Colloquia are held on selected Mondays throughout the term starting at 3:45 PM in Roop 103 (unless otherwise noted). Talks generally last about 50 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions at the end. Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:30 PM, also in Roop 103. Students, faculty, staff, and the mathematical public are all cordially invited to attend. Speakers, titles, and abstracts are updated throughout the semester as details become available.

Date Speaker Home Institution Title (with link to abstract and bio) Jan 23 Rebecca Segal Virginia Commonwealth University Differential Equations Heal All Wounds Jan 30 Jessica Weaver-Kenney (LET) Eva Strawbridge Cassie Williams James Madison University Media Production Services: Who, What, Where, How, and Why? Making and Using Media for Flipped and Blended Classrooms Feb 6 Brant Jones James Madison University Avoiding Patterns and Making the Best Choice Feb 13 Anca Constantin James Madison University Physics and Astronomy The Monster Roars! Co-Evolution of Galaxies and Black Holes Wed. Feb 22 Xiaowei Wu Virginia Tech Multiple-Variant Association Testing for Quantitative Traits with Application to Dental Caries GWAS Data Feb 27 Mitchel Keller Washington & Lee University How Fair is that Ranking? A Mathematician Looks at the AP College Basketball Poll Mar 20 Monroe Eskew Virginia Commonwealth University Reflection in Higher Logics Mar 27 Jeffrey Kopsick James Madison University alumnus Investigating How Neurons Communicate Through the Power Series Method Apr 3 Christina Hamlet Bucknell University Making Waves: Modeling Lamprey Swimming with Mathematics and Computation Apr 10 Hala Shehadeh James Madison University Recovering the Source Function in the Advection Diffusion Equation Wed. Apr 12 Jenny Gibson Rockingham County Public Schools Toward an Engaged Learning Model in Mathematics: Insights from the K–12 Perspective Apr 17 Cassie Williams Zig Siegfried James Madison University Investigating Student Learning Gains in a Flipped Calculus I Course Apr 24 Michael Boyle Ben Delaney Jonathan Gerhard Molly Rowland Justin Taylor James Madison University current students Student Research Presentations

Colloquia Schedules from Previous Terms

Pictures from Student Colloquia