Joel Pitt, Ph.D.

Email pittj@georgian.edu

Phone: 732-987-2322

Fax: 732-987-2010

Office Location: Arts & Science

Office Hours: M 11-12, 3:15-4:15T,R 8:15-9:15, 1-2

Dept/School: Mathematics and Computer Science Dept.

Vita(PDF): J. Pitt Vita

Educational Background:

• MA, Ph.D. -- Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University
• AB -- Columbia College, Columbia U.

Publications:

• Papers on Probability Theory in Annals of Probability, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, Proceedings of American Mathematical Society
• Presentations to MAA New Jersey Section on Introduction to the Black-Scholes EquationUsing R to Teach Elementary Statistics: Why, Why Not, How

Courses Taught:

• ComputingComputer Programming in C
• Data Base Management Systems
• Foundations of Computer Science
• Undergraduate Mathematics
• Statistical Methods
• Concepts of Modern Mathematics I-II
• College Algebra
• Precalculus
• Calculus I-III
• Vector Calculus
• Differential Equations
• Probability and Statistics I-II
• Graduate
• Complex Analysis
• Real Analysis
• Abstract Algebra
• Linear Algebra
• Discrete Structures
• Probability and Statistics
• Differential Equations
• Number Theory
• History of Mathematics

Research Area:

• Statistical Detection of Fraud
• Mathematics of Finance
• Statistical Software
• Open Source Software

Service to the University:

• Chair Mathematics & Computer Science
• Director of Graduate Studies Mathematics
• Vice Chair Faculty Assembly 2009-2010
• Chair Faculty Development Committee 2008-2009

Why I Love GCU:

• Warm wonderful community with a real concern for social justice.Small classes offer faculty an opportunity to really know and work with students and vice versa.