CURRICULUM VITAE
 
SARAH GLAZ
 
 
 

Coordinates

        Department of Mathematics
        University of Connecticut
        Storrs, CT 06269

        glaz AT math.uconn.edu
        Sarah.Glaz AT uconn.edu
       
        http://www.math.uconn.edu/~glaz

Birthplace
  

        Bucharest, Romania

Education

        Ph.D. 1977 Rutgers University
        B.S. 1972 Tel Aviv University          

Positions

        2017 - present    Professor  Emeritus, University of Connecticut
        1998 -  2017      Professor, University of Connecticut
        2006 -  2014      Graduate Director for Instructional Development, University of Connecticut
        1989 - 1997       Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
        1988 - 1989       Associate Professor, George Mason University
        1980 - 1988       Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University
        1978 - 1980       Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University
        1978                  Instructor, Rutgers University
         
Visiting Positions

        2010 Spring/Summer       Visiting Professor, University of Roma III, Rome, Italy 
        2005 Summer                  Visiting Professor, University of Padova, Italy
        2003 Spring                     Visiting Professor, University of Marseilles, Marseilles, France
        1988 - 1989                     Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        1986                                Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University
           
Professional Societies
 

        American Mathematical Society
        Association of Women in Mathematics
        Mathematical Association of America
        Poets & Writers
        The Bridges Organization

Research Interests

        Commutative Algebra, Homological Algebra: 
                  Non Noetherian Ring Theory: Coherent and Related Rings
                  Noetherian Ring Theory: Cohen Macaulay, Regular and Related Rings
        Mathematical Education:
                  Teaching, Learning and Teacher Training
                   Poetry, Art and History in the Math Classroom
        Other:            
                  Poetry
                  History of Mathematics
                  Links Between Mathematics, History and Poetry

Book Awards

        2018 Next Generation Book Award Finalist for Ode to Numbers (Antrim House, 2017)
        2018 Book Excellence Awards Finalist for Ode to Numbers (Antrim House, 2017)

Research Grants and Awards

        2011                  UConn OSP Faculty Small Research Grant (for visitor: Carmelo Finocchiaro, University of Rome III)       
        2010                  GNSAGA-INdAM Visiting Professorship Grant, Universita degli Roma Tre, Italy  
        2010-2011         UConn OSP Sabbatical Grant
        2007 - 2008       UConn OSP Faculty Small Research Grant
        2007 - 2008       UConn OSP Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series Award
        2007 - 2008       NSA Conference Grant (PI: Sarah Glaz, Co-PIs: Charles Vinsonhaler, William Wickless)
        2006 - 2007       UConn OSP Short Term Guest Professorship Award for Paul-Jean Cahen, Universite d'Aix Marseilles (nominator and host: Sarah Glaz)
        2005 Summer    University of Padova Visiting Professorship
        2003 Spring       University of Marseilles Visiting Professorship
        2002 - 2003       UConn Research Foundation Sabbatical Grant
        1994 - 2001       UConn Research Foundation Faculty Small Grants
        1993                  NSF - AWM Travel Grant
        1985 - 1988       NSF Grant 

Teaching  Honors and  Awards
 

        2007  University Teaching Fellow
        2006  Mention in MAA CUPM Report: Mathematical Modeling in the Environment
                  (one of the six courses nationwide selected as illustrations of courses all math programs should develop)
        2005  A Winner of  the Provost's General Education Course Development Grant Competition          
        2004  AAUP  Excellence in Teaching Innovation  Award,  University of Connecticut

