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Mathematics Department Full-Time Faculty

 

  • Bobby August
  • Howard Blumenfeld
  • Carrie Frates
  • Jennie Graham
  • Ruchira Majumdar
  • Ashley McHale
  • Jason Morris
  • Alain Olavarrieta
  • Elizabeth Owens
  • Michael Peterson
  • David Powers
  • Bhairav Singh
  • Kristy Woods
  • Ashley Young
  • Emeritus Faculty
 
 
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Robert (Bobby) August 

Phone: 925.424.1386
email: raugust@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 230-J

B.S., Armstrong Atlantic State University
M.S., Western Kentucky University
M.F.A., University of California, Davis

 

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Howard Blumenfeld 

Phone: 925.424.1342
email: hblumenfeld@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 230-B

B.A., Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
M.A., Mathematics, San Diego State University

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 Carrie Frates 

Phone: 925.424.1359
email: cfrates@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 270-F

B.S., Mathematics, California State University, Hayward
Single Subject Teaching Credential, California State University, Hayward
M.S., Mathematics Education, Curriculum, California State University, Hayward

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Jennie Graham 

Math Department Coordinator

Math Emporium Coordinator (Website)

Phone: 925.424.1328
email: jgraham@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-F

B.S., University of California, Davis
M.S., California State University, East Bay

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Ruchira Majumdar 

Phone: Phone: 925.424.1345
email: rmajumdar@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 230-K

B.S., Mathematics: Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
M.S., Applied Mathematics: University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics: Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

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Ashley McHale

Math Club Advisor (Website)

Phone: 925.424.1351
Email: amchale@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-D

B.S., Mathematics, Elon University, Elon, NC
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Website

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Jason Morris

Phone: 925.424.1340
email: jmorris@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 260-E

B.A., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., University of New Mexico
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Alain Olavarrieta

 Phone: 925.424.1358

email:  aolavarrieta@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 250-H
 
B.A., Business Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
M.S., Pure Mathematics, California State University, Northridge

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Elizabeth Owens

Phone: 925.424.1326

email: eowens@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 260-D

A.S., Engineering, A.S. Mathematics, A.S. Physics, College of the Sequoias 
B.S., Mathematics, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 
M.S., Applied Mathematics, UC Merced

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Michael Peterson

Phone: 925.424.1327
email: mhpeterson@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-G

B.S., Mathematics, Stanford University 
M.S., Mathematics Stanford University

 

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David Powers

Math Department Webmaster

Phone: 925.424.1357
email: dpowers@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-H

B.S., Mathematics, California State University, Hayward
M.S., Mathematics, California State University, Hayward
Single Subject Teaching Credential (Mathematics), California State University, Hayward

Website

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Bhairav Singh

AMATYC Exam Coordinator (Website)

Phone: 925.424.1347
email: bsingh@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 260-F

B.A., Mathematics, Princeton University
Ph.D., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

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Kristy Woods

Math Jam Coordinator (Website)

Phone: 925.424.1329
email: kwoods@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-E

B.S., Mathematics, Willamette University, Salem, OR
M.S., Applied Mathematics, California State University, Hayward, CA

Website

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Ashley Young

Phone: 925.424.1356
email: ayoung@laspositascollege.edu
Office: 240-I

B.A., Statistics, University of California, Berkeley 
M.S., Applied Mathematics, California State University, East Bay
Teaching Credential, California State University, East Bay

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Emeritus Faculty

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Gregory Daubenmire 

Retired Fall 2017

A.S., Chemistry, College of San Mateo
B.S., Chemistry, San Jose State University
B.A.,Pure Mathematics, San Jose State University
M.S., Pure Mathematics, San Jose State University

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Teresa (Teri) Dern Henson

Retired Fall 2017

B.A., Geography, University of Colorado at Denver
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Denver

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Randy Taylor

Retired Fall 2015


B.A., Mathematics, California State University, Sacramento
M.S., Applied Math, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
M.S., Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 
M.S., Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

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Cindy Keune

Retired Spring 2015


B.A., Mathematics, Cornell College
M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University
MBA, San Diego State University

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Brenda Weak 

Retired Summer 2012


B.S., Mathematics, Kansas State University
M.S., Statistics, Kansas State University

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Dale Boercker

Retired Spring 2011


B.S., Austin Peay State University
M.S.,California State University, Hayward
M.Ed., University of Florida

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William (Bill) Dunn 

Retired Spring 2005


A.A., Palomar College
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
M.S., California State University, Hayward

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Jim Landre

Retired Spring 2005


B.A./M.A., Northern Michigan University
M.S. Michigan State University

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Walter Mara

Retired Spring 2004


B.S., Northwestern University
M.S., San Jose State University
Cand. Phil., University of California, Davis

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LaVere Adams

Retired Spring 2000


B.S., Brigham Young Univeristy
M.S., Purdue University

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Robert (Bob) Dickenson, Jr.

Retired 1998


B.A., San Jose State University
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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