Service

University and College service
Fall 2024 - present Faculty Affairs Committee, member.
Fall 2024 - present CSUSM Academic Senate, member.
AY 2022/23 General Education Committee, member.
Spring 2022 - Spring 2023 Hispanic Serving Institution STEM Pathway grant, math faculty lead.
Spring 2022 - Fall 2022 Chief Information Officer search committee, member.
Spring 2022 Supplemental Instruction Coordinator search committee, member.
Fall 2020 - Spring 2022 CSUSM Academic Senate, Vice Chair.
Fall 2020 - Spring 2022 Promotion and Tenure Committee, member.
AY 2020/21 Lecturer Inclusion Workgroup, CSUSM Academic Senate Executive Committee, member.
AY 2019/20 CSUSM Academic Senate, secretary.
AY 2019/20 Student Grievance Committee, chair.
Fall 2018 - Spring 2020 North County Higher Education Alliance, member.
Fall 2018 - Spring 2020 Student Grievance Committee, member.
March 2019 NEAC subcommittee on Senate Reconfiguration, member.
AY 2018/19 CSUSM Academic Senate, secretary.
Fall 2018 - Spring 2022 CSUSM Academic Senate, Executive committee member.
Spring 2018 Faculty Learning Community on Transforming STEM Education, member.
Fall 2017 - Spring 2023 CSUSM Academic Senate, member.
AY 2017/18 Campus connect, member.
Fall 2017 Professional Leave committee member.
Spring 2016 Interim Treasurer of CFA, CSUSM chapter.
AY 2015/16 General Education committee, member.
AY 2015/16 Midcareer Faculty Learning Community, member.
AY 2014/15 Provosts's Space Advisory Group, member.
December 9, 2014 College Science and Mathematics Reinstatement Committee, member.
AY 2013/14 Search committee member for Vice Provost.
Fall 2012 Professional Leave committee member.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2018 Codirector of CSUSM Noyce Scholarship Program.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2016 College of Science and Mathematics Governance & Planning Committee member.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2015 CSUSM Academic Senate, member.
Fall 2010 Academic Policy Committee, member.
AY 2008/2009 CSUSM Academic Senate, Executive committee member.
AY 2008/2009 CSUSM Academic Senate, secretary.
August 4-5, 2008 Academic Affairs Planning Retreat, participant.
July 18, 2008 College of Arts and Sciences' Reinstatement Committee, member.
Fall 2007 - Summer 2009 Treasurer of CFA, CSUSM chapter.
AY 2007/2008 COAS Faculty Development Committee, member.
Aug. 14, 2007 New Faculty Institue, panelist.
Spring 2007 Search committee for Dean of Students, member.
Feb. 27, 2007 CSU International Program Selection Committee, member.
Fall 2006 - Spring 2009 Student Grade Appeals Committee, Alternate member.
Fall 2006 Interim treasurer of CFA, CSUSM chapter -- replacement for Dr. Holt (on leave).
Feb. 21+23, 2006 CSU International Program Selection Committee, member.
Fall 2005 - Spring 2011 CSUSM Academic Senate, member.
AY 2005/2006 CSUSM Academic Senate, Executive committee member.
AY 2005/2006 Student Affairs Committee, chair.
AY 2005/2006 Student Fee Advisory Committee, member.
October 1, 2005 Cal State San Marcos Preview day, Mathematics representative.
July 16, 2004 College of Arts and Sciences' Reinstatement Committee, member.
Feb. 20, 2004 CSU International Program Selection Committee, member.
May 8 + 12, 2003 Faculty-In-Residence Selection Panel, member.
Fall 2002 - Spring 2006 Student Affairs Committee, member.
Fall 2002 - Spring 2004 CSUSM Academic Senate, member.
July 18, 2002 College of Arts and Sciences' Reinstatement Committee, member.
Spring 2002 NEAC, member -- replacement for Dr. Puha (on leave).
Fall 2001 - present Faculty Mentoring Program, member.
Departmental service
Fall 2024 - present Mathematics careers fellow.
Fall 2024 - present Instructor-in-charge for Math 264 and Math 270.
Fall 2024 - present Master's thesis committee member, Ryoko Peters.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Master's thesis advisor for Min Young Hong.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Master's thesis advisor for Minjung "Michelle" Kang.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Master's thesis committee member, Sean Kim.
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 Master's thesis advisor for Chieh-Mi "Fiona" Lu.
Fall 2020 - Spring 2023 Instructor-in-charge for Math 270.
Fall 2020 - Fall 2021 Master's thesis advisor for Billy Unger.
