email: stephenson@hope.edu

Education

• 9/89-8/94: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • PhD in Mathematics, August 1994
    Research Area: Noncommutative Ring Theory, Noncommutative Geometry
    Thesis Title: Artin-Schelter Regular Algebras of Global Dimension Three
    Minor Area: Algebraic Topology
    Thesis Advisor: J. T. Stafford
    
    
  • MS in Mathematics, August 1990
    
    
• 9/84-5/89: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • BS in Mathematics, August, 1988
    Minor Area: Chemistry

Employment

• 7/97-present: Hope College, Holland, MI
  • Associate Professor and Chair of the Mathematics Department (2004-present)
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics (2001-2004)
  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1997-2000)
• 7/95-6/97: University of California, San Diego
  • S.E. Warschawski Assistant Professor of Mathematics
• 8/94-6/95: Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
• 8/89-5/90, 1/93-5/93: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Teaching Assistant
• 8/88-5/89: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • Teaching Assistant

Grants and Awards

• 5/99-4/02: Principal Investigator on a National Security Agency Young Investigator Grant, MDA 904-00-1-0017.
• 8/93-5/94: University of Michigan, Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
• 8/93: Sloan Foundation Fellowship Nominee
• 8/90-12/93: University of Michigan, U. S. Department of Education Fellowship
• 8/84-5/88: University of Kentucky, Presidential Scholarship