Directory

UND Mathematics Department
Witmer Hall 313
101 Cornell Street Stop 8376
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8376
Phone: 701.777.2881
Fax: 701.777.4827
1.800.CALL.UND and ask for Mathematics at 7-2881  

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Chair

Dr. Joel Iiams, Professor & Chair
Ph.D. 1993 (Colorado State), Algebraic Combinatorics
Office: Room 311 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2882
joel.iiams@UND.edu

Associate Chair

Dr. Gerri M. Dunnigan, Associate Professor & Associate Department Chair
Ph.D. 1994 (Iowa State), Statistics
Office: Room 324 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4608
gerri.dunnigan@UND.edu

Faculty

Dr. Anthony J. Bevelacqua , Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2000 (Kentucky), Algebra
Office: Room 315 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2883
anthony.bevelacqua@UND.edu

Dr. John B. Collings, Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1987 (Washington State), Applied Mathematics
Office: Room 321 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4602
john.collings@UND.edu

Dr. Bruce Dearden, Professor
Ph.D. 1982 (Washington State), C*-Algebras
Office: Room 332 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4604
bruce.dearden@UND.edu

Dr. Gerri M. Dunnigan, Associate Professor & Associate Department Chair
Ph.D. 1994 (Iowa State), Statistics
Office: Room 324 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4608
gerri.dunnigan@UND.edu

Dr. Thomas E. Gilsdorf , Professor
Ph.D. 1988 (Washington State), Locally Convex Spaces, Ethnomathematics
Office: Room 323 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4603
thomas.gilsdorf@UND.edu

Dr. Cheryl L. Halcrow, Associate Professor
Ph.D 2004 (UND), Math Education
Office: Room 319 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4601
cheryl.halcrow@UND.edu

Dr. Doojin Hong , Assistant Professor
Ph.D 2004 (University of Iowa), Differential Geometry
Office: Room 301B Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2427
doojin.hong@UND.edu

Dr. Joel E. Iiams, Professor & Chair
Ph.D. 1993 (Colorado State), Algebraic Combinatorics
Office: Room 311 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2882
joel.iiams@UND.edu

Dr. Michele A. Iiams, Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2002 (University of North Dakota), Math Education
Office: Room 316 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4612
michele.iiams@UND.edu

Dr. Mohammad Khavanin, Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1986 (Texas at Arlington), Differential Equations
Office: Room 301-C Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4614
mohammad.khavanin@UND.edu

Dr. Jerry Metzger, Professor
Ph.D. 1970 (Connecticut), Combinatorics
Office: Room 318 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4611
jerry.metzger@UND.edu

Dr. Richard P. Millspaugh , Professor
Ph.D. 1989 (Oklahoma), Topology
Office: Room 326 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4607
richard.millspaugh@UND.edu

Dr. Michael Minnotte, Professor
Ph.D. 1993 (Rice University), Statistics
Office: Room 317 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4600
michael.minnotte@UND.edu

Dr. Lawrence J. Peterson , Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1998 (University of Iowa), Differential Geometry and Geometric Analysis
Office: Room 322 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4609
lawrence.peterson@UND.edu

Dr. Timothy Prescott, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2008 (University of California at Los Angeles), Probability
Office: Rome 304 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2432
timothy.prescott@UND.edu

Dr. Thomas L. Richards, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 1991 (Washington State), Dynamical Systems
Office: Room 328 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4606
thomas.richards@UND.edu

Dr. Shuzo Takahashi , Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1998 (University of California at Berkeley), Number Theory
Office: Room 320 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4610
shuzo.takahashi@UND.edu

Dr. Ryan J. Zerr , Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2003 (Iowa State), C*-Algebras
Office: Room 330 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4605
ryan.zerr@UND.edu

Retired Faculty & Staff

(Please call the math office for contact information) 

Donna Boe , Word Processor

Michael B. Gregory, Professor Emeritus 

Gene A Kemper, Professor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Emeritus 

Lyle Mauland, Professor Emeritus 

Glenn Prigge, Professor Emeritus 

Thomas J. Robinson, Professor Emeritus 

James Rue, Professor Emeritus 

David J. Uherka, Professor Emeritus 

John Whitcomb, Associate Professor Emeritus 

Milton Winger, Professor Emeritus

Lecturers

Ms. Gwennie Byron, Math Learning Center Director & Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 314 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2447
gwennie.byron@UND.edu 

Mr. Stuart R. Farm, Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 301A Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2426
stuart.farm@UND.edu

Ms. Vinavtee Kokil, Lecturer
Office: Room 306 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2655
vinavtee.kokil@UND.edu

Mr. Dave Morstad, Math Computer Lab Director & Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 2 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2458
dp.morstad@UND.edu

Ms. Mary Rerick, Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 314A Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-4613
mary.rerick@UND.edu  

Ms. Jessica Snyder, Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 304A Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2433
jessica.snyder@UND.edu

Support Staff

Ms. Lona Spicer, Administrative Secretary III
Office: Room 313 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2881
lona.spicer@UND.edu 

Ms. Liliya Martsynyuk, Clerk
Office: Room 313 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-3379
liliya.martsynyuk@UND.edu

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Mr. Stephan Biesel
Office: Room 308  Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-3383
stephan.biesel@my.UND.edu

Mr. Patrick Durkin
Office: Room 306 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2655
patrick.durkin@my.UND.edu  

Ms. Honor Heer
Office: Room 306 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2655
honor.heer@my.UND.edu

Ms. Kaitlyn Herz

Office: Room 308 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-3383
kaitlyn.k.herz@my.UND.edu  

Mr. Dewitt Johnson
Office: Room 308 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-3383
dewitt.johnson@my.UND.edu

Ms. Erikka Novacheck
Office: Room 306 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2655
erikka.korpi@my.UND.edu  

Ms. Alaina Sandbakken
Office: Room 308 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-3383
alaina.sandbakken@my.UND.edu

Ms. Mary Townsend
Office: Room 306 Witmer Hall
Phone: (701) 777-2655
mary.townsend@my.UND.edu