Travel Awards from Host Institutions

         2013  Arcadia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
         2012  Commutative Rings, Integer-valued Polynomials and Polynomial Functions, Graz, Austria
         2012  Commutative Rings and Their Modules, Bressanone, Italy        
         2008  Fifth International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco
         2007  Some Trends in Algebra, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
         2006  Workshop in Commutative Algebra, Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Cortona, Italy
         2005  Universita di Padova, Padova, Italy
         2005  Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
         2004  Commutative Rings and Monoids, Universitat Graz, Austria
         2004  Commutative Rings and Their Modules, Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Cortona, Italy
         2003  University of Clermont-Ferrand, France
         2002  Joint AMS/UMI Meeting, Pisa, Italy
         2001  Fourth International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco
         2000  Deuxieme Recontre Internationale sur les Polynomes Entiers, CIRM, Luminy, France
         1999  Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Conference, Messina, Italy
         1998  Summer Workshop in Commutative Algebra and Representation Theory in honor of  David Buchsbaum, Genova, Italy
         1996  Spring AMS Meeting, Iowa City, IA
         1995  Second International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco
         1994  Barrett Memorial Lectures and Conference, Knoxville, TN
         1993  Colloque Algebre et Applications, Marseilles, France
         1992  Workshop in Commutative Algebra, Trieste, Italy

Editorial Positions

        2006 - 2023     Editorial Board Member, IEJA -- International Electronic Journal of Algebra
        2012 - present  Associate Editor, JMA -- Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Taylor & Francis)
        2011 - 2012      Editorial Board Member, JMA -- Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Taylor & Francis)

National Panels Membership
  
   
        1996  NSF Review Panel, RPG/CAA-MRPG/MCAA Awards (Women and Minorities)
        2001  AWM - Young Ph.D. Mentoring, Annual AMS Meeting, New Orleans,  LA 

Conference  and Special Session Organization
                  
        2024 Bridges 2024, Richmond, Virginia, USA
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair  
        2023 Bridges 2023, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair
        2022  Bridges 2022, Helsinki & Espoo,  Finland
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair
         2021  Bridges 2021, Helsinki & Espoo,  Finland (Virtual)
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair
        2021  Member of the Scientific Committee, Conference on Rings and Polynomials, Graz, Austria (Virtual)
        2020  Bridges 2020, Helsinki & Espoo,  Finland (Virtual)
                      Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair
        2019  Bridges 2019, Linz,  Austria
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair 
         2018  Bridges 2018, Stockholm, Sweden                    
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair 
         2017  Bridges 2017, Waterloo, Canada
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Chair  
        
2016  Bridges 2016, Jyvaskyla, Finland
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator
        2016  Member of the Scientific Committee, Conference on Rings and Polynomials, Graz, Austria
        2015  Bridges 2015, Baltimore, MD
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator
        2014  Bridges 2014, Seoul, Korea
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator
        2013  Bridges 2013, Enschede, The Netherlands
                     Session Chair
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator 
        2012  Member of the Scientific Committee, Commutative Rings, Integer-valued Polynomials and Polynomial Functions, Graz, Austria
        2012  Bridges 2012, Towson, MD
                     Session Chair
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator
        2012  Bridges 2012, Towson, MD
                     Session Chair
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator 
        2011  Bridges 2011, Coimbra, Portugal
                     Session Chair
                     Member of the Scientific Program Committee
                     Mathematical Poetry Reading Organizer and Coordinator
        2010  Session Chair, Bridges 2010, Pecs, Hungary
        2009  Host at the Reading, Mathematics and Love: a Poetry Reading, Annual AMS Meeting, Washington DC, January 2009
        2007  Session Chair, Trends in Algebra, Prague, Czech Republic
        2007  Organizer (with Alan Stein, Charles Vinsonhaler and William Wickless),
                    AGAMOCR 2007: International Conference on Abelian Groups and Modules over Commutative Rings, University of Connecticut, Storrs,  June 11-15,  2007
        2006  Session Chair, Workshop on Commutative Algebra, Cortona, Italy
        2000  Session Chair, Deuxieme Recontre Internationale sur les Polynomes a Valeurs Entiers, CIRM, Luminy, France
        1999   Special Session Organizer (with Evan Houston and Tom Lucas), Fall AMS Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina
        1995   AMS Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut
                     Local Coordinator (with Paul Fallone)
                    Special Session Organizer (with Evan Houston)

