Hema Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; MS,
Marquette University; M.Sc., B.Sc.,
Bombay University
Research Interests: Noncommutative Ring Theory with specialization in Semigroup Rings; Mathematics Education.
Courses Usually Taught: Elementary Statistics,
Modern College Mathematics, Precalculus, Calculus for Decision Making, Calculus I, II & III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations and Abstract Algebra.
Biography: Dr. Gopalakrishnan has been teaching at
Sacred Heart University as assistant professor since fall 2000. Her previous teaching experience was at
Texas A&M University where she taught large lecture courses as well as small upper level undergraduate classes. Her pedagogical interests focus on cooperative learning and the integration of technology into the mathematics curriculum. She is interested in involving students in undergraduate research in mathematics and is excited about the senior seminar which is a new requirement for the major.
Publications:
“Primitive Ideals of Semigroup Graded Rings” Kyungpook Math. J., 44, 2004, 565-573.
“Think-Share-Write: An effective Strategy for Group Quizzes”, PRIMUS, 2004, 156-161.
"p-regular semigroup graded rings” Communications in Algebra, 30(2), 2002, 977-1000.
“On the index of nilpotency of semigroup graded rings”, Semigroup Forum 2001, No. 62, 146-158.
Contact:
Academic Building , SC 220C
Ph: 20-371-7939
Fax: 203-396-8019
E-mail:
GopalakH@sacredheart.edu
Website: http://faculty.sacredheart.edu/gopalakrishnanh/
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