Dr. Karrolyne Fogel

	Mailing Address: Department of Mathematics California Lutheran University 60 W. Olsen Road, #3750 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360	Fall 2007 Office Hours: Stop by one of my scheduled office hours or make an appointment. Advising Appointments: Email for an appointment
		Office: F-9 Phone: 805/493-3294 E-mail: kfogel@clunet.edu

Math as a job screening tool: NPR story

No, that's not me in the picture above. That's my trusty friend Paddington. He finished his Ph.D. in Mathematics about a year before I did. He studies Knot Theory, a really cool area of Mathematics. Paddington has no teaching duties, but my class schedule is listed below. If you are in one of these classes, be sure to check out the links to the course ERes page. I am also the chair of the Math Department.

Want Help with a Math Problem?
The Math Lab reopens during the third week of each semester. It's located in F-10 and F-10A. The current hours are posted on the Math Dept web page (along with a list of students willing to tutor privately). Of course, if you are in one of my classes, you can also stop by to ask me. In fact, you might want to do that first. But then, I'm not usually here in the evenings which is when the Math Lab is open.

Cool Math Links:

Alex Kasman's list of Mathematical Fiction
Dr. Math
A.G. Rienhold's page of Math in the Movies. This page lists and evaluates movies that contain scenes of honest to goodness real math.
Charles Babbage Institute's Hollywood and Computers page which lists 42 movies involving computers.
MAA Online
Summer Math Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates, any science field (including CS and Chem). Sometimes the list of sites is for the previous year, but often the programs will be offered again the next year. Email the contact person and ask.
The Unofficial Walt Disney Imagineering Page (Engineering uses math. And it is a cool link. Especially if you like Disney.)

More about me:
I received my Ph.D. in Number Theory from the University of Texas at Austin under Dr. John Tate, but I'm now also interested in Voting Theory and applications of mathematics to business and the social sciences as well as Radio Labelings. Austin is in a great location. It was in Austin that I started stargazing. But not all the objects to gaze upon are stars. Cool man-made astrological objects are satellites, and in particular, Iridium flares (the coordinates for CLU are -118.87 longitude, 34.22 latitude). I am also very curious about the building of bridges. My favorite bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge. Because of the strong tides that pass under the bridge, there were only 4 periods a day (each only 20min long) when they could do underwater work while building the bridge. I'm into maps and geography (ask me about my postcard collection), and partake in vicarious travel through my friend Dr. Randy Paul, who taught math at a women's university in the United Arab Emirates (talk about opportunities for culture shock) and now teaches math down the hill from Crater Lake. He's been diving in the Maldives and has climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimajaro. He's going to Australia and New Zealand this winter. Oh yeah, I also like frogs.

friends by K. Fogel

Credit where credit is due:
This page originally started as a template from UT Austin. It was passed on to me by my good friend, the charming and vivacious Dr. Greg Dresden, who is now an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Washington and Lee University.

Last updated: October 2007
Dr. Karrolyne Fogel, kfogel@clunet.edu