Dr. Leanne Faulkner, Associate Professor of Mathematics  leannefa@kwc.edu (270) 852-3221 Faculty Office Building #25

Education

Graduate Coursework in Education, Western Kentucky University, (in progress)
Ph.D., Algebra, University of Kentucky
M.S., Mathematics Algebra, Tennessee Technological University
B.S., Mathematics, Tennessee Technological University

Courses Taught

Math1120 Trigonometry
Math1300 Elementary Mathematical Models
Math1301 Math for Elementary Teachers I
Math1302 Math for Elementary Teachers II
Math1401 College Algebra and Trigonometry
Math1402 Introductory Calculus
Math2305 Calculus: Sequences and Series
Math3300 Advanced Calculus
Math 3340 Topics
Math3404 Geometry

Publications

“Iterated Sums of Polynomial Divisors”, Co-authored J.T.B. Beard, Jr. & M. Leanne Link (Faulkner), Libertas Mathematica, Vol. XVII (1997), Arlington, TX, 1996

Presentations

* Kentucky Section MAA Spring Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Engel Properties over Groups, 2000
* Zassenhaus Group Theory Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY, “An Engel Series for Group Algebras”, 1999
* 75h Annual Meeting, Southeastern Section, Mathematics Association of America: “Perfect Polynomials Over GF (p) Not Divisible by x”, 1995.
* Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Sciences Symposium Kappa Mu Epsilon Regional Convention: “On the Arithmetic of Polynomials Over Finite Fields”, 1994.

Awards

* Summer Support, University of Kentucky, 1998
* Graduate Assistantship, UK, 1995-1998
* Tuition Scholarship, UK, 1995-1998
* Graduate Assistantship, Tennessee Technological University, 1993-1995
* Judge Holiday Mathematics Award, Tennessee Technological University, 1993
* University Academic Scholarship, Tennessee Technological University, 1989-1993
* Wilbur Raatz Memorial Scholarship, Tennessee Technological University, 1989-1991

Other Interests

Favorite Book: The Bible

Hobbies: Playing piano & flute, hiking, fishing & camping, exploring science stuff with my kids, refinishing furniture

Favorite Quote: Where the bible mentions Pi -- "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about." (I Kings 7:23)