Department Committee Chairs (2024-2025)
Dr. Yu Chen
Graduate Program Committee Chair
Office: PS 322-D
* Note: Dr. Chen is on leave for the Spring 2025 semester. For questions, please contact Dr. Derek Eckman at derekeckman@isu.edu.
Our graduate program is currently focused on fully supporting our currently enrolled students to meet their goals.
We have paused admissions of new students while we focus on preparing our current students for successful careers, hire new faculty, and explore new program models to remain competitive for future generations of graduate students.
Pageant Jones
Quantitative Reasoning Committee Chair
Office: TAB 266
Committee oversees all MATH 00XX, 11XX, and 22XX courses with the exception of MATH 1170, 1175, 1187, 2240, 2275, 2287. The focus of this committee is all things to do with general education and developmental courses in mathematics and statistics, and the equitable success of students taking these courses. Curriculum, pedagogy, retention, and interdepartmental relations related to these courses are the purview of this committee.
Dr. Bennett Palmer
Shared Governance & Workload Committee Chair
Office: PS 316-B
Dr. Xiaoxia 'Jessica' Xie
Core Program Committee Chair
Office: PS 316-E
This committee oversees MATH 1170, 1175, 1187, 2240, 2275, 2287, and all MATH 33XX and 44XX courses. The focus of this committee is all things to do with mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics major courses and STEM service courses, and the equitable success of students taking these courses.