Faculty and Staff

Eric Barth

Eric Barth

Phone: 269.337.7060
Email:Eric.Barth@kzoo.edu
Office: 217 Olds/Upton Hall

Interests: Scientific Computation, Molecular Dynamics, Mathematical Musicology

  • BM, music, University of Kansas, 1986
  • MA, mathematics, University of Kansas, 1991
  • Ph.D., mathematics, University of Kansas, 1994
  • Postdoc Biomathematics Group Courant Institute, 1994-1997
  • Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kalamazoo College, 1997-present
Rachel Chaiser

Rachel Chaiser

Phone: 269.337.7062
Email: Rachel.Chaiser@kzoo.edu
Office: 203E Olds/Upton Hall

Interests: Algebraic topology, functional analysis, dynamical systems

  • BA, University of Puget Sound, 2018
  • MA, University of Colorado Boulder, 2022
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kalamazoo College, 2024-present
Michele Intermont

Michele Intermont

Phone: 269.337.7107
Email:Michele.Intermont@kzoo.edu
Office: 203B Olds/Upton Hall
Dr. Intermont’s website

Interests: Algebraic Topology

  • AB, Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross, 1989
  • Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 1994
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, John Carroll University, 1994-95
  • Assistant Professor, Mesa State College, 1995-98
  • Associate Professor, Kalamazoo College, 1998 – present
Cemile Kurkoglu

Cemile Kurkoglu

Phone: 269.337.5803
Email: Cemile.Kurkoglu@kzoo.edu
Office: 203H Olds/Upton Hall

Interests: Representation Theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras

  • BS, Mathematics, Hacettepe University, 2013
  • MS, Mathematics, Bilkent University, 2015
  • Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington, 2021
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison University, 2021-24
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kalamazoo College, 2024-present
Eric Nordmoe

Eric Nordmoe, Department Chair

Phone: 269.337.7066
Email:Eric. Nordmoe@kzoo.edu
Office: 203C Olds/Upton Hall
Dr. Nordmoe’s website

Interests: Statistics education, Applications of categorical data analysis in life and social sciences

  • BA, Economics, University of Chicago, 1981
  • MBA, Marketing, University of Chicago, 1987
  • Ph.D., Statistics, Northwestern University, 1993
  • Fellow, Department of Economics and Statistics, National University of Singapore, 1993-96
  • Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kalamazoo College, 1996-present
Stephen Oloo

Stephen Oloo

Phone: 269.337.5721
Email:Stephen.Oloo@kzoo.edu
Office: 203D Olds/Upton Hall
Dr. Oloo’s website

Interests: Geometric Representation Theory, Topology of Algebraic Varieties

  • BA, Mathematics, Amherst College, 2009
  • MA, Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2011
  • Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2015
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College, 2015-2017
  • Associate Professor, Kalamazoo College, 2017-present
Kristen Eldred

Kristen Eldred, Office Coordinator

Phone: 269.337.7100
Email:Kristen.Eldred@kzoo.edu
Office: 203 Olds/Upton Hall

  • BS, Secondary Education Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 1996
  • MA, Educational Leadership,  Western Michigan University, 2002