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General Information

Full Name Ann W. Clifton
Languages English

Education

  • Expected 2025
    Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Analysis and Modeling
    Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
    • Advisor: Galen Turner
  • 2015
    Master of Science, Mathematics
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
    • The Packing Chromatic Number of Random d-Regular Graphs
    • Advisor: Linyuan Lu
  • 2013
    Master of Arts, Mathematics
    East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    • Irredundant and Mixed Ramsey Numbers
    • Advisor: Johannes Hattingh
  • 2011
    Bachelor of Arts, Hispanic Studies and Mathematics
    East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    • Cum Laude

Experience

  • 2020 - Present
    Instructor
    Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
  • 2019-2020
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
  • 2018-2019
    Adjunct Professor
    Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
  • 2018-2019
    Adjunct Professor
    Lafayette College, Easton, PA
  • 2016-2018
    Instructor
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • 2015-2016
    Advisory Risk Specialist
    PricewaterhouseCoopers, Columbia, SC

Honors and Awards

  • 2018
    • Two Thumbs Up Award
    • Student nominated award for faculty who go above and beyond for students with disabilities.
  • 2011-2013
    • Teaching Assistantship, Mathematics
  • 2011
    • Graduate Scholar Award
    • Outstanding Senior in Mathematics
    • UBE Scholarship

Funding

  • 2023
    • AMS Mathematics Research Communities, "Trees in Many Contexts"
    • Follow-up research collaboration funding
    • $3200
  • 2022
    • Joint Mathematics Meetings, American Mathematical Society
    • $1300
    • COES RED Travel Grant, Louisiana Tech University
    • $600
  • 2019
    • Faculty Development Award, Cedar Crest College
    • $1380
  • 2018
    • Innovative Pedagogy Grant, University of South Carolina
    • $2,070

Academic Interests

  • Equitable Dissections of Graphs
    • Graph theory
  • Tanglegram Reconstruction
    • Graph theory
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
    • Artificial Intelligence
  • Effects of Standards Based Grading in Introductory Mathematics
    • Mathematics Education

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Fishing, hiking, and generally being outdoors with my husband and our dog, Emmy