THEODORE SHIFRIN

CURRICULUM VITAE



Date and Place of Birth: February 12, 1953, Oakland, California

Academic Degrees:

B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1974
M.A. University of California, Berkeley 1975
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1979

Professional Experience:

1979-81 C.L.E. Moore Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981-86 Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
1986-95 Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Fall 1988 Senior Research Associate, Duke University
1994-97 General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, University of Georgia
1995-97 Professor, University of Georgia
1997- Josiah Meigs Professor, University of Georgia

Research Publications:

  1. The kinematic formula in complex integral geometry, Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 264 (1981), 255-293.
  2. Polar varieties and integral geometry (with R. Langevin), Am. J. Math., 104 (1982), 553-605.
  3. Cusps of the projective Gauss map (with C. McCrory), J. Diff. Geo., 19 (1984), 257-276.
  4. The osculatory behavior of surfaces in , Pacific J. Math., 123 (1986), 227-256.
  5. Curvature integrals and Chern classes of singular varieties, Contemporary Mathematics, 63 (1987), 279-298.
  6. Singularities of the Gauss map of a generic hypersurface in (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), J. Diff. Geo., 30 (1989), 689-759.
  7. Symmetric Lagrangian singularities and Gauss maps of theta divisors (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1462: Proceedings of Warwick Conference on Singularities, D. Mond and J. Montaldi, ed., Springer-Verlag, 1991, 1-26.
  8. The Gauss map of a genus three theta divisor (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 331 (1992), 727-750.
  9. Invariants of Gauss Maps of Theta Divisors (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), Proc. Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 54 (1993), Part 2, 1-8.
  10. Siegel modular forms generated by invariants of cubic hypersurfaces (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), J. Alg. Geom., 4 (1995), 527-556.
  11. Conic Lagrangian Singularities (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), to appear in Topology and its Applications (1997).
  12. The Gauss map of a genus 4 theta divisor I. Jacobians (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), in preparation.
  13. The Gauss map of a genus 4 theta divisor II. Deformations of Jacobians (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), in preparation.
  14. Kinematic Formulas in Dimension Four (with J. Fu), in preparation.

Research publications in books:

  1. Formules cinématiques dans le cas complexe, in Introduction à la théorie des singularités (Lê Dung Tráng, ed.), Hermann (1988), 97-108.

Books, reviews:

  1. Extended book review for Am. Math. Monthly, "Differential Topology," 92 (1985), 294-299.
  2. Geometry and Topology: Manifolds, varieties and knots (ed. with C. McCrory), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 105, Marcel Dekker, 1987.
  3. Abstract Algebra: A Geometric Approach, Prentice Hall, 1996.
  4. Linear Algebra: A Geometric Approach (with M.R. Adams), to appear, W. H. Freeman, summer 2001.
  5. Multivariable Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Manifolds, in preparation (text for MATH 3500-3510).

Awards and honors:

National Science Foundation graduate fellowship, 1974-77.

National Science Foundation summer research grants: 1980-82, 1991-93, 1993-94, 1994-96, 1996-98.

University of Georgia Research grant, 1983-84.

Outstanding Honors Professor, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991.

Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award, 1991.

Honoratus Honors Professor, 1992.

Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, 1994-97.

Josiah Meigs Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997.

M.A.A. Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching, Southeastern Section, 2000.

U.G.A. Teaching Academy, 2000 --

Professional Service:

Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, NSF, 1991-92.

AMS representative to MAA's Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, 1993-97.

Member of AMS, MAA.

Member, MAA Southeastern University and College Teaching Award Selection Committee, 2000-02.

University Service:


Faculty Admissions Committee, 2000-02.

Chair, Transfer Student Subcommittee


University committee to select Josiah Meigs Award, 2000-02.

University program review committee, 1999-2000 (African American Studies).

Chair, Curriculum Committee, Mathematics Department, 2000-01.

Mathematics Department representative to Advanced Placement Council.

Franklin College Faculty Senate, 1994-97.

Chair, Curriculum Committee, 1994-95.
Chair, Committee on Committees, 1995-96.
Ad hoc committee on writing requirement, 1996.
Chair, Awards Committee, 1996-97.


University Council, 1995-98.

Member of Honors Council, 1995-2000.

Chair, Physical Sciences Committee
Chair, Ad hoc committee on Honors advising, 1996.
Committee on Outstanding Honors Professor awards, 1996-99


Member, Franklin College Committee to oversee Intensive Writing Program, 1997--.