Curriculum Vitae
Colin B. McKinney
June 12, 2006
Personal
Information
Born November 11, 1982 in Agana, Guam (U.S. Territory)
Address: Department of Mathematics, 14 MacLean Hall, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242-1419
Email: colin-mckinney AT uiowa.edu, cbmckinn AT math.uiowa.edu
(replace the letters AT with the symbol @)
Website: http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~cbmckinn/
Education
High School: Texas
Academy of Mathematics and Science, cum laude, May
2001
St. John's College, Santa
Fe. Majored in Liberal Arts, August 2001 to May 2002 (did not
earn degree)
B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, concentration in Pure Mathematics,
magna cum laude, University of Texas at Dallas, May 2004.
M.S. in Mathematics, University of Iowa, August 2006 (expected)
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Iowa, May 2010 (expected)
Teaching
Summer 2003 to Summer 2004: Math Laboratory Tutor, University of
Texas at Dallas
Fall 2004: Teaching Assistant, Calculus and Matrix Algebra for
Business, University of Iowa
Spring 2005: Teaching Assistant, Math (Precalculus) for the
Biological Sciences, University of Iowa
Summer 2005: Instructor, Precalculus and Knot Theory, University of
Iowa Upward Bound Program
Fall 2005: Teaching Assistant, Calculus I, University of Iowa
Spring 2006: Teaching Assistant, Calculus II, University of
Iowa
Summer 2006: Instructor, Trigonometry, Fractal Geometry and Complex
Numbers, University of Iowa Upward Bound Program
Fall 2006: Instructor, Trigonometry, University of Iowa
Research Interests
History of Mathematics
Philosophy of Mathematics
Mathematics of the Classical World, particularly Greek
Logic and Foundations of Mathematics
Fractals
Extra Curricular Activities
Spring 2006 to Fall 2007: GAUSS (Graduate and Undergraduate Student
Seminar), co-chair with Heather Russell
Fall 2005: Volunteer Tutor for Hurricane Katrina evacuees,
University of Iowa
Talks Given:
October 17, 2006: "Fractals:
From Broccoli to Benoît." University of Iowa GAUSS Seminar
...
Awards
Fall 2005: Catherine Wegner Outstanding Mathematics Teaching
Assistant Award
Publications
1. (with Darcy, I. K., Bhutra, A., Chang, J., Druivenga, N.,
Medikonduri, R. K., Mills, S., Navarra Madsen, J., Ponnusamy, A.,
Sweet, J., Thompson, T.): Coloring the Mu
Transpososome, accepted.