Professors: Barry Burd, Alan Candiotti, Steve Kass, Kathleen Madden, Christopher Van Wyk
Associate Professors: Sarah Abramowitz, Christopher Apelian (chair), Shannon Bradshaw (director of computer science program), Steve Surace
Assistant Professor: Raif Rustamov
Lecturer: Fran Trees
Sarah Abramowitz
Associate Professor, Math & Computer Science and Coordinator of Statistics Instruction
Email: sabramow@drew.edu
Office: HS 304
Phone #: (973) 408-3346
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/sabramow/
Sarah Abramowitz received a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Cornell University, an M.S. degree in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from New York University. Dr. Abramowitz has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University since 1998. She specializes in Educational Statistics. She is the co-author with Sharon Weinberg of "Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Using SPSS". She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, David, and two children, Michelle and Scott.
Chris Apelian
Associate Professor and Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science
Email: capelian@drew.edu
Office: HS 301
Phone #: (973) 408-3467
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/capelian/
Chris Apelian earned his B.S. in mathematics and chemistry at Rutgers University in 1988. In 1993 he completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, and joined the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew. He has published papers in applied mathematics, specifically applications of probability and stochastic processes in the modeling of turbulent transport, and he and a colleague (Steve Surace) are currently writing an undergraduate text on real and complex analysis. His other interests include oil painting, playing guitar, and annoying his coauthor.
Shannon Bradshaw
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science Program
Email: sbradsha@drew.edu
Office: HS 312
Phone #: (973) 408-3198
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/sbradsha/
Shannon Bradshaw received an M.S. degree in Computer Science at the Universtiy of Chicago and and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University. Before coming to Drew, Shannon had a joint appoint in the Departments of Management Sciences and Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research interests include information retrieval and human computer interaction. Shannon is also interested in revamping computer science education; check out his blog on the subject at his website. Shannon lives in Morristown with his wife Anna and daughter Sigourney.
Barry Burd
Professor of Mathmatics and Computer Science
Email: bburd@drew.edu
Office: HS 310
Phone #: (973) 408-3620
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/bburd/
Barry Burd received an M.S. degree in Computer Science at Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Illinois. As a teaching assistant in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, he was elected five times to the university-wide List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students. When he's not lecturing at Drew University, Dr. Burd leads training courses for professional programmers in business and industry. He has lectured at conferences in America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He is the author of several articles and books, including Java 2 For Dummies, Pascal by Example, and JSP: JavaServer Pages. In his spare time, he enjoys being a workaholic.
Alan Candiotti
Assistant Vice President, University Technology and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Email: acandiot@drew.edu
Office: HS 314
Phone #: (973) 408-3362
Alan Candiotti did his undergraduate work at Columbia (1967) and then received a Ph.D. from Harvard (1973) in Number Theory. He taught at Fordham University and then came to Drew in 1980. He was chair of the department from 1985 to 1993 and Director of the New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences in 1986 and from 1988 to 1990. In 1992, he received the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is the author of several articles in Number Theory published between 1973 and 1989. Since 1994, he has been Assistant Vice President for University Technology, supervising the University's academic and administrative technology programs while continuing to teach a course each semester in the department.
Steve Kass
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Email: skass@drew.edu
Office: HS 311
Phone #: (973) 408-3614
Webpages: http://www.users.drew.edu/skass/, http://stevekass.com/
Steve Kass attended Pomona College (B.A., Mathematics) and the University of Wisconsin--Madison (M.A. and Ph.D., Mathematics), and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Montreal and Los Alamos National Laboratory before coming to Drew in 1988. Dr. Kass's publications include a book and several articles about Lie Algebras, as well as a laboratory manual for Pascal programming. In 2001 he was a faculty reader for the Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science. In pursuits outside of mathematics and computer science, Dr. Kass has sung with New York City's Dessoff Choirs since 1997, and he co-edited and co-authored a 1998 review of HIV-related opportunistic infections and their treatments. His interests include language, light bulbs, weather, and things that can be taken apart, such as cars. Dr. Kass is sometimes referred to within the department as "the other Steve."
Kathleen Madden
Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Mathematics
Email: kmadden@drew.edu
Office: HS 303
Phone #: (973) 408-3873
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/kmadden
Kathleen Madden earned her B.A. in mathematics from the University of Colorado. After graduating, she spent two years with the Peace Corps teaching "A-level Maths" in Cameroon, West Africa. There she was honored to be selected as the Math-Science Teaching Volunteer of the Year. Dr. Madden received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She taught for four years at Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania before coming to Drew in 1998. Her mathematical interests are in dynamical systems, specifically symbolic dynamics and topological dynamics. Since 2007, Kathleen has served as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Raif Rustamov
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Email: rrustamov@drew.edu
Office: HS 302
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/rrustamov
Raif Rustamov received his B.S. in computer engineering and mathematics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, and completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at Princeton University. Before coming to Drew, Raif spent three years at Purdue University as a Research Assistant Professor. His research interests include developing algorithms and numerical methods for geometry processing of three-dimensional deformable shapes which often arise in animation, face recognition, medical imaging, electron cryomicroscopy, and protein bioinformatics. Raif has a strong interest in undergraduate and interdisciplinary research; check out his webpage to learn more.
Steve Surace
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science of Associate Director NJ Governor's School in the Sciences
Email: ssurace@drew.edu
Office: HS 300
Phone #: (973) 408-3726
Steve Surace earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from New York University's Courant Institute. His mathematical interests include analysis, mathematical physics and cosmology. Dr. Surace is the Associate Director of the New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences. In his spare time he enjoys cars, ping-pong, and hanging out, most notably at Firehouse Pizza, John's and Starbucks. Dr. Surace is sometimes referred to within the department as "the other Steve."
Fran Trees
Lecturer of Mathematics and Computer Science
Email: ftrees@drew.edu
Office: HS 309
Phone #: (973) 408-3552
Frances Trees has an M.A. in Computer Science from Montclair State University. She also has an M.A. in Education and a B.A. in Mathematics from Arcadia University and LaSalle University respectively. Professor Trees is the Content Editor of the A.P. Computer Science exam. She is the author of several publications, including Teacher's Guide to Advanced Placement Courses in Computer Science. Professor Trees has won recognition as an outstanding educator; she was one of 20 teachers chosen nationally to win the First Siemen's Advanced Placement National Scholar Award for A.P. Instruction. Professor Trees lives in Edison, New Jersey.
Chris Van Wyk
Associate Vice President of Finance, Director of Institutional Research, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Email: cvanwyk@drew.edu
Office: Madison House 102
Phone #: (973) 408-3502
Webpage: http://www.users.drew.edu/cvanwyk
Chris Van Wyk earned his B.A. in mathematics at Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University. After ten years of full-time research at Bell Labs, he joined the Drew faculty in 1990. Besides teaching regular courses, he has supervised five students writing honors theses in computer science. He consulted with Robert Sedgewick of Princeton University on a C++ version of a multi-volume textbook on algorithms. He was both reader and leader of the Advanced Placement examination in Computer Science. Since 1999, he has served in Drew's administration, first as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and currently as Associate Vice President of Finance.
