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General Information
Full Name | Ann W. Clifton |
Languages | English |
Education
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Expected 2025
Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Analysis and Modeling
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
- Advisor: Galen Turner
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2015
Master of Science, Mathematics
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- The Packing Chromatic Number of Random d-Regular Graphs
- Advisor: Linyuan Lu
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2013
Master of Arts, Mathematics
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
- Irredundant and Mixed Ramsey Numbers
- Advisor: Johannes Hattingh
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2011
Bachelor of Arts, Hispanic Studies and Mathematics
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
- Cum Laude
Experience
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2020 - Present
Instructor
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
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2019-2020
Visiting Assistant Professor
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
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2018-2019
Adjunct Professor
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
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2018-2019
Adjunct Professor
Lafayette College, Easton, PA
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2016-2018
Instructor
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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2015-2016
Advisory Risk Specialist
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Columbia, SC
Honors and Awards
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2018
- Two Thumbs Up Award
- Student nominated award for faculty who go above and beyond for students with disabilities.
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2011-2013
- Teaching Assistantship, Mathematics
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2011
- Graduate Scholar Award
- Outstanding Senior in Mathematics
- UBE Scholarship
Funding
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2024
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Applied eXploration In Open Mathematics Lab (AXIOM Lab), Co-PI
Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund
- Targeted Enhancement Grant
- $60,875 (Under Review)
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AWM Workshop and Poster Session at the JMM 2025
Association for Women in Mathematics, NSF-DMS Grant 2113506
- Travel funding for the Joint Mathematics Meetings to attend the AWM Workshop and present a poster titled "Network Resources-Towards a characterization of balanced vertex partitioned graphs"
- $2,000
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Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development Workshop
- EML and Student Research Workshop funded participant. Year-long program that begins with a week of professional development and culminates with an implemented project and publication.
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COES RED Travel Grant
Louisiana Tech University
- Support to attend, present "A Graph Partitioning Problem," and chair a session at SIAM National Conference and Conference on Discrete Mathematics
- $1,000
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2023
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AMS Mathematics Research Communities, "Trees in Many Contexts"
American Mathematical Society
- Follow-up research collaboration funding
- $3200
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2022
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Joint Mathematics Meetings Travel Funding
American Mathematical Society
- Travel funding to attend and organize a special session at the JMM
- $1300
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COES RED Travel Grant
Louisiana Tech University
- Travel support to attend the Joint Mathematics Meetings
- $600
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2019
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Faculty Development Award
Cedar Crest College
- Travel support to attend the Joint Mathematics Meetings
- $1380
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2018
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Innovative Pedagogy Grant
University of South Carolina
- Funding to implement a flipped calculus classroom
- $2,070
Academic Interests
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Graph Theory
- Graph colorings, reconstruction, and partitioning
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Artificial Intelligence
- Knowledge engineering, applications of graph theory to data analysis, knowledge graphs
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Mathematics Education
- Effects of standards based grading in first year courses, developing course based undergraduate research opportunities, impact of reflection journals on students' confidence
Other Interests
- Fishing, hiking, and generally being outdoors with my husband and our dog, Emmy.