September 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Ghana: Mathematics: University Education: iBerkshires: Ghana RPCV Christopher Thomas will begin this fall as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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Ghana RPCV Christopher Thomas will begin this fall as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ghana RPCV Christopher Thomas will begin this fall as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ghana RPCV Christopher Thomas will begin this fall as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics

MCLA welcomes nine new faculty
- September, 15 2004

NORTH ADAMS - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has welcomed nine new faculty members in a variety of disciplines for the fall 2004 semester. The faculty will join the Departments of Biology, Business Administration-Economics, Education, English/Communications, Mathematics and Philosophy.

The new faculty members include:

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"Christopher Thomas will begin this fall as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. He comes from Texas A&M University where he served as a visiting assistant professor since 2002. Prior to that, he was a graduate teaching assistant at Tufts University from 1997-2002. From 1994-1996, Thomas served in the Peace Corps at Mozano Senior Secondary School in Ghana. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Tufts University and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

His research interests are geometric group theory including group theory, graph theory and low-dimensional topology. He has received several awards and honors including First Prize at the 2001 Graduate School Council Research Symposium.





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