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Curriculum Vitae: Jason D. Rosenhouse Jason Douglas Rosenhouse


Office Adress:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
James Madison University
104 Burruss Hall
Harrisonburg, VA 22806
Phone: (540)568-6459
E-Mail: rosenhjd@jmu.edu 		                Home Address:
570 Elmwood Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
(540)438-9099


Web Site:     http://www.math.jmu.edu/~rosenhjd



Education           Dartmouth College     Hanover, NH
PhD in Mathematics, June 2000
Thesis Title: The Isoperimetric Numbers of Certain Cubic Cayley Graphs Associated with PSL(2, Z/nZ)
Thesis Advisor: Dorothy Wallace

M.A. in Mathematics, June 1997

Brown University     Providence, RI
B.S. in Mathematics, May 1995



Employment
History
           James Madison University     Harrisonburg, VA
Assistant Professor of Mathematics,   2003-Present

Kansas State University     Manhattan, KS
Instructor in Mathematics,   2000-2003

Dartmouth College     Hanover, NH
Lecturer in Mathematics,     1997-2000
Teaching Assistant,     1995-1997



Research
Interests
          General Interests:   Algebraic Graph Theory, Analytic Number Theory, Evolutionary Biology

Specific Interests: Isoperimetric numbers of Cayley graphs, Exponential Sums, Evolution and Creationism



Publications
 
      Books

    1. Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil Puzzle (With Laura Taalman)
      Forthcoming from Oxford Univsersity Press.

    2. Among the Creationists: Dispatches From the Anti-Evolution Frontline
      Forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

    3. The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story Behind Math's Most Contentious Brainteaser
      Oxford University Press, New York, 2009.

      Research Publications

    4. Dominic Lanphier, Jason Rosenhouse,   Cheeger Constants of Arithmetic Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds
      To Appear in the Illinois Journal of Mathematics

    5. Jason Rosenhouse,   Constructing Cayley Graphs Via Tesselations of Riemann Surfaces
      Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 179, (2006). pp. 209-213

    6. D. Lanphier, C. Miller, J. Rosenhouse, A. Russell,   Expansion Properties of Levi Graphs
      Ars Combinatoria, Vol. 80, 2006. pp. 3-9

    7. Dominic Lanphier, Jason Rosenhouse,   Lower Bounds on the Cheeger Constants of Highly Connected Regular Graphs
      Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 173, 2005. pp. 65-74

    8. Dominic Lanphier, Jason Rosenhouse,   A Decomposition Theorem for Cayley Graphs of Picard Group Quotients
      The Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Vol. 50, 2004. pp. 95-104.

    9. Dominic Lanphier, Jason Rosenhouse,   Cheeger Constants of Platonic Graphs
      Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 227, Nos. 1-3, 2004. pp. 101-113

    10. Todd Cochrane, Christopher Pinner, Jason Rosenhouse,   Sparse Polynomial Exponential Sums
      Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 108, No. 1, 2003. pp.37-52.

    11. Todd Cochrane, Christopher Pinner, Jason Rosenhouse,   Bounds on Exponential Sums and the Polynomial Waring Problem Mod p
      Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Vol 67, No. 2, 2003. pp. 319-336.

    12. Jason Rosenhouse,   Isoperimetric Numbers of Cayley Graphs Arising from Generalized Dihedral Groups
      The Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Vol. 42, August 2002. pp. 127-138.


      Expository Essays

    13. S. K. Lucas, J. Rosenhouse, A. Schepler, The Monty Hall Problem, Reconsidered,
      Mathematics Magazine, December 2009, pp. 332-342.

    14. S. K. Lucas, J. Rosenhouse,   Optimal Strategies for the Progressive Monty Hall Problem
      The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 93, No. 528, November 2009, pp. 410-419.

    15. Jason Rosenhouse,  The Deal or No Deal Problem
      Math Horizons, September 2008, P. 11

    16. Glenn Branch, Jason Rosenhouse,   Media Coverage of Intelligent Design
      BioScience, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2006. pp. 247-252.

