Merilyn Ryan, SSJ, Ph.D.

Merilyn Ryan, SSJ, Ph.D.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., M.A. – Duke University, Durham, NC
  • A.B. – Chestnut Hill College

Courses Taught

  • Precalculus
  • Statistics
  • Abstract Algebra
  • Mathematics for Management and Social Sciences
  • Special Topics
  • Modern Mathematical Theory
  • Senior Seminar
  • Applied Calculus; also Math for Business;
  • Linear Algebra; Topology

Scholarly Interests

  • Topological Algebra
  • Mathematics and Culture

Publications

Locally Linearly Compact Semi-simple Rings; Essays in Imaging the Other and Sisterly Love (ed. Conn and Maguire)

Published Books

  • Advanced Mathematics: A precalculus approach (Prentice Hall)
  • “Locally Linearly Compact Semi-Simple Rings” in Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik

Awards

Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching (CHC, 2007)

Services

Group Facilitator US and Canada; taught ESL for five years; served on several boards 1994-2004