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Alan Parry

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Alan Parry

Biography

Alan joined the UVU faculty in 2016 and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Mathematics.

Alan loves teaching and helping students see the wonder of mathematics around them. His teaching philosophy is centered on three key ideas_ (1) genuine care for his students and a desire for their success, (2) fostering an enjoyable and comfortable classroom atmosphere to engender student investment and engagement in the course, and (3) using several different approaches to course material in order to help students learn their way.

Alan's mathematical research interests are in the field of differential geometry. Specifically, Alan is interested the subfield of mathematical general relativity and its applications to the dark matter problem. Alan is also interested in the problem of classifying solvable Lie algebras.

Alan also has interests in mathematics education research and a budding interest in voting theory.

Academic Positions Held

Chair of the Department of Mathematics - Utah Valley University - 2021 - present

Associate Professor of Mathematics - Utah Valley University - 2021 - present

Associate Chair of the Department or Mathematics - Utah Valley University - 2018 - 2021

Assistant Professor of Mathematics - Utah Valley University - 2016 - 2021

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics - University of Connecticut - 2013 - 2016

Education

Ph D, Duke University, 2013

Major: Mathematics

MA, Duke University, 2008

Major: Mathematics

MS, Utah State University, 2007

Major: Mathematics

BS, Utah State University, 2006

Major: Mathematics

Teaching

MATH 2210

Calculus III, Summer 2024

MATH 2020

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II, Summer 2024

MATH 4330

Theory of Linear Algebra, Spring 2024

Presentations

Parry, Alan (Presenter & Author), MAA Intermountain Section Meeting 2024, "Analysis Paralysis_ Modern Opportunities to Reconsider the Mathematics Curriculum at All Levels", MAA, Westminster University. (March 30, 2024)
Parry, Alan (Panelist), Munis, Kal (Panelist), Hutchinson, Rachel (Panelist), Dahl, Mikelle (Panelist), Herbert Panel, "Elections Security and Voter Confidence in the 2024 Elections", Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy, Utah Valley University. (January 29, 2024)
Parry, Alan (Presenter & Author), BYU Math Colloquium, "Modern Opportunities to Reconsider the Mathematics Curriculum at All Levels", Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University. (January 16, 2024)
Parry, Alan , MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, "Analysis is Wrong!", MAA, Utah Tech University. (March 25, 2023)
Parry, Alan , Universal, "The Mathematics of Ranked Choice Voting", UVU Mathematics Department, Utah Valley University. (November 2, 2022)
Parry, Alan , Roots of Knowledge Lecture Series, "The Day Gravity and Curvature Met", UVU Fulton Library, Utah Valley University. (November 14, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Mogilski, Wiktor , Parry, Alan , "Reflective Homework System in Mathematics Courses" .
Parry, Alan , (2024) "Election Results in Ranked Choice Voting and Voter Confidence" . Orem, UT: Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy. https://www.uvu.edu/herbertinstitute/docs/research_papers/2024rankedchoicevoting.pdf
Hutchinson, Rachel , Parry, Alan , (2023) "What if Voters Don't Rank All the Candidates?" . Silver Spring, MD: FairVote.org. https://fairvote.app.box.com/s/bxeaz2d0rp0t7wdlw8fqsujhcj5c91pd
Parry, Alan R, (2022) "Parametrizations of the Poisson-Schrodinger Equations" (Issue: 1, vol. 100). Canadian Journal of Physics. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjp-2020-0213
Parry, Alan R, (2018) "A Useful Observation about the Unit Circle" (Issue: Fall/Winter 2018-2019, vol. 11). Utah Mathematics Teacher.
Parry, Alan R, (2018) "Graph Transformations by Variable Replacement" (Issue: Fall/Winter 2018-2019, vol. 11). Utah Mathematics Teacher.

Awards

Board of Trustees Award of Excellence

Utah Valley University - February, 2022

Faculty Excellence Award

Utah Valley University Faculty Senate - April, 2019

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Advance HE - June, 2018

L.P. and Barbara Smith Award for Teaching Excellence

Duke University Mathematics Department - September, 2010