Graduate Students
 
        Ph.D. Thesis Major Advisor
                    2011  Ryan Schwarz, Thesis: Zero-Divisor Conditions in Commutative Group Rings, University of Connecticut
                    2010  Su Liang, Thesis: An Investigation of the Preparation of Award-Winning Grades 7-12 Mathematics Teachers from the Shandong Province of China , Coadvisor: Tom DeFranco, University of Connecticut 
      
        Master Thesis Major Advisor
                   1986  Audrey Marion Grabfield, Thesis:
Grete Hermann's Paper: The Question of The Finitely Many Steps in The Theory of Polynomial Ideals,Wesleyan University
       
         Ph.D. Thesis Associate  Advisor
                   2012  Sirani Perera, Thesis: Quasiseparable Approach to Matrices of Vandermonde Type, University of Connecticut     
                   2001  Muge Kanuni, Thesis: Dense Ideals and Maximal Quotient Rings of Incidence Algebras, University of Connecticut
       
        External Ph.D. Examiner 
                  2008  Chahrazade Bakkari , Thesis: Content, Gaussian Polynomials and Prufer-Like Conditions, Universite S.M. Ben Abdellah-Fez, Morocco
                  2008  Driss Bennis, Thesis: Dimensions Homologiques de Gorenstein, Universite S.M. Ben Abdellah-Fez, Morocco
                  2001  Najib Mahdou, Thesis: Classes de Produits Fibres et d'Extensions Triviales d'Anneaux Definies par des Conditions Homologiques, Universite S.M. Ben Abdellah-Fez, Morocco         
                  1995  M. Mohamed El Hajjar, Thesis: Bonnes Mesures et Bonnes Proprietes, Universite D'Aix-Marseilles, France    

Conferences and Talks

        Plenary Talks, Major Talks, and Lecture Series
                  2012  Commutative Rings, Integer-valued Polynomials and Polynomial Functions, Graz, Austria
                            Preparatory Minicourse:  Prufer Conditions in Rings with Zero-Divisors
                  
         Main Talk: not presented in person
                  2012  Main Talk: Prufer Properties of Commutative Group Rings, Commutative Rings and Their Modules, Bressanone, Italy            
                  2010  Commutative Algebra Intensive Semester Lecture Series: Prufer-like Properties in Commutative Rings, Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
                  2008  Major Talk: Gaussian Properties in Rings with Zero-Divisors-- A Survey, Fifth International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco
                  2007  Plenary Talk: Homological Characterizations of Prufer-Like Rings, Some Trends in Algebra, Prague, Czech Republic
                  2004  Plenary Talk: Gaussian Rings: Their Homological Dimensions and Prufer-Like Properties, Commutative Rings and Their Modules, Cortona, Italy
                  2003  Lecture Series: A Homological Algebra Approach To Finiteness Properties, University of Marseilles, Marseilles, France
                  2001  Plenary Talk: Gaussian Rings, Fourth International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco

       Other Research Talks Since 1989
                   2024 Bridges 2024, Richmond, Virginia, USA, Invited Talk: Eeperiment with the Golden Ratio in Poetry
(August 2024)
                   2022 Bridges 2022, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, Invited Talk: Equations in Poetry
                  
2022 JMM 2022 online (rescheduled from JMM Seatle, Washington, USA), Invited Talk: Enheduanna: Princess, Priestess, Poet and Mathematician (virtual presentation)
                  
2021 Bridges 2021, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, Invited Talk: Mathematics in the Poetry of Sefer Yetzirah (virtual presentation)
         
                   2019 Bridges 2019, Linz, Austria, Invited Workshop with Emily Grosholz: how to Use Prime Numbers and Periodicity to Write a Poem (not presented in person)
                   2017 Bridges 2017, Waterloo, Canada, Invited Talk: Poems Structured by Integer Sequences

                  
2016 Recent Advances in Commutative Ring and Module Theory, Bressanone, Italy, June 13-17, 2016. Invited Talk (not presented in person)
         
