Scott Taylor
Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
Charles Darwin once remarked that mathematics seems to endow people with a sixth sense.
Have you noticed how numbers and shapes appear to structure reality? Do you want to learn how to analyze data and test your hypotheses? Join Colby’s mathematics community to find solutions for new (and old) problems and to uncover the fundamental reasons why things work as they do.
About Mathematics
We offer courses that, in the true spirit of the liberal arts, emphasize beautiful underlying ideas, their social and historical context, and their amazing explanatory power. The mathematics major emphasizes the foundational structures of essential mathematical subjects. The flexibility of the mathematical sciences major, on the other hand, lets students focus their major on connections to other disciplines. Students in each major strengthen their problem-solving, abstract-reasoning, and communication abilities.
Graduates with solid quantitative and analytical skills, the core competencies of mathematics, are in demand by employers. By maintaining high standards and ambitious goals, the department has earned a reputation as a place of deep learning—a degree in mathematics or mathematical sciences from Colby is a significant achievement.
Faculty and Staff
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Kim Caswell
Administrative Assistant
Ayomikun Adeniran
Assistant Professor
Michael Ben-Zvi
Lecturer
Gabi Bontea
Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics
Stephanie Dodson
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Tamar Friedmann
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Fernando Gouvea
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Lorelei Koss Yarnell
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
Leo Livshits
Professor of Mathematics
Ben Mathes
Professor of Mathematics
Changningphaabi Namoijam
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Evan Randles
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
George Welch
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Nora Youngs
Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Mathematics
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