeman

  Emiritus Professor of Mathematics

   West Science Hall

  Teaches courses in mathematics and introductory statistics. His professional interests include algebra and the mathematics of origami. He managed Cornell’s first internet connection and networks and served as the college’s first webmaster. Ph.D., mathematics, University of Notre Dame.

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Emeriti

• Edward T. Hill

  Watson M. Davis Professor of Mathematics Emeritus. B.A., Luther College; M.A. and Ph.D., Vanderbilt University