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About Ellen Veomett

Interests
  • The Geometry of Redistricting
  • I am interested in using mathematics to improve and support our democracy.  I have done research on the Efficiency Gap and Declination, and am working on projects relating to other metrics intended to detect gerrymandering and the discrete geometry involved in redistricting.
  • Discrete Geometry and Metric Geometry
  • I like to study topics which involve aspects of Combinatorics, Geometry, and Analysis. My research has included approximations of convex bodies, the cotype of metric spaces, discrete isoperimetric inequalities, and graph coloring.
  • Outreach
  • I am interested in bringing the beauty and might of mathematics to any and all. This includes everyone from traditionally underrepresented groups in mathematics, to the general populace, to those already on a mathematical journey.  Examples of my work/interest in this area include the Saint Mary's Math Games program and a statistics course I recently taught focused on analyzing data on California Prison Realignment

Positions

2019 - Present Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Mathematics and Computer Science
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2016 - Present Administrative Department Review Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 - Present Director of Math Games Program, Saint Mary's College of California
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2018 - 2019 Chair of Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2013 - 2019 Associate Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Mathematics and Computer Science
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2017 - 2018 Vice-chair of Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - 2014 Artistic Understanding Working Group, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - 2013 Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Mathematics and Computer Science
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2016 - Present Caminos a las Ciencias: Pathways to Science
U.S. Department of Education
Hispanic Serving Institutions Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (HSI STEM) and Articulation program grant
Role: Co-PI
$2,700,000
2019 - 2020 Designing a New Metric to Detect Gerrymandering
Faculty Research Grant, Saint Mary's College
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Editorial Board, Math Horizons Magazine
2007 - 2019 Member, Bay Area Discrete Math Day Organizing Committee
2010 - 2012 Guest Editor, celebrating 10 years of BAD Math, Annals of Combintaorics
2007 - 2011 Assistant Professor, California State University East Bay
2010 - 2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Early-Career Faculty Member for the IMMERSE program
2002 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, University of Michigan
2002 VIGRE Fellow, University of Michigan
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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Scholar Award 2020, Saint Mary's College of California

Courses

  • Jan 113: Math in our Democracy: Detecting and Preventing Gerrymandering
  • Jan 151: Math in the City: California Prison Realignment
  • Math 120 (Linear Algebra with Applications)
  • Math 113 (Probability and Statistics)

Education

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2007 PhD, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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2002 Bachelors of Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Links

Contact Information

Office
Galileo Hall - 101A

Phone: (925) 631-8302

Mail: PMB 3517, Moraga, CA  94575

Email:

Publications (16)

Presentations (30)