Education

• B.S., Texas Christian University; 1998
• Ph.D., Rice University; 2004

Employment

• Assistant Professor:
          SUNY Geneseo, 2007-Present
• Visiting Assistant Professor:
          University of Rochester, 2004-2007
• Graduate Instructor and Teaching Assistant:
          Rice University, 1998-2004

Research Interests

Geometric and Algebraic Topology, including low-dimensional topology, mapping class groups, classical 3-manifold topology, bordism theory, knot theory, and group theory

Honors and Awards:

• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
         (2010-2011)
• Univeristy of Rochester Undergraduate Professor of the Year
         (2004-2005)
• Clay Mathematics Institute Liftoff Fellow (2004)

Publications

• On the Andreadakis-Johnson Filtration of the Automorphism Group of a Free Group, (with F. Cohen and A. Pettet), Journal of Algebra, Volume 329, Issue 1, March 2011, pp. 72-91.
• Bordism Invariants of the Mapping Class Group, Topology, Volume 45, Issue 5, September 2006, Pages 851-886.