Curriculum Vitae of Richard J. Brown

Born November 23, 1962, Rahway, New Jersey, USA

Citizenship:  USA, Republic of Ireland

CURRENT POSITIONS

July 2012-Present 

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Mathematics,The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,MD

July 2005-Present   Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mathematics,The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

EDUCATION 
April 1996
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 


Thesis: "Mapping class group actions on the SU(2)-representation varieties of compact surfaces".


Advisor: William Mark Goldman


Research specialization: Symplectic geometry and algebra, combinatorial group theory, Hamiltonian dynamical systems. 
May 1987
M.A. in Applied Mathematics Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
May 1984
B.S. in Engineering Technology Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

RESEARCH PAPERS

BOOKS & BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS

RESEARCH REVIEWS - in Mathematical Reviews

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

DIRECTED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

GRANTS - at Johns Hopkins University

AWARDS
Spring 2016 Professor Joel Dean Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University
Spring 2013 Finalist - Excellence in Teaching Award Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Spring 2009 Finalist - Excellence in Teaching Award Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Spring 2007 Nomination - Excellence in Teaching Award Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
January 1994   Excellence in Teaching Award  Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland

TALKS

April 2016 JHU Flash Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
July 2015 - 2017 University Mathematics, Hop-In Program for Rising Freshmen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
May 2014 - 2017 Teaching Statement Workshop, Summer Teaching Institute, Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
May 2014 - 2017 Teaching as Scholarship, Summer Teaching Institute, Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
April 2015 JHU Postdoctoral Retreat, Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
October 2014 Special Colloquium, Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
February 2014 TEDxJohnsHopkinsUniversity Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
January 2014 Science of Learning and Gateway Sciences Joint Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
November 2013 Special Colloquium, Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
August 2013-2017 JUMP-START Symposium, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
April 2013-2014 SOHOP Faculty Spotlight Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
March 2013 Mathematics Department Colloquium, Howard University, Washington, DC
February 2012 Geometry/Topology Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL
July 2010 Geometry, Topology and Dynamical of Character Varieties Workshop, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
March 2010 Keynote Speaker:  Center for Talented Youth's Odyssey Series in Mathematics for 7th to 10th graders.  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
January 2008 Special session: "Algebraic Dynamics"  Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, San Diego, California
March 2006 Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems Conference, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
December 2004
Geometry/Topology Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
February 2004
Special Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
September 2003 Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
June 2003 Kolmogorov and Contemporary Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences and Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
May 2003 Knots in Washington XVI, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
February 2002 Special Colloquium, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
November 2001 Mathematics Department Colloquium, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
October 2001 Dynamical Systems Workshop, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
November 2000 Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
July 2000 Special Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
May 1997 Eighth Lehigh University Geometry and Topology Conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
April 1997  Special session: "Hamiltonian systems, symplectic geometry, and moduli spaces"  Sectional Meetings of the American Mathematical Society, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
November 1996 Geometry-Topology Colloquium, George Washington University, Washington DC
October 1996  Dynamical Systems Workshop, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania 
February 1996 Penn Geometry-Topology Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 1995  Special session: "Group cohomology and geometric topology", Sectional Meetings of the American Mathematical Society, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 
July 1989 High Resolution Spectrograph Science Definition Team, Hubble Space Telescope Project,  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 

RECENT ACADEMIC SERVICE
in general
Peer Review
  - Mathematical Reviews, Geometriae Dedicata

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Recurring Seminars: Every August 2010 - Present Academic Interest Panel Presentation: "Thriving in University Mathematics", Office of Academic Advising
  Every August 2011 - Present TA Orientation Workshop: "The Art of Problem Solving Instruction", Center for Educational Resources
  Every August 2013 - Present JUMP-START Pre-orientation Workshop: "The University Mathematics Experience", Office of Multicultural Affairs.
  Every July 2015 - Present Hop-In Summer Bridge Program: "The University Mathematics Experience", Office of Multicultural Affairs.
  Every May 2014 - Present Teaching as Scholarship, Teaching Institute, JHU Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  Every May 2014 - Present Teaching Statement Workshop, Teaching Institute, JHU Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
     