    17. Jason Rosenhouse,   Leaders and Followers in the Intelligent-Design Movement
      BioScience, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2003. pp. 6-7.

    18. Jason Rosenhouse,   Probability, Optimization Theory and Evolution
      Evolution: The International Journal of Organic Evolution, Vol. 56, No. 8, August 2002, pp. 1721-1722.
      Reprinted in Reports of the National Center for Science Education, September-October 2003, Vol 23, Nos. 5-6, pp. 48-52.

    19. Jason Rosenhouse,   How Anti-Evolutionists Abuse Mathematics
      The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 23, No. 4, Fall 2001. pp. 3-8.


      Popular Science

    20. Jason Rosenhouse,   Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Lynchburg VA, July 2005
      Skeptic, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2006. pp. 11-15.

    21. Jason Rosenhouse,   Why Scientists Get so Angry When Dealing With Intelligent-Design Proponents
      Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2005. pp. 42-45.

    22. Jason Rosenhouse.   Dembski, Darwin and Devils
      Skeptic, Vol. 11, No 2, 2004. pp. 79-84.

    23. Jason Rosenhouse,   Wrong Questions, No Answers
      Skeptic, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2003. pp. 86-88.

    24. Jason Rosenhouse,   How do ID Proponents Behave When Preaching to the Choir?
      Skeptic, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2003. pp. 14-17.

    25. Jason Rosenhouse,   Does Theology Have Any Content?
      Free Inquiry, Vol. 22, No. 4, Fall 2002. pp. 66.

    26. Jason Rosenhouse,   Rhetorical Legerdemain in Intelligent-Design Literature
      in Darwin Day Collection One, Amanda Chesworth, ed. pp. 327-338, Tangled Bank Press, 2002.

    27. Jason Rosenhouse,   On Science and Pseudoscience
      The Humanist, Vol. 61, No. 5, September\October 2001. pp. 32-33.
      Reprinted in Powerweb: Physical and Integrated Science, McGraw Hill: Dushkin, 2003.

    28. Jason Rosenhouse,   The Design Detectives
      Skeptic, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2001. pp. 59-64.

    29. Jason Rosenhouse,   God and Darwin
      Skeptic, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000. pp. 84-88.



Courses
Taught
           At James Madison University
  • Abstract Algebra I, II
  • Graph Theory
  • Calculus I, II
  • Applications of Discrete Mathematics   (For current secondary school teachers)
  • Fundamentals of Mathematics I, II   (For prospective elementary school teachers)
  • Discrete Mathematics   (Mostly Math Majors)
  • Discrete Mathematics and its Applications   (Mostly Comp. Sci. majors)
  • Calculus with Functions I, II   (Intended for students with weak math backgrounds)

At Kansas State University
  • Combinatorial Analysis   (For Graduate Students)
  • Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
  • Introduction to Algebraic Systems   (Abstract Algebra for prosepctive high school teachers).
  • Introduction to Number Theory (Twice; Once with A. Bennett)
  • History of Mathematics
  • Guided Independent Studies in Abstract Algebra and History of Mathematics

At Dartmouth College
  • Chance   (with J. Baumgartner)
  • Honors Linear Algebra
  • Calculus with Algebra and Trigonometry

As a Teaching Assistant, Dartmouth College
  • Advanced Placement Calculus
  • Calculus with Linear Algebra
  • Honors Multivariable Calculus
  • Integrated Math and Physical Science



Conference
Presentations
           Invited Talks
  • "The Monty Hall Problem, Revisited"   April 2007
    Keynote Talk, Meeting of the MD-DC-VA Section of the MAA; Roanoke, VA.

  • "Legal Battles Over Evolution",   February 2007
    Colloquium Talk, Center for Inquiry; Buffalo, NY.

