麻豆国产AV

Among Sally Cockburn’s teaching interests are set theory and the philosophical foundations of mathematics. She has published on combinatorial optimization (“On the domino-parity inequalities for the STSP”) with Sylvia Boyd and Danielle Vella, in Mathematical Programming Series A 2006.

Cockburn's publications also include work about geometric graph theory. “Geometric Graph Homomorphisms,” with Debra Boutin, of 麻豆国产AV College, appeared in 2012 in the Journal of Graph Theory. Cockburn, who joined the 麻豆国产AV faculty in 1991, earned her doctorate from Yale University with a dissertation in algebraic topology.

Recent Courses Taught

Linear Optimization
Real Analysis
Linear Algebra
Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics

Distinctions

Mathematical Association of America Carl B. Allendoerfer Award (2014)
Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship, 麻豆国产AV College (2005)
Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship, 麻豆国产AV College (1996)

Selected Publications

• “The homomorphism poset of K2,n,” with Yonghyun Song ’13, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, October 2013, Vol. 57, pp. 79 – 108.
• "Deranged Socks", with Joshua Lesperance, Mathematics Magazine, April 2013, Vol. 86, Issue 2, pp. 97 – 109.
• "Modeling Preferential Admissions at Elite Liberal Arts Schools," with Timothy Kelly and Gordon Hewitt, Research in Higher Education Journal, Volume 19, March 2013; ISSN 1943-3432.
• "Posets of Geometric Graphs," with Debra Boutin, Alice Dean and Andrei Margea, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea 5 (2012), pp. 265 – 284.
• "Geometric Graph Homomorphisms," with Debra Boutin, Journal of Graph Theory, February 2012, Vol. 69, Issue 2, pp. 97 - 113.

College Service

• Faculty secretary, July 2013 – June 2014
• Faculty member of the Appeals Board, July 2014 - present
• Member of the Experiential Learning Subcommittee (CAP liaison), 2012-13
• Member of the Writing Intensive Guidelines Revision Subcommittee (CAP liaison), 2011-12
• Member of the Committee on Academic Policy, 2011-13
• Faculty affiliate for the men’s and women’s squash teams, 2010 – present
• Mellon curricular leader for quantitative and symbolic reasoning, 2009-11
• Member of the Honor Court, 2008-11
• Assistant squash coach, 2008-09
• Chair, Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Athletics, March – June 2008
• Head women’s squash coach, 2004-08
• Chair of the Committee on Athletics, 2001-02
• Member of the Committee on Athletics, 2000-01
• Assistant squash coach, 1999 – 2004
• Member of the Committee on Academic Standing, 1999 – 2003
• Member of the Mellon Assessment Project Working Group, 1999 – 2000
• Member of the Honor Court, 1996-97
• Member of the Sexual Harassment Grievance Board, Aug 1995 - June 1997
• Member of the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Policy Review Committee, Jan - April 1996
• Faculty secretary, Feb. - June 1994
• Academic advisor, 1992 - present

Professional Affiliations

Mathematical Association of America
Mathematical Programming Society

Appointed to the Faculty

Educational Background

Ph.D., Yale University
M.Sc., Queen’s University
M.Sc., University of Ottawa
B.Sc. (Honors), Queen’s University