Faculty In Review

Mathematics Department

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Glenn E Aguiar

Mathematics Department

B.A., San Francisco State University; C. Phil., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Paul H Arrigotti

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Jamey B Bass

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Matthew A Bertens

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Solon F Blundell

Mathematics Department

Ph.D. Mathematics, Boston University
M.S. Mathematics, University of Alabama at Huntsville
S.B. Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I have been teaching at CCSF since 2002.

I help students learn to read, write, and speak about quantitative problems in a clear and logical manner. I believe that we can all use mathematics, not only to solve the everyday problems of science, engineering, medicine, and business, but perhaps more importantly to develop and extend our problem solving skills as we struggle to internalize the thought processes of those individuals throughout history who have occasionally introduced radical new tools of analysis. I view education as a life-long process; it is an end as well as a means.

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Mary Teresa Bravewoman

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Charles J Burke

Mathematics Department

A.B., M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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John T Burns

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Gonzalo Castro-Gonzalez

Mathematics Department

B.S., National University of Colombia
M.S., University of Cincinnati
Graduate Studies at the Univeristy of North Texas and at University of California at Berkeley.

Professor Castro-Gonzalez has been teaching at CCSF since 1993.

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Curtis S Chee

Mathematics Department

B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., University of Colorado, Boulder; M.A., San Francisco State University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Grace S Chen

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Kwan S Chen

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Jeffrey L. Darck

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Benjamin Davis

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Guy M De Primo

Mathematics Department

A.B., M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Adam K Fahey

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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James T Fredericks

Mathematics Department

B.S. in Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook; M.S. in Applied Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Mr. Fredericks has been teaching at CCSF since 2002.

Mr. Fredericks has been a member of the Grading Policies Sub-Committee.

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Nataliya K Gavryshova

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Scott L Gentile

Mathematics Department

MA, Mathematics, Boston College
BA, Mathematics and Philosophy, Boston College

Professor Gentile has been teaching at CCSF since 2007.

He lays great emphasis on giving all students the confidence and motivation to succeed in mathematics.

Professor Gentile is currently the Math & Science Advisor and Co-Chair of the CalPASS SF Mathematics Professional Learning Community.

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Nathaniel Hellerstein

Mathematics Department

B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Mr. Hellerstein has been teaching at CCSF since 1987.

Mr. Hellerstein's educational philiosophy is part routine, part Socratic, part dramatic. His goals are: "To pass my classes, sustain regular study."

He has published "Diamond, a Paradox Logic" and "Delta, a Paradox Logic."

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Melvin L Hom

Mathematics Department

A.A., City College of San Francisco; B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Thomas Hu

Mathematics Department

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Steven H Huntsman

Mathematics Department

M. S. Mathematics 2006, California State University, Hayward
M. A. Literature 1996, University of Colorado, Boulder
B. A. Mathematics 1990, University of Colorado, Boulder


Professor Huntsman was hired as Math Lab Coordinator in March 2002 and became full-time faculty in Fall 2006.

In every class he teaches his goals for his students include the following: 1. Learn some math and some of its applications; 2. Learn to communicate more effectively, both verbally and in writing, about mathematics; 3. Increase self-confidence; 4. See how math can relate to life; 5. Take another step toward completing their academic goals; 6. Develop their mathematical and general analytic skills to understand the world; 7. Grow as people and students of mathematics.

Prior to coming to CCSF, Professor Huntsman taught both Math and English at the University of Colorado from 1989 to 1998. In the Bay Area, he worked in the "Math Lab" at Ohlone College before finding his home at City College.

In addition to Mathematics and English, Professor Huntsman has studied Education and Marriage & Family Therapy at the graduate level.

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Steven T Itelson

Mathematics Department

B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.A., San Francisco State University; Fellow, Society of Actuaries

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Wesley M. Jeh

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Leo Kaiser

Mathematics Department

B.S., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; C.Phil., University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Kaiser has been teaching at CCSF since 2007

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Jimmy P Kan

Mathematics Department

B.A., M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Lyudmila S. Karapetyan

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Kerin Ann Keys

Mathematics Department

B.A. in Environmental Studies, Evergreen State College
B.S. in Evironmental Science, Evergreen State College
M.A. in Mathematics, San Francisco State University

Professor Keys has been teaching at CCSF since 2007.

She believes that all people should have equal opportunities in education, that an educated person should be literate in math as well as reading and versed both in critical thinking and problem solving. Professor Keys works in her class to dispel the myth that math is hard or uninteresting to learn by revealing how math can be enjoyable and amazing and encourages students to question and to work hard for answers to those questions.

In her leisure time Professor Keys enjoys swimming, singing and cooking.

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William C King

Mathematics Department

B.S., University of Colorado
M.A., University of Illinois

Professor King has been teaching at CCSF since 2007.

He will be teaching MATH 80 PROBABILITY & STATISTICS, ONLINE during Spring Semester 2008.

