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General Information

Full Name Ann W. Clifton
Languages English

Education

  • 2025
    Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Analysis and Modeling
    Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
    • Advisor: Galen Turner
  • 2015
    Master of Science, Mathematics
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
    • The Packing Chromatic Number of Random d-Regular Graphs
    • Advisor: Linyuan Lu
  • 2013
    Master of Arts, Mathematics
    East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    • Irredundant and Mixed Ramsey Numbers
    • Advisor: Johannes Hattingh
  • 2011
    Bachelor of Arts, Hispanic Studies and Mathematics
    East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    • Cum Laude

Experience

  • 2025 - Present
    Assistant Professor
    Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
  • 2020 - 2025
    Instructor
    Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
  • 2019-2020
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
  • 2018-2019
    Adjunct Professor
    Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
  • 2018-2019
    Adjunct Professor
    Lafayette College, Easton, PA
  • 2016-2018
    Instructor
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • 2015-2016
    Advisory Risk Specialist
    PricewaterhouseCoopers, Columbia, SC

Honors and Awards

  • 2018
    • Two Thumbs Up Award
    • Student nominated award for faculty who go above and beyond for students with disabilities.
  • 2011-2013
    • Teaching Assistantship, Mathematics
  • 2011
    • Graduate Scholar Award
    • Outstanding Senior in Mathematics
    • UBE Scholarship

Funding

  • 2024
  • Applied eXploration In Open Mathematics Lab (AXIOM Lab), Co-PI
    Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund
    • Targeted Enhancement Grant
    • $60,875
  • AWM Workshop and Poster Session at the JMM 2025
    Association for Women in Mathematics, NSF-DMS Grant 2113506
    • Travel funding for the Joint Mathematics Meetings to attend the AWM Workshop and present a poster titled "Network Resources-Towards a characterization of balanced vertex partitioned graphs"
    • $2,000
  • Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development Workshop
    • EML and Student Research Workshop funded participant. Year-long program that begins with a week of professional development and culminates with an implemented project and publication.
  • COES RED Travel Grant
    Louisiana Tech University
    • Support to attend, present "A Graph Partitioning Problem," and chair a session at SIAM National Conference and Conference on Discrete Mathematics
    • $1,000
  • 2023
  • AMS Mathematics Research Communities, "Trees in Many Contexts"
    American Mathematical Society
    • Follow-up research collaboration funding
    • $3200
  • 2022
  • Joint Mathematics Meetings Travel Funding
    American Mathematical Society
    • Travel funding to attend and organize a special session at the JMM
    • $1300
  • COES RED Travel Grant
    Louisiana Tech University
    • Travel support to attend the Joint Mathematics Meetings
    • $600
  • 2019
  • Faculty Development Award
    Cedar Crest College
    • Travel support to attend the Joint Mathematics Meetings
    • $1380
  • 2018
  • Innovative Pedagogy Grant
    University of South Carolina
    • Funding to implement a flipped calculus classroom
    • $2,070

Academic Interests

  • Graph Theory
    • Graph colorings, reconstruction, and vertex partitioning
  • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Knowledge engineering, knowledge graphs, complexity theory
  • Mathematics Education
    • Alternative grading schemes, fostering cross-disciplinary connections, sense of belonging and community in informal learning environments