Faculty Expertise
Throughout your time at Washington College, you will work with faculty in classes, lab and field work, internships, and more. Faculty serve as teachers and mentors, and as advisors for your Senior Capstone Experience (SCE). Explore the research interests of our faculty below.
Math Faculty
Emerald Andrews
Co-Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Emerald Andrews
Co-Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Areas of Expertise
Algebraic number theory
Research
I tend to teach Stretch Differential Calculus, Real Analysis, Number Theory, and Mathematics of Quilting. I advise senior capstones on a pure math topics such as number theory, algebra, or topology.
Gabe Feinberg
Co-Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Gabe Feinberg
Co-Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Areas of Expertise
Calculus, Combinatorics, Operations Research
Research
I have advised students undertaking senior capstone experience research in symmetries and dance, Pascal’s wager and subjective probability, principal component analysis, finding minimal distances between elliptical orbits, the mathematics of incomplete cubes and the art of Sol Lewitt, the hook-length rule for counting standard Young tableaux, integers and polynomial rings, and a geometric exploration of voting methods.
Dylan Poulsen
John W. Allender Associate Professor of Data Ethics
Director of the Data Science Innovation Lab
Dylan Poulsen
John W. Allender Associate Professor of Data Ethics
Director of the Data Science Innovation Lab
Areas of Expertise
Data science and data ethics
Research
For almost anything you are interested in, there is a way to understand it more deeply through a quantitative lens. As an applied mathematician and data scientist, I have advised student capstones that use mathematics and data to understand how to design a propeller, make mathematical art, model the spread and containment of a disease, make a pendulum which balances itself automatically, power an electric boat, test drugs, make stock predictions, allocate solar power consumption, run faster, understand business risk, play games optimally and so much more! Work with me to help understand something you care about more deeply.
Jordan Tirrell
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Jordan Tirrell
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Areas of Expertise
Enumerative and algebraic combinatorics
Research
Jesse Andrews
Instructor in Mathematics
Jesse Andrews
Instructor in Mathematics
Areas of Expertise
Calculus, Discrete Mathematics
Research