                   2016 Conference on Rings and Polynomials, Graz, Austria, July 3-8, 2016. Invited Talk (not presented in person)
                  
2016 AMS Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 12-13, 2016. Invited talk (not presented in person)                     
                  
2014 AMS Meeting Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Invited Talk (not presented in person)
                 2014 AMS Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee. Invited Talk: Prufer Properties of Localizations of Polynomial Rings (not presented in person)
                 2013 Bridges 2013, Enschede, The Netherlands. Invited talk: Mathematical Ideas in Ancient Indian Poetry
                 2012 AMS Meeting, Akron, Ohio. Invited Talk: Prufer Conditions on Commutative Group Rings (joint work presented by Ryan Schwarz)
                 2012 Bridges 2012, Towson, MD. Invited Talk: Mathematical Pattern Poetry
                 2011 Bridges 2011, Coimbra, Portugal. Invited Talk: The Poetry of Prime Numbers
                 2011 AMS Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, Invited Talk: Zero Divisor Conditions in Commutative Group Rings  (joint work presented by Ryan Schwarz)
                 2010  AMS Meeting, Richmond, Virginia. Invited Talk: Poetry in the Mathematics Classroom
                 2010  Bridges 2010, Pecs, Hungary. Invited Talk: Poetry Inspired by Mathematics
                 2010  Commutative Ring Days 2010, Roma, Italy. Invited Talk: Prufer-like Properties in Commutative Group Rings
                 2010  AMS International Meeting, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirate.Invite Talk: Gaussian Properties of Group Rings, (not presented in person)
                 2009  AMS Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida. Invite Talk: Gaussian Properties of Group Rings, (not presented in person)
                 2009 Annual AMS Meeting, Washington DC. Invited Talk: Gaussian Properties of Group Rings
                 2009 Annual AMS Meeting, Washington DC. Co-host and Reading poet for Mathematics and Love, a Reading
                 2007  AMS Meeting, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Invited Talk: Homological Characterizations of Gaussian Properties of Rings
                 2007  AMS Meeting, Davidson, North Carolina. Invited Talk: Weak Dimensions of Total Rings of Quotients
                
