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Kendra Killpatrick
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Division: Natural Science Division
Office: Rockwell Academic Center (RAC) 109B
Phone: (310) 506-7796
E-mail: kendra.killpatrick@pepperdine.edu

  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1998
  • M.S. in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1997
  • B.S. in Mathematics and Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1993, Graduated with Distinction
Courses:
  • The Heart of Mathematics - A General Education Math Course
  • Calculus I, II and III
  • Business Calculus
  • Abstract Algebra
Key Awards/Affiliations:
  • Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence, Seaver College, 2005-2006
  • Seaver College Fellow, 2003-2005
  • Math Department Graduate Professor of the Year, Colorado State University, 2001-2002
  • MAA Project NExT Fellow, 2000-2001
  • Member: Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematical Society, Association for Women in Mathematics
Academic Interests:
  • Combinatorics
  • Conceptual understanding versus skill development in Calculus 1 courses
  • Effects of parental attitudes on 8th grade algebra students' achievement
  • Fibonacci Tableaux
  • Math Education
  • q-Catalan Polynomials and q,t-Catalan Polynomials
  • q-Kostka Polynomials
  • q-Schroder Polynomials and q,t-Schroder Polynomials
Selected Works:
  • Ph.D. Dissertation: "Recursions for the q-Kostka Polynomials", University of Minnesota Digital Dissertation Archives, 1998.
  • A Combinatorial Proof of a Recursion for the q-Kostka Polynomials, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 92, (2000), pg. 29-53.
  • An Area-to-Inv Bijection between Dyck Paths and 312-Avoiding Permutations, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 8, (2001), no. 1. Paper 40, 16pp. Joint paper with J. Bandlow.
  • A Weight-Preserving Bijection between Schroder Paths and Pattern-Avoiding Schroder Permutation, Annals of Combinatorics, 6, (2002), pp. 235-248. Joint paper with J. Bandlow and E. Egge.
  • The Effects of Concept-based Instruction on the Conceptual Understanding and Skill Development of Calculus Students, PRIMUS, March 2003, Volume XIII, No. 1, pp. 17-37. Joint paper with K. Chappell.
  • A Schroder Generalization of Haglund's Statistic on Catalan Paths, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 10, (2003), no. 1. Paper R16, 21pp. Joint work with E. Egge, J. Haglund and D. Kremer.
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