Professor Arlie O. Petters
Benjamin Powell ProfessorService:
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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Dean of Academic Affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education,
Duke University (2016-present)
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Member, University Priorities Committee,
Duke University (2013-2016)
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Chair, Distinguished Professor Nomination Committee in Arts and Sciences,
Duke University (2011-2012)
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Member, Distinguished Professor Nomination Committee in Arts and Sciences,
Duke University (2010-2012)
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Member, President's Committee on Provost's Review for Renewal,
Duke University (2008)
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Member, Nomination Committee, Bass Chair
Duke University (2005-2008)
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Faculty-In-Residence,
Bassett Hall,
Duke University (2004-2006)
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Pre-Major Adviser,
Duke University (2004-2006)
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Panelist, Graduate School Recruitment Weekend for Underrepresented Minority
Students,
Duke University (October 2004)
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Director, Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program,
Duke University
(2002-2003)
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Member, Academic Council,
Duke University
(2002-2003)
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Member, Arts and Sciences Task Force on the Budget,
Duke University
(spring 2002)
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Member, Selection Committee for Duke Endowment Graduate
Fellowships,
Duke University
(spring 2002)
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Member, Selection Committee for A.B. Scholars,
Duke University
(spring 2002)
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Member, Selection Committee for Residential Life Coordinators,
Duke University
(sping 2002)
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Presenter, Duke-Up-Close Recruiting Weekend,
Duke University
(April 2002)
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Presenter, The Faculty as University Citizen, fundraising event,
Duke University
(March 2002)
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Member, Selection Committee for Bass Fellows,
Duke University
(1999-2002)
- Pre-Major Adviser, Duke University (2001-2003)
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Member, Search Committee for Vice President for Student Affairs,
Duke University
(2000-2001)
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Member, Search Committee for Assistant Dean for Student Development,
Duke University
(2000-2001)
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Faculty-In-Residence,
Wilson Hall,
Duke University (1999-2003)
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Presenter,
Duke Regional Campaign Council, fundraising,
Duke University (fall 1999)
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Member, Teaching Awards Selection Committee,
Duke University (fall 1999)
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Member, President's Council on Black Affairs,
Duke University
(1998 - 2000)
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Co-Chair, Action Committee of the President's
Council on Black Affairs, Duke University (1998-1999)
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Academic Adviser,
Forbes College,
Princeton University (1995- 1998)
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Resident Faculty Member,
Forbes College,
Princeton University (1995-1997)
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Faculty Representative,
Alumni Council of Princeton University (1995-1996)
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Martindale Scholarship Selection Committee,
Forbes College,
Princeton University (1996)
- Summer Scholars Program Lecturer, Princeton University (summers 1996 - 1997)
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
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Member, Appointments Committee,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(1998-1999; 2001-2002, 2003-2006, 2008-present)
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Member, Search Committee for Professor of the Practice in Mathematics,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(2011-2012)
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Examiner, Qualifying and Preliminary Exams,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(2004-2006)
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Co-Organizer, Einstein Week-Centennial Celebration of Relativity Theory,
Duke University, Departments of Mathematics and Physics
(September 2005)
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Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(fall 2002)
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Member, Re-Appointment Committee for Assistant
Professor of the Practice,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(spring 2002)
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Co-Organizer, Seventh Conference for African American
Researchers in the Mathematical
Sciences,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(June 2001)
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Major Advisor,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(2000 - 2003)
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Examiner, Ph.D. General Exams
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(1999, 2007, 2008)
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Organizer, Duke/Goldman Sachs Conference on Mathematical Finance,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics
(January 1999)
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Co-Director of Graduate Studies,
Princeton University, Department of Mathematics
(1996 - 1998)
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Advanced Placement Officer,
Princeton University, Department of Mathematics
(1994 - 1996)
- Examiner: Ph.D. General Exams and Undergraduate Comprehensive Exams, Duke University and Princeton University, Department of Mathematics
DEPARTMENTAL MENTOR OF JUNIOR FACULTY
- Carla Cederbaum (Ph.D., Freie Universitat, Germany), Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2011 - 2014)
- Amir Aazami (Ph.D., Duke University, U.S.A.), Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2011 - 2013)
- Marcus Werner (Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England), Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2009 - 2011)
- Kumar S. Virbhadra (Ph.D., Physical Research Laboratory, India), Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000 - 2002)
DEPARTMENTAL SUPERVISOR OF PH.D. THESIS STUDENTS
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Marcus Werner,
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
(2007-2009, co-adviser)
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Amir Azaami,
Department of Physics, Duke University
(2006-2011)
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Aberto Tequia,
Department of Mathematics, Duke University
(2005-2011)
DEPARTMENTAL MENTOR OF PH.D. STUDENTS
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Andrea Watkins,
Department of Mathematics, Duke University
(2004-2006)
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Nicholas Robbins,
Department of Mathematics, Duke University
(2003-2005)
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Sean McGee,
Duke University, Department of Physics (2003)
SUPERVISOR OF M.B.A. STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS (FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, DUKE)
- 1-31. As part of Fuqua's Executive M.B.A. Finance Concentration Program, I have supervised 31 finance concentration research projects (2010-present). These projects covered topics dealing with firm valuation, derivatives, portfolio theory, mergers and acquisitions, etc. The exact titles are not included, but I can provide them upon request.