  • "Decomposition Theorems for Cayley Graphs of the Modular Group Over a Finite Field",   April 2006
    Mid Atlantic Algebra Conference, James Madison University; Harrisonburg, VA.

  • "Cheeger Constants in Combinatorics and Geometry",   November 2005
    Colloquium Talk, Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, TN.

  • "Lower Bounds on The Cheeger Constants of Highly Connected Graphs",   March 2005
    Special Session on Graph Theory, Spring Southeast Section Meeting of the AMS; Bowling Green, KY.

  • "Bounds on Polynomial Exponential Sums",   January 2003
    Special Session on Modular Forms, Elliptic Curves and Related Topics, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD.


Contributed Talks
  • "Cheeger Constants of Certain Arithmetic Hyperbolic Three-Manifolds,"   January 2007
    AMS Session on Geometry and Topology, Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

  • "Group Actions on Arithmetic Riemann Surfaces",   March 2006
    37th Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing; Boca Raton, FL.

  • "The Isoperimetetric Numbers of Certain Cayley Graphs of the Projective Special Linear Groups," &mbsp; January 2006
    AMS Session on Graph Theory, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX.

  • "Expansion Properties of Block-Design Graphs",   October 2005
    19th Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography and Computing",   Rochester,NY.

  • "Bounding the Isoperimetric Number from Below",   March 2005
    36th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing; Boca Raton, FL.

  • "Hamilton Cycles in Cayley Graphs of Picard Group Quotients",   October 2004
    18th Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography and Computing; Rochester, NY.

  • "New Bounds on the Isoperimetric Numbers of Platonic Graphs",   January 2004
    AMS Session on Graph Theory, Joint Mathematics Meeting; Phoenix, AZ.

  • "Cheeger Constants of Platonic Graphs",   March 2003
    Workshop on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics, University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder, CO.

  • "A Decomposition Theorem for Cayley Graphs of the Picard Group";   November 2002
    Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Computing and Crytography, Southern Illinois University; Carbondale, IL.

  • "Using Evolutionary Biology to Teach Basic Concepts in Probability",   March 2002
    MAA Midwest Section Meeting, Truman State University; Kirksville, MO.

  • "Isoperimetric Numbers of Cayley Graphs Associated with Generalized Dihedral Groups",   November 2000
    Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Computing and Cryptography, Wichita State University; Wichita, KS.

  • "The Isoperimetric Contants of Certain 3-Regular Cayley Graphs Associated with PSL(2, Z\nZ)",   January 2000.
    AMS Session on Graph Theory, Joint Mathematics Meeting; Washington, D.C.

  • "Internet Resources for Teaching Statistics-The `Chance' Website",   January 2000
    MAA Contributed Paper Session on Teaching Statistical Reasoning, Joint Mathematics Meeting; Washington D.C.

  • "A Combinatorial Approach to Spectral Geometry",   April 1999
    Workshop on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics, University of California at Santa Barbara; Santa Barabara, CA.

  • "A Study of Convexification of Levi-Pseudoconvex Domains" (with Mark Nowakowski);   January 1995
    AMS Special Session on Undergraduate Research, Joint Mathematics Meeting; San Francisco, CA.


Talks to Undergraduates
  • "From Darwin to Dover",   February 2007
    Freethinker's Club, James Madison Univeristy

  • "What Evolution Is",   February 2006
    Freethinker's Club, James Madison University

  • "A Fermat's Last Theorem Primer",   April 2005
    Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Club, James Madison University

  • "Some Thoughts on the Primes",   April 2004
    Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Club, James Madison University

  • "Chess and Mathematics",   February 1993
    Department Undergraduate Group, Brown University



Seminar
Participant
           James Madison University Discrete Mathematics Seminar, 2003-2006.
Kansas State University Number Theory Seminar, 2001-2003.
Kansas State University Topology Seminar, 2000-2001.
Dartmouth College Combinatorics Seminar, 1999-2000.
Dartmouth College Number Theory Seminar, 1997-2000.
Dartmouth College Graduate Student Seminar, 1995-2000.