Spring 2020 Search committee member for assistant professor in Analysis.
Spring 2019 - Spring 2020 Master's thesis advisor for Chris Higley.
Spring + Summer 2019 Master's thesis committee member, Anthony Savage.
2018 - Spring 2023 Organizing committee member for Reid Lecture Series.
Fall 2017 - Spring 2023 CFA Department Representative.
Fall 2017 - Spring 2020 Lead Faculty advisor for Mathematics majors.
Fall 2017 - Spring 2020 Instructor-in-charge for Math 125.
AY 2017/18 EO 1110 PreCalculus task force, member.
Fall 2015 Search committee member for Administrative Coordinator in Mathematics.
Fall 2015 Master's thesis committee member, Rani Hermiz.
June 2015 Search committee member for Math learning lab director.
2015 - 2016 Organizing committee member for Reid Lecture Series.
AY 2013/14 Search committee chair for assistant professor in Graph Theory.
Spring 2013 - Fall 2014 Master's thesis advisor for Tonya Reeves.
Spring 2013 Search committee member for assistant professor in Probability/Graph Theory.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2014 Instructor-in-charge for Math 270.
AY 2012/13 Mathematics working group committee member.
July 2012 - June 2015 Department chair.
Spring 2012 - Spring 2013 Master's thesis advisor for Alexander Toole.
Spring 2011 Search committee member for assistant professor in Number Theory/Algebra.
Spring 2011 Master's thesis committee member, Michael Santana.
Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Master's thesis advisor, Janina Patno.
Fall 2009 Master's comprehensive examination committee member, James Brust.
Aug 12, 2009 Transfer orientation advising for Mathematics majors.
Spring + Summer 2009 Master's thesis committee member, Michael Melcher.
Spring + Summer 2009 Master's thesis committee member, Joshua Lovelace.
Spring 2009 Instructor-in-charge for Math 162.
Spring + Summer 2008 Master's thesis committee member, Serena Mercado.
Fall 2007 - Spring 2011 Instructor-in-charge for Math 125.
Fall 2007 Academic advisor for Math majors with catalog years 1999/2000 and 2000/01.
Aug 9, 2007 Transfer orientation advising for Mathematics majors.
AY 2006/2007 Master's thesis advisor for Craig Timmons.
Spring+Fall 2006 Master's thesis committee member, Mary Stewart.
Fall 2005 - 2016 Education/Liberal studies liaison.
Fall 2005 CAPI liaison for Temecula Valley Highschool.
Spring + Summer 2005 Master's thesis committee member, Gina Sanders.
Jan 15, 2005 Transfer orientation advising for Mathematics majors.
Fall 2004 - Summer 2008 Single Subject Preparation Program recertification.
AY 2004/2005 Master's thesis committee member, Chuck Buchwald.
Fall 2003 - present Academic advisor for Math majors with catalog year 2003/04.
Spring 2003 - Spring 2004 CAPI liaison for Temecula Valley Highschool.
Fall 2002 - present Academic advisor for Math majors with catalog year 2002/03.
Fall 2002 - Spring 2008 Computer Science liaison.
AY 2002/2003 Master's thesis advisor for Megan Spangler.
Spring + Fall 2002 Instructor-in-charge for Math 115.
Fall 2001 - present Academic advisor for Math majors with catalog year 2001/02.
AY 2001/2002 Equipment Committee (move to Science Hall 2), member.
Spring 2001 Search Advisory Committee.
Professional service
November 2018 - February 2019 External examiner, PhD Monash University, Timothy Edward Wilson.
AY 2018/19 CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program mentor, Jacques Coulombe, University of California San Diego (Math PhD).
January 2017 External examiner, PhD Denmark Technical University, Tom Perrett.
Fall 2014 - Spring 2016 CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program mentor, Michael Santana, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Math PhD).
Fall 2009 - Spring 2014 CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program mentor, Craig Timmons, University of California San Diego (Math PhD).
June 2004 - present Managing editor for "Electronic Journal of Combinatorics". (7000+ manuscripts to date)
May 2000 - 2010 Reviewer for "Zentralblatt für Mathematik".
Oct. 1999 - present Refereed submissions to the following mathematical publications:
American Mathematical Monthly, problem column
Australasian Journal of Combinatorics
Combinatorica
Combinatorics, Probability and Computing
Discrete and Computational Geometry
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Fields Institute Monographs
Graphs and Combinatorics
Information Processing Letters
Journal for Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
Journal of Combinatorial Optimization
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
Journal of Graph Theory
Order
SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics
Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2000