Professor Jeff Stuart

Department of Mathematics

Pacific Lutheran University

Tacoma, WA 98447 USA

(253) 535 – 7403

jeffrey (dot) stuart (at) plu (dot) edu

Since the fall of 2001, I have been on the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) where I am a full professor in the Department of Mathematics. Prior to moving to PLU, I spent fourteen years at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg, Mississippi where I was, at various times, an assistant, an associate and finally a full professor. Along the way, I have spent semester-long sabbaticals at the IMA at the University of Minnesota, at Georgia State University in Atlanta, at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, and at Washington State University in Pullman.

My doctoral training emphasized classical algebra, focusing on the interplay between matrix theory, combinatorics and graph theory. My Ph.D. minor was in linear and integer programming and convex analysis. I completed my Ph.D. in 1986 at the University of Wisconsin under the kind and supportive guidance of Professor Hans Schneider. In the years since completing my Ph.D., I have pursued additional interests in mathematical statistics, actuarial science and finance.

My current academic interests lie in five broad areas: combinatorial matrix theory, graph theory, linear algebra education, statistics, and financial risk modeling.

My nonacademic interests include singing (chamber music), hiking (Mt. Rainier), biking (flat roads, please), cooking (Mediterranean), and punning (the more appalling, the better).

For most of the 1990's, I served as the assistant treasurer for the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS). Since 2000, I have been the secretary-treasurer of ILAS. My third (and final) three year term will end in 2009.

In my remaining spare time, I help my wife home school the fish in our pond and wrangle the herd of cats in our house.

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Last update: February 5, 2008.