2006  Workshop on Commutative Algebra, Cortona Italy. Invited Talk: Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients         
                 2006 AMS Meeting, Storrs, Connecticut. Invited Talk: Preparation for Sciences: Integrating Intermediate Algebra and Mathematical Modeling (not presented in person)
                 2006 Annual AMS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. Invited Talk: Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients, (not presented in person)
                 2005 Universita di Roma Tre, Rome , Italy.  Invited Talk: Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients
                2005 Universita di Padova, Padova, Italy. Invited Talk: Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients
                2004  AMS Meeting, Tallahassee, Florida. Invited Talk: Prufer Conditions On  Rings
                2004   Commutative Rings and Monoids: International Symposium in Honor of Franz Halter-Koch. Invited Talk: When is a Gaussian Ring Arithmetical?
                2003 University of Clermont-Ferrand, France.Colloquium Talk:  Extension of The Notion of a Prufer Domain to Rings With Zero-Divisors
                2003 AMS Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Invited Talk: Extension of the Notion of a Prufer Domain To Rings With Zero-Divisors
                2002 Algebra Conference, Venezia 2002, Venice, Italy. Invited Talk: Controlling the Zero-divisors of a Commutative Ring
                2002 Joint AMS/UMI Meeting, Pisa, Italy. Invited Talk: Homological Behavior of Gaussian Rings With Zero-Divisor Controlling Conditions
                2001 National AMS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. Invited Talk: Homological Characterizations of Gaussian Rings
                2000 Deuxieme Recontre Internationale Sur Les Polynomes Entiers, CIRM, Luminy, France. Invited Talk: Finite Conductor properties of R(X) and R<X>
                1999 National AMS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. Invited Talk: Finite Conductor Conditions in Localizations of Polynomial Rings
                1999 Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Conference, Messina, Italy. Invited Talk: Multiplicative Properties of Content Ideals
                1998 Homological Algebra and Representation Theory Conference in Honor of David Buchsbaum, Genova, Italy.
                            Invited Talk: An Application of Buchsbaum-Eisenbud Exactness Criterion for Complexes to Polynomial Rings Over Coherent Rings
                1997 Annual AMS Meeting, San Diego, California. Invited Talk: On Finite Conductor Rings
                1997 Summer Workshop on Commutative Algebra, Marseilles, France. Invited Talk: G-GCD Rings
                1997 Fall AMS Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Invited Talk: Polynomial Rings Over Coherent Rings
                1996 Spring AMS Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa. Invited Talk: Gaussian Polynomials and Content Invertibility
                1996 Fall AMS Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Invited Talk: Some Relations Between Finite Conductor Property and Coherence
                1995 Second International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory, Fez, Morocco. Invited Talk: Content of Polynomials
                1994 Barrett Memorial Lectures Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee. Invited Talk: Homological dimensions of Localizations of polynomial rings          
                1994 Workshop in Commutative Algebra, Trieste, Italy. Invited Talk: Regular Localizations of Polynomial Rings
                1993 Spring AMS Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee. Invited Talk: Von Neumann Regular and Principal Projective Endomorphism Rings
                1993 Meeting on Algebra and Applications, Marseilles, France. Invited Talk: Some Finiteness and Homological Properties of Endomorphism Rings
                1992 A.M.S. Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts. Invited Talk: Fixed Rings of Coherent Regular Rings          
                1992 Workshop in Commutative Algebra, Trieste, Italy. Invited Talk: Coherence, Regularity, and Homological Dimensions of Fixed Rings
                1991 Summer AMS Mathfest, Orono, Maine. Invited Talk: Subalgebras of  Polynomial Rings
                1990 Third Mid-Atlantic Algebra Conference, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia. Invited Talk: Hereditary Localizations of Polynomial Rings
                1990 Rutgers University. Invited Talk: Non Noetherian Regular Localizations of Polynomial Rings
                1989 University of Missouri, Columbia. Colloquium Talk: Commutative Coherent Rings: Historical Perspective and Recent Developments
                1989 University of Missouri, Columbia. Seminar Talk: Non Noetherian Regular Rings
                1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Invited Series of Talks: Recent Developments in Coherent Ring Theory
       
        Selected Math Education and Interdisciplinary Presentations and Reports

                2013 Arcadia University, Presentation for the course: Mathematics in Literature.
                2009 Litchfield County Writers Project, UConn Torrington Campus, Math Awareness Month and National Poetry Month Reading from Strange Attractors
                2009 UConn CooP, a Valentine Day and Book Arrival to UConn Reading from Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics
                2008  International Indian Statistical Association 2008, University of Connecticut, Reading from : Strange Attractors
                2008 University of Connecticut Statistics Department Cultural Event. Reading from: Strange Attractors
                2006  UConn ECE Workshop Presentation: Introductory College Algebra and Mathematical Modeling
               
2005  UConn Math Club Presentation: The Mysterious Hexaflexagon
                1999 UConn at Hartford Lunch Series Presentations. Presentation: The Birth of Modern Mathematics: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
                1998 UConn Mathematics Department Internal Report. Report: Succeeding in Industry: What Do We and Our Students Need to Know?
                1985 Wesleyan University High School Day for Gifted Students.  Presentation:  Plaited Platonic Solids.
                1985  Wesleyan University High School Day for Gifted Students. Presentation: Sneaking Up on a Group      
                1979 Case Western Reserve University. Report: Recent Developments  In Teaching Algebra
 
Videos of Conference Talks and Poetry Readings

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                 Videos of Conference Talks and Poetry Readings
           
Publications

        For a complete list of published works, information about the books and edited collections, and links to copies of the articles, the poems,
        the translations, and the collaborative art projects, click on the links provided below:

                Books and Edited Collections   

                 Collaborative Art Projects


               
Selected Articles


                Selected Poems
   

                Selected Translations

Selected Mentions in the Media

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