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32.
Asset Price Bubbles--Mechanism and Risk Measures
- Ramona Bejan
Fuqua School of Business, Cross-Continent M.B.A. Program (Spring 2, Fall 2, 2009)
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33.
Increasing Technology Awareness in the Belizean Population
- Alfredo Frech
- Ryan McCoy
Fuqua School of Business, Daytime M.B.A. Program (Spring 1, 2009)
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34.
Ecoresorts in Belize: Research Report and Proposals,
- Siwon Baek
- Isao Minegishi
- Travis Peoples
Fuqua School of Business, Daytime M.B.A. Program (Spring 1, 2009)
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The Emerging Oil Industry in Belize
- Valentina Nielsen
Fuqua School of Business, Daytime M.B.A. Program (Spring 1, 2009)
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Kyuwon Choi
Filtering Financial Time Series Using Transforms,
PRUV Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2011-2012)
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Kyuwon Choi
Carbon Credits,
Duke University, Departments of Economics and Mathematics (2010)
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Luke Stewart
Whitney Singularities and Magnification Cross Sections,
Mellon Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2005-2007)
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Michelle Sowemimo,
Mathematical Pedagogy for STEM Fields,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2006-2007)
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Ibraheem Mohammed,
Global Magnification Sum Relations and Resultants,
A. B. Duke Scholar, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2005-2007)
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Wifag Adnan,
Magnification Probabilities in Microlensing,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2005)
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Gabriel Williams
Probability Density for Random Image Magnification,
Mellon Fellow, Duke PRUV scholar, Morehouse College, Department of Mathematics (summer 2005)
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Peter Blair,
Bending Angles to due to Black Hole Lensing,
Goldwater Scholar, APS Fellow, Mellon Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mat hematics (2004-2006)
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Meredith Houlton,
The Chang-Refsdal Lens: Critical Curves and Caustics,
PRUV Research Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2002-2003)
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Jay Strader,
Gravitational Microlensing,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2001-2002)
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Samuel Malone,
Alternative Price Processes for Black-Scholes: Empirical Evidence
and Theory,
Rhodes Scholar, Goldwater Scholar, Duke Faculty Scholar, PRUV Research Fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000-2002)
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Paula Sardi,
Mathematics of Markowitz Portfolio Theory and
the Black-Scholes Equation
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (spring 2002)
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Vanessa Rousso,
Electronic Communication Networks for Financial
Markets,
Dananberg fellow, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (fall 2001)
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Paul Bunn,
Gravitational Lensing: Center of Light Curves for a Point-Mass
Lens System,
Senior Thesis, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000-2001)
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Gil Libling,
Mathematical Finance: Portfolio Theory and Option Pricing,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000)
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Joshua Schiffrin,
Mathematical Finance: Portfolio Theory and Option Pricing,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000)
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Shiv Sudhakar,
Mathematical Finance: Portfolio Theory and Option Pricing,
Duke University, Department of Mathematics (2000)
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Benni Goetz,
The Morse Inequalities and Gravitational Lensing,
A. B. Duke scholar, Duke University, Department of Mathematics (1998-2000)
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Jean Steiner,
Computing the Euler Characteristic,
Princeton University, Department of Mathematics (1996)
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Andre Desssources,
Complex Analysis and Gravitational Microlensing,
University of Massachusetts, Boston, Ronald McNair Program and MIT Minority Summer Science Research Program (spring, summer 1993)
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Michelle Wilson,
Stability and Genericity of Differentiable Maps,
MIT Minority Summer Science Research Program (1991)
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Gabriel Reynoso,
Gabriel Reynoso,
Robertson-Walker Universes,
MIT Minority Summer Science Research Program (1988)
SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE
- Member, Board of Trustess, Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics(2006-2010)
- Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (2006-2010)
- Member, Selection Committee for Centennial Fellowship, The American Mathematical Society (2004-2006)
- Member, Scientific Steering Committee for the African University of Science and Techonology, Mandela Foundation (2004-present)
- Member, Selection Committee for Blackwell-Tapia Prize in Mathematical Science, (2004-2006)
- Invited Participant, U.S. National Committee for Mathematics, National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences (2001)
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Referee:
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Journal of Mathematical Physics,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
The Astrophysical Journal (1998-present)
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Referee:
Grant Proposals-National Science Foundation,
Division of Mathematical Sciences (1998-present)
SERVICE TO THE UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY COMMUNITY
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Mentorship (1982-present):
Mentored numerous minority undergraduates at
Hunter College-CUNY (1982-1986), MIT (1986-1988),
Princeton University (1993-1998, 2007), and
Duke University (1998-present).
