Jim Vandergriff

vandergriffj@apsu.edu
Room CX302C - (931) 221-7301

APSU P.O. Box 4626
Computer Science and Information Systems
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN 37044

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Educational Background:

B.S. - Mathematics - 1990 - University of California at Irvine
M.S. - Mathematics - 1994 - Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. - Mathematics - 1997 - Vanderbilt University

Professional Experience:

1997-Current - Associate Professor - Austin Peay State University
1992-1997 - Teaching Assistant - Vanderbilt University
1990-1992 - Teaching Assistant - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1991-1997 - Adjunct Faculty at Nashville State Technical Institute, Army Corps of Engineers, Volunteer State Community College, Belmont University, Paducah Community College
Previous - Twenty years on programming and training in business applications

Professional Organizations:

American Computing Machinery
Mathematical Association of America
American Mathematical Association
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association

Recent Publications & Papers Presented:

Dissertation - Contributions To The Class Number Problem For Real Quadratic Number Fields - Vanderbilt University - December, 1997

Research Interests:

Algebraic and Analytic Number Theory

Courses Taught:

CSCI 1000 - Introduction to Computer Science
CSCI 1010 - Introduction to Programming
CSCI 2010 - Introduction to Programming II
CSCI 3020 - File Processing
CSCI 3250 - Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
CSCI 4800 - Senior Seminar

Math 1210 - College Algebra
Math 1240 - Elements of Statistics
Math 1330 - Trigonometry
Math 1610 - Elements of Calculus
Math 3450 - Linear Algebra
Math 4110/5110 - Number Theory
Math 4500/5500 - Modern Algebra

Outside Interests

Family

Mathematics

Stock Market

Basketball

Football

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