B.A., University of Tennessee (at Knoxville), mathematics (minor in zoology).
Memberships
Americal Mathematical Sociaty
Mathematical Association of America
Association of Computing Machinery
Honors
(Too modest to mention any.)
Biography
After receiving the Ph.D. and teaching mathematics for a few years, Mary Russell left academia and entered the computer industry, where she spent the next seventeen years in a number of technical positions with IBM Corporation in Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas.
After her husband accepted early retirement from IBM, she began adjunct teaching of mathematics and computer science in a number of Dallas area universities with the goal of returning to the academic world. In 1997-98, she taught mathematics, computer science, and information systems for the University of Maryland University Division. In 2001-02, she was a visiting professor of mathematics and computer science at Georgia Southern University.
In August 2002, she joined the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at UNC Pembroke.
Interests
In addition to mathematics, Mary Russell enjoys:
Music (especially classical and jazz)
Reading history
Poetry (and other literature)
Lingustics & languages (and the people who speak them!)
Courses Taught at UNCP Fall 2008
MAT1050: Introduction to College Mathematics
MAT3250: Algebra I
MAT4150: Number Theory
Courses Taught at UNCP Spring 2008
MAT1050 (105): Introduction to College Mathematics
MAT3260 (326): Algebra II
MAT4020 (402): A Historical Development of Mathematics
