Faculty

Kathleen Blackett
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Eduardo Fernandez
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Erin Griesenauer
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Keith Copenhaver
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Florida

Nazarré Merchant
Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Rutgers University
merchann@eckerd.edu
Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science (MPC) 219
727.864.8469

Learn More About Dr. Merchant

Nazarré Merchant received her Ph.D. in linguistics from Rutgers University. Additionally, she has a M.S. in mathematics and a M.S. in computer science both from the University of Oregon. Her undergraduate degree is from Eckerd College. Professor Merchant’s research focuses on the formal structure of linguistic theories with a particular emphasis on Optimality Theory and how the structure of a theory inherently classifies languages. Additionally, her research explores how language learners exploit grammatical structures to bootstrap language acquisition.

Bjoern Muetzel
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

Visiting faculty

Sean Murphy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
M.A., University of South Florida

Emeriti

Gerald J.G. Junevicus
Professor of Emeritus of Mathematics