Current Committees: Fall 2017 - Present Peer-Led Team (PILOT) Learning Advisory Committee member
  Fall 2016 - Present Hop-In Advisory Board Committee member
  April 2015 - Present JHU Teaching Academy Advisory Board member, Teaching Institute Member
  Fall 2015 - Present Eisenhower Library Advisory Board Committee member
  Fall 2013 - Present Undergraduate Program Committee Chair: Mathematics Department
  January 2014 - Present Johns Hopkins Peer-Led Team (PILOT) Learning Program Advisor
  Fall 2011 - Present JHU Center for Institutional Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Leadership Team member
     
Faculty Advisor: Spring 2016 - Present TEDxJHU Club
  Fall 2005 - Present Ex Numera: The Mathematics Club
     
Previous Positions: January 2016-June 2016 Provost's Fellow, Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
  Fall 2011 - Spring 2015 Gateway Sciences Initiative (GSi) Faculty Steering Committee member
  Spring 2012 - Fall 2014 Krieger Standing Committee on Pre-medical Eduction Reform - Mathematics representative (set to restart in 2015)
  Fall 2011 - 2015 Johns Hopkins Council on PK-12 Education Committee member
  Summer/Fall 2011, 2012 Request for Proposals Subcommittee member of GSi Faculty Steering Committee
  Spring 2011 Advisory Board:  Honors Mathematics Courses Revision Project, Center for Talented Youth
  December 2010 Provost's Search committee member:  Executive Director, Center for Talented Youth
  January 2008 Focus Group for AMS Task Force on the First-Year Mathematics Experience, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, California
  December 2007 Search Committee:  Assistant Dean for Advising, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
  Summer 2006 Task Force on Academic Ethics panel member
  Fall 2005-Present
Development of summer online versions of Calculus II, III, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations courses
  Fall 2005- Fall 2008 Undergraduate Committee Chair

American University, Washington, DC   
Fall 2003 Graduate Studies Committee
February 2003 Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Program Selection Committee
Fall 2002/Spring-Fall 2003 AU Department of Math/Stat Colloquium Organizer
Spring-Fall 2003 Course Coordinator, Finite Mathematics - Elementary Models
Spring-Fall 2003
Course Coordinator, Applied Calculus
June/October 2001 Academic Code Review Panel
March 2000 Freshman Day Recruiter

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Dynamical Systems Undergraduate level (Senior)
Calculus I, II and III Undergraduate level - both Honors and regular
Ordinary Differential Equations Undergraduate level (Sophomore)
Linear Algebra Undergraduate Level

American University, Washington, DC
Topology Graduate level
Partial Differential Equations Graduate level
Ordinary Differential Equations Undergraduate level
Linear Algebra Undergraduate level
Calculus Freshman level
Applied Calculus Freshman level (Harvard Method)
Finite Mathematics Freshman level (Regular, Business, and Elementary Models (01/2002))

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

August 2000-May 2005 
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, The American University, Washington DC 20016
September 1996-December 1996
Lecturer in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
September 1995-May 1996
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
September 1991-August 1995
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 



Taught the calculus series in the traditional recitation format and with the following modifications: 
 

  • Developmental computer-aided teaching using Mathematica
  • The C2 calculus reform project: An expansion of the ACCEL Program, utilizing cooperative learning workshops in a highly interactive environment. 
September 1985-January 1987
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

August 1999 - December 2000
President, The Cyberus Group, Inc., Takoma Park MD 20912
November 1996-August 1999
Senior Research Engineer, Techno-Sciences, Inc., Suite 204, 10001 Derekwood Lane, Lanham MD 20706
September 1989-August 1991 
Graduate Research Assistant, Astro-Metrology Group, Department of Physics , University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 
January 1989-September 1989 
Analyst/Programmer, Computer Sciences Corporation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Greenbelt, Maryland
High Resolution Spectrograph Group, Hubble Space Telescope Project.
September 1987-January 1989
Consultant, Laser Radar Measurements Group, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Lexington, Massachusetts .

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONS