Name: Jodie Novak Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences

 Classes:

• College Algebra
• Introduction to Differential Geometry
• Topics in Calculus
• Symmetry in Mathematics
• Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
• Intern Teaching in Mathematics
• Elementary Linear Algebra
• Seminar in Post Secondary Teaching
• Introduction to Modern Geometry
• Representation Theory
• Introduction to Topology
• Modern Geometry

 Experience:

1996-present	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
1995-1996	Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1987-1995	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

 Interests:
Representation Theory of Lie Groups, Equity in Mathematics Education

 Publications:

• J. Novak, Parametrizing Maximal Compact Subvarieties, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 24 (1996), no. 2, 969-975.
• J. Novak, Explicit Realizations of Certain Representations of Sp(n,R) Via the Penrose Transform, Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, 1995.

 Presentations:

• "The differential operator for the double fibration transform: an example," IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, July 1998.
• "Using the Penrose transform to realize representations in cohomology," Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, May 1998.
• "Is SAS true on the sphere? A question based approach to teaching geometry." Rocky Mountain MAA meeting, Littleton, CO, April 1998.
• "Behind the scenes of a random dot stereogram," UNC Math Club, Greeley, CO, April 1998.
• " I don't know but let me think: An approach to teaching geometry to pre-service teachers," MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 1998.
• "Small Scale Classroom Assessments for Use in the Mathematics Classroom" (with J. Emert), Project NExT-Indiana Section, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, October 1996.
• "The Penrose transform, linear cycle spaces and representations of Sp(n,R)," Mathematics Seminar, Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, Germany, June 1996.
• "Explicit realizations of certain representations of Sp(n,R) via the Penrose transform," at the program for "Interactions between Representation Theory and Physics" at the Erwin Shroedinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, May 1996.
• "Using Mathematics to Win," College Awareness Program, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, April 1996.
• "What is Representation Theory?" Indiana Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, March 1996.
• "Groups and Symmetry," Math Club, Ball Sate University, Muncie, IN, October 1995.
• "The Penrose Transform for Sp(n,R)." Parts I and II, Representation Theory Seminar, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, November 1994.
• "A Concrete Realization of Certain Unitary Representations of Sp(n,R)," Special Session for New Doctoral Work, American Mathematical Society (Central Section), Stillwater, OK, October 1994.
• "The Geometry Underlying the Penrose Transform for Sp(n,R)," Lie Group Seminar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, August 1994.

 Special Activities:

• College Algebra Co-Coordinator
• Math Plus Coordinator
• Member of the Northern Colorado EMELI (Equity in Mathematics Education Leadership Institute) Team
• Member of Organizing Committee for the RMTEC (Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative) Rocky Mountain Calculus Conference

 E-Mail: jodie.novak@unco.edu
Telephone: (970) 351-2463
Fax: (970) 351-1225
Office: Ross 2239G

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