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Marilyn M Koshlap

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Theodore B Lee

Mathematics Department

A.B., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Gary R Ling

Mathematics Department

B.S., M.A., M.S., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Renee Y R Liu

Mathematics Department

B.S., University of Hawaii; M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Lily Yuen Lum

Mathematics Department

B.S., University of California, Davis; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Marina Marinas

Mathematics Department

M.S., San Jose State University; M.S., University of Bucharest

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Molly Martin

Mathematics Department

B.S., M.A., University of Kentucky

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Abul K M Masood-ul-Alam

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Michael Maxwell

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Amy D McLanahan

Mathematics Department

B.S. in Geology; University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an M.A. in Mathematics; University of California, Santa Barbara

Prof. McLanahan has been teaching at CCSF since 2003

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Cindy L Moody

Mathematics Department

A.B., M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Vanson Nguyen

Mathematics Department

B.S. Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. Mathematics, San Francisco State University

Professor Nguyen has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

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Fernando P Orlandi

Mathematics Department

B.S. and M.S., The University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Ph. D., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Prof. Orlandi has been teaching at CCSF since 2007

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Ni Zhou Peterkofsky

Mathematics Department

B.S.Engr., Shanghai College, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Sara T Peterson

Mathematics Department

B. A. in mathematics, Webster University; M.A. in mathematics, Washington University; M.B.A., Olin School of Business at Washington University

Prof. Peterson has been teaching at CCSF since 2002

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Dennis Piontkowski

Chair, Mathematics Department

B.A., Ohio University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Yevgeniy Russakovskii

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Katharine Govea Saunders

Mathematics Department

A.B., Uinversity of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Aaron Schusteff

Mathematics Department

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Daniel A Smith

Mathematics Department

B.A, Whitman College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Prof. Smith has been teaching at CCSF since 2005

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Ghassan Srouji

Mathematics Department

B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., University of Illinois; J.D., San Francisco Law School

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Thomas J Swartz

Mathematics Department

B.S., United States Naval Academy; M.S., College of Holy Names

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Bie H Tan

Mathematics Department

B.S., State University of New York, Birghamton; M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Frederick Anthony Teti

Mathematics Department

B. S. in Mathematics from Yale University
Ph. D. in Mathematics from the University at California at Berkeley

Professor Teti was first hired as an LTS for the Fall of 1995. He was hired tenure-track starting in the Fall of 1996. You can find a little more information about his classes at http://www.ccsf.edu/fteti.

He states: "I try my best to instill in my students a sense of the beauty and wonder inherent in mathematics. I want my students to have a positive attitude toward the subject matter. I work hard to motivate them to leave the classroom eager to crack open their texts and start their homework. I hope they will someday feel the sense of empowerment that comes form having mastered as much mathematics as they possibly can. I try to achieve these goals by assigning a large but fair amount of homework, and administering weekly quizzes on those homework assignments."

He sits on the Academic Senate Executive Council; his term ends in May 2010. He is chair of the Academic Policies Committee and a member of the Planing and Budgeting Council. He is a co-advisor of CCSF's Omega Chapter of the Apha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, and tries to help the Queer Alliance Club around the edges.

Professor Teti belongs to the Council for Mathematics in the California Community Colleges (a.k.a. CMC3). He is a co-chair of the S.F. Pride's Safety Subcommittee.

"Oh, yeah," he adds, "and once a month some friends of mine and I get together and watch Dr. Who."

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Henry Laymell Thaggert

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Roderick J Thompson

Mathematics Department

B.S., University of London; M.S., Portland State University; M. Div., Church Divinity School of the Pacific

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Roman Urman

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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John R Vanderbilt

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Lev D Vayngortin

Mathematics Department

M.S., Moscow State University; Ph.D., Kazan Institute of Chemical Technology

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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John M Verosky

Mathematics Department

B.S. Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso
M.S. Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso
Ph.D. Mathematics, Tulane University

Professor Verosky has been teaching at CCSF since 2004.

His interest is Garbology.

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Danny Vo

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Vitaliy Vysotskiy

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Anna Werner

Mathematics Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Katherine Y Williamson

Mathematics Department

B.S. in Applied Mathematics and B.A. in German, UC Davis, 2000 M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Cal State Hayward, 2004

Prof. Williamson has been teaching at CCSF since 2006. She has been teaching at Laney College full time since January 2006.

You can find a website for the College Algebra class at http://laney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=30964.

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Ulf T Wostner

Mathematics Department

Filosofie Magister, University of Lund, Sweden; M.A. and C.Phil., University of California, Berkeley.

Prof. Wostner has been teaching at CCSF since 1978.

I aim at delivering clear lectures and using class time efficiently. If you satisfy the prerequisites, attend all classes, and have enough time to do all the work, you will learn a lot and succeed in my classes. For many years now I have used my web site at http://wiz.ccsf.edu/~uwostner to provide supporting handouts, lists of assignments, and postings of test scores. I also wrote an extensive collection of computer programs, the WebCalc, that provide supporting calculations for my math classes. I have taught many courses in the CIS department, including Internet, Email, and System Administration using Linux. My work with computers and the Internet has helped me choose modern topics and develop new material online.

I wrote and maintain the computer programs that provide free job listings and subscriptions for students at the Career Connection: http://career.ccsf.edu/jobs . As faculty advisor for the CCSF Chess Club, I organized tournaments and lectures by many of the country's top chess player. I was one of the CCSF participants in the year-long ESE project at SFSU, exploring the use of computer-aided Artificial Intelligence in instruction. I am currently the math dept webmaster and am busy redesigning the department home pages at http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Math/

Technical publications of research results in mathematical logic in the AMS journal.

Teaching is my first interest, then comes traveling. In my teens I spent every summer hitchiking around Europe and North Africa, working odd jobs and trying learn some of the languages. Later I lived in South America, teaching at universities in Peru and Chile. Living in Berkeley is of course a trip all by itself. Last year I had a chance to visit Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, and the Yellow Mountains in China. My most recent trip was to Iceland. I play tournament chess and backgammon. I also work as a computer consultant doing scientific and Internet programming. Favorite languages: Python, PHP, Perl, Mathematica. Favorite OS: Linux.


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