Faculty

Meet our mathematics faculty

Our faculty of five full-time professors and supporting contract teachers is large enough to offer experience in a diverse range of areas, but small enough to allow students to get to know each faculty member. We strive to offer a quality program for our majors, including a wide range of class options, participation in national mathematics competition, and small class sizes. See what degrees you could earn when you learn from these professors >


Benjamin D. Jackson

Chair, Associate Professor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2088
benjamin.jackson@wallwalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 338

Education

Research Interests
Partial differential equation models, parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification and collaboration with experimentalists

John E. Foster

Associate Professor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2999
john.foster@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 334

Education

Research Interests
Representations of quantum groups

Website
math.wallawalla.edu/~john.foster/


Ross E. Magi

Professor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2350
ross.magi@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 337

Education

Research Interests
Mathematical Biology

Website
math.wallawalla.edu/~ross.magi/

Stefan Sremac

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2097
stefan.sremac@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 336

Education

Research Interests
Continuous optimization, convex optimization, convex analysis, semidefinite programming, and matrix completions


Timothy L. Tiffin

Professor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2087
tim.tiffin@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 335

Education

Research Interests
Combinatorics, probability theory and number theory


Jonathan D. Duncan

Associate Vice President for Academic Administration and Graduate Dean

(509) 527-2097
jonathan.duncan@wallawalla.edu

Education

  • PhD Indiana University, 2007; Mathematics
  • MS Indiana University, 2001; Computer Science
  • MA Indiana University, 2001; Mathematics
  • BS Walla Walla College, 1997; Mathematics
  • BA Walla Walla College, 1997; Computer Science, German

Research Interests
Set theory, logic and foundations

Website
math.wallawalla.edu/~duncjo/

Glenda J. Ewer

Contract Instructor of Mathematics

(509) 527-2374
glenda.ewer@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 330