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
Editorial Positions
2023 -
present Honorary Editorial Board Member, IEJA -- International Electronic Journal of
Algebra
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
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)
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
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