Math Reviews
Contributor
           I have reviewed the following papers for Math Reviews:

  1. Ala Alnaser, Todd Cochrane, Warings Number Mod m,
    Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 128, 2008, pp. 2582-2590.

  2. P. Codeca, M. Nair, An Extension of a Result of Lehmer on Numbers Coprime to n,
    Ramanujan Journal, Vol. 16, pp. 59-71, 2008.

  3. S. Bezrukov, M. Rius, O. Serra, The Vertex Isoperimetric Problem for the Powers of the Diamond Graph,
    Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 308, 2008, pp. 2067-2074.

  4. J. A. Cipra, T. Cochrane, C. Pinner, Heilbronn's Conjecture on Waring's Number (mod p),
    Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 125, 2007, pp. 289-297.

  5. DeDeo, M., Lanphier, D., Minei, M., The Spectrum of Platonic Graphs Over Finite Fields,
    Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 307, 2007, pp. 1074-1081.

  6. Dinai, O., Poly-Log Diameter Bounds for Some Families of Finite Groups,
    Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 134, No. 11, November 2006, pp. 3137-3142.

  7. Grady, L., Schwartz, Eric L., Isoperimetric Partitioning: A New Algorithm for Graph Partitioning,
    SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 1844-1866. (2006)

  8. Elzinga, Cees H., Combinatorial Representations of Token Sequences,
    Journal of Classification, Vol. 22, pp. 87-118. (2005)

  9. Shparlinski, I., Winterhof, A., A Hidden Number Problem in Small Subgroups,
    Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 74, No. 252, pp. 2073-2080. (2005)

  10. Sivasubramanian, S., Approximating the Isoperimetric Number of Strongly Regular Graphs,
    Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, Vol. 13, pp. 111-121. (April 2005).

  11. Oshikiri, G., A Divergence-Like Characterization of Admissible Functions on Digraphs: A Combinatorial Proof,
    Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 165-167. (2004).

  12. Codeca, P., Nair, M., The Lesser-Known Δ-Function in Number Theory,
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 112, No. 2, pp. 131-140. (2005).

  13. Gamburd, A., Shahshahani, M., Uniform Diameter Bounds for Some Families of Cayley Graphs,
    International Mathematics Research Notices, Vol. 71, pp. 3813-3824. (2004)

  14. Pinter, C. C., Combinatorial Tableaux in Isoperimetry,
    Progress in Comp. Sci. and Applied Logic, Vol. 23, pp. 289-301. (2004).

  15. Chung, F., Laplacians and the Cheeger Inequality for Directed Graphs,
    Annals of Combinatorics, Vol. 9, pp. 1-19. (2004)

  16. Ostrovskii, M., Minimal Congestion Trees,
    Discrete Math, Vol. 285, No. 1-3, pp. 219-226. (2004)

  17. Alon, N., Benjamini, I., Stacey, A., Percolation on Finite Graphs and Isoperimetric Inequalities,
    The Annals of Probability, Vol. 32, No. 3A, pp. 1727-1745. (2004).

  18. Bolla, M., Molnar-Saska, G., Optimization Problems for Weighted Graphs and Related Correlation Estimates,
    Discrete Math, Vol. 282, No. 1-3, pp. 23-33. (2004).

  19. Banks, W., Conflitti, A., Shparlinski, I., Number Theoretic Designs for Directed Regular Graphs of Small Diameter,
    SIAM J. Discrete Math, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 377-383. (2004).

  20. Oshikiri, G., A Divergence-Like Characterization of Admissable Functions on Digraphs,
    Tohoku Math J. (2), Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 147-153. (2004).

  21. Kwak, J.H. and Oh, J., Infinitely Many Finite One-Regular Graphs of Any Even Valency,
    Jounral of Combintorial Theory, Series B, Vol 90, pp. 185-191. (2004).

