Caroline Wright
Department of Mathematics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
cwright@math.uga.edu

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Education:

2002- Mathematics Ph.D. Student
University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
Awarded Masters Degree in 2005
2002 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
Rhodes College; Memphis, Tennessee
1998 High School Diploma
Louise S. McGehee School; New Orleans, Louisiana

Research Experience:

2005-2006 VIGRE Research Group on Lie algebra cohomology and its applications led by Brian Boe and Dan Nakano
2004-2005 VIGRE Research Group on Support Varieties for symmetric groups and Lie algebras led by Dave Benson, Brian Boe, and Dan Nakano
2004 VIGRE Research Group on Conjugacay classes via cohomology and representation theory led by Dave Benson, Brian Boe, and Dan Nakano
2002-2003 VIGRE Research Group on Alperin's Weight Conjecture led by Dave Hemmer

Seminar Talks:

2006 Latin Squares and Sudoku Puzzles (Graduate Student Seminar)
2005 Cohen-Macaulay and Gorenstein Rings (Graduate Student Seminar)
2005 Computations in Algebra (UGA Graduate Information Day)
2005 Conway Polynomials and Finite Fields (UGA VIGRE seminar)
2003 Extensions of the Hill Cipher (Graduate Student Seminar)
2003 Representation Theory and the Symmetric Group (UGA VIGRE seminar)
2002 The Registrar's Problem (Rhodes Senior Seminar talk)

Professional Organizations, Activities, and Awards:
2005 Summer School in Commutative Algebra in Snowbird, UT
2005 MAA/AMS Joint National Meeting in Atlanta, GA attendee
2002-present Member American Mathematical Society
2002 Jack U. Russell Outstanding Senior Award
2001 William Spandow Scholarship in Mathematics

Mathematics Instructional Experience:

2004-present Private tutor for Calculus (Differential and Integral) and PreCalculus stdents
2005-2006 Writing Intensive Program Teaching Assistant (Math 5020, Math 5002, Math 5030)
2005 Instructor for Differential Calculus
2004 Instructor for Differential Calculus
2003 Instructor for PreCalculus
2003-2004 Instructor for Differential Calculus Laboratory with Maple (3 sections)
2003 Tutor for UGA Math Department's tutoring lab
2001-2002 Tutor for Rhodes Math Department's tutoring lab

Service and Extracurricular Activities

2005 Mission trip to Juarez, MX
2004-present Nominating Committee, St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church (to find a new rector for the church)
2003-present St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church Choir member
2003 Organizer of Graduate Student Seminar (Summer)