Received many plaques, including a
Service Award from
Princetonians of Color Network,
February 8, 1996
(Our Unsung Heroes and Heroines). I continue to mentor underrepresented minority students at
Duke, Harvard,
Princeton, and Stanford University.
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Scholarships (1982-present):
As a result of the Duke/Goldman Sachs Diversity Forum
I organized in 1999, I
developed a relationship between Goldman Sachs and Duke University
that resulted in over {\it ten} Goldman Sachs Scholarships for
Duke underrepresented minority students. Some recipients are:
- Lauren Moses (2000)
- Catalina Saldarriaga (2000)
- Latarsha Davidson (2001)
- Alina Henry (2001)
- Deja Lewis (2001)
- Richard Rivera (2002)
- Edward Errea (2002)
- Edward Keith
(2003)
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Director, Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, Duke University.
For Duke underrepresented minority students; they receive
a full scholarship to attend Duke (2002-2003)
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Supervisor of Research Projects, Science Program for Underrepresented Minorities ,
MIT (1988-1995):}
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Michele Wilson, Department of Mathematics, MIT (1991-1995)
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Andre Dessources, undergraduate
(Ronald McNair and MIT Summer Science Research Programs,
spring and summer 1993)
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Ivon Smikle, undergraduate (Ronald McNair Program, University of
Massachusetts, Boston;
fall 1992,
spring 1993)
- Gabriel Reynoso, undergraduate (MIT Summer Science Research Program, 1988)
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Michele Wilson, Department of Mathematics, MIT (1991-1995)
- Guest Speaker and Panelist
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Guest Speaker,
Underrepresented Minority Students, North Park University
(October 2008)
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Guest Speaker,
Underrepresented Minority Students at
Honors College, Johnson C. Smith University-an
HBCU (September 2008)
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Guest Speaker,
MBRS-MARC Program
Underrepresented Minority Students, Hunter College-CUNY (September 2008)
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Guest Speaker,
National Society of Black Engineers, Princeton University
(October 2008)
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Panelist,
Recruiting Underrepresented Minorities for Careers in the
Mathematical Sciences,
Boston University, Department of Mathematics
(April 2006)
- Guest Speaker, African American Mathematics Symposium, Boston University, Department of Mathematics (April 2006)
- Guest Speaker, National Institute of Science Beta Kappa Chi Awards Banquet, Montgomery, Alabama (March 2006)
- Guest Speaker, HBCU-UP Conference, Baltimore, Maryland (February 2006)
- Panelist, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Fellowship Southern Regional Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas (October 2005)
- Speaker, Mathematical Association of America Conference, University of Texas -- Arlington (April 2005)
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Panelist,
African American Men in the Academy,
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Summer Pre-Graduate Program
for Underrepresented Minorities (June 2004)
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Speaker,
Lessons From My Academic Journery,
Black Graduate Student Assocaition of MIT (February 2004)
- Guest Speaker, Marjorie Lee Brown Colloquium, University of Michigan, Department of Mathematics (In Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 2004)
- Guest Speaker, Corey T. Williams Banquet and Ball for minority undergraduates of Duke (Phi Kappa Psi) (February 2002)
- Keynote Presenter, Recommendation Paper on Education to Prime Minister of Belize , Belizean Professorship Program, Belize (May 2000)
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Guest Speaker,
Julian Abele Awards Banquet
for minority
graduate and professional students, Duke University
(March 2000)
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Panelist,
Duke Regional Campaign Council,
Duke University
(spring 2000)
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Guest Speaker,
Cook Society,
Duke University
(fall 1998)
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Guest Speaker,
NSBE Awards Banquet,
Princeton University
(spring 1997)
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Guest Presenter,
Princeton's Summer Program for Minority
Students
(summer 1995)
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Guest Speaker,
Sixth Annual Carreer Day,
West Athens
Elementary School,
Los Angeles (spring
1995). Received Community Service Award
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Panelist,
Princeton University African American and Latino
Open House
(fall 1994)
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Panelist,
First Invitational Workshop on MIT Leadership for
Diversity
(fall 1994)
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Lecture,
Princeton Chapter of National Society of Black
Engineers
(spring 1994)
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Lecture,
Princeton Summer Program for Minority Students,
(summer 1994)
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Guest Speaker,
Underrepresented Minority Students, North Park University
(October 2008)