  22. Higuchi, Y. and Shirai, T., Isoperimetric Constants of (d, f)-Regular Planar Graphs,
    Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Vol 9, pp. 221-228. (2003).

  23. Cochrane, T. and Pinner, C., Stepanov's Method Applied to Binomial Exponential Sums,
    Quart. J. Math., Vol 54, pp. 243-255. (2003).

  24. Mokhtari-Sharghi, Shahriar, Cheeger Inequality for Infinite Graphs,
    Geometria Dedicata, Vol 100, pp. 53-64. (2003).

  25. Motose, Kaoru, On Gauss Sums and Vandermonde Matrices,
    Bull. Fac. Sci. Tech. Hirosaki Univ., Vol 6, pp. 19-23. (2003).

  26. Codeca, P., Nair, M., Links Between Δ(x,N)= Σ (1- xφ(N)) and Character Sums,
    Bollettino U. M. I., Vol 8, pp. 509-516. (2003).

  27. Urakawa, Hajime, The Cheeger Constant, the Heat Kernel, and the Green Kernel of an Infinite Graph,
    Monatsh Math., Vol 138, pp. 225-237. (2003).



Memberships
            
  • American Mathematical Society
  • Mathematical Association of America
  • American Institute of Biological Sciences



    		•
    Other
    Activities
    		                        
  • Professional science blogger for Seed Magazine, 2006-present; Harrisonburg, VA
    I write "EvolutionBlog" for Seed Magazine, a wide circulation magazine about science and society.

  • Peer Reviewer, 2006-present; Harrisonbrug, VA.
    I have served as a peer reviewer for the journals Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Letters, The Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing and Networks.

  • Project Supervisor, REU Program; 2004-2005; Harrisonburg, VA.
    I have supervised two summer undergaduate research projects as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

  • Manuscript Reviewer, 2003-present; Harrisonburg, VA.
    I have reviewed book mansucripts for Oxford University Press, Houghton Mifflin and Key College Publishing.

  • Session Chair;   January 2004; Phoenix, AZ.
    AMS Session on Graph Theory, Joint Mathematics Meeting

  • Kansas State University-Professional Development School Partnership;   2000-2003;   Manhattan, KS
    Worked as part of a group of university professors and public school teachers in a multi-year, federally-funded project to reform the teacher training program at Kansas State University. Responsibilities included leading small-group sessions of mathematics educators, giving presentations to teachers in other disciplines, familiarizing myself with state teacher standards in Kansas, participating in organizational meetings and organizing data in a presentable fashion for other Partnership participants.

  • Participant, Teaching of Mathematics Seminar, Dartmouth College;   Summer 1997;   Hanover, NH
    In intensive, ten-week seminar, read about and disucssed many aspects of teaching mathematics, including lesson plans, group work, cooperative learning, chalkboard technique, and evaluation. Designed and co-taught two week-long mathematics seminars for high school students.

  • Consultant for Department of Education, Dartmouth College;   Spring 1997;   Hanover, NH
    Analyzed data concerning the Department of Mathematics' teacher certification program and determined if the existing program was in accordance with state guidelines. Prepared a detailed report discussing my findings.

  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Oklahoma State Univeristy;   Summer 1994;   Stillwater, OK
    With two other undergraduates, conducted original research in the area of several complex variables. Advisor: Alan Noell.

  • Public School Volunteer, Chess Instructor;   1993-1995;   Providence, RI.
    Designed an original curriculum in chess instruction for elementary and middle school students. Implemented this program in two Providence public schools. Organized an after-school chess club for middle school students in a low-income area of Providence.

  • Volunteers in Providence Schools, Mathematics Tutor;   1991-1992;   Providence, RI.
    Working closely with tutors in other disciplines, organized a weekly tutorial session for local students. Gave mathematics instruction to students ranging in age from eight to twenty, in subjects ranging from basic arithmetic to calculus.

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