Kathryn Porter  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D Mathematics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1987
• M.S. Mathematics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1983
• B.S. Secondary Education, Mathematics, Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania,, 1975

Teaching Experience:

• Asst/Assoc/Full Professor - Saint Mary's College (1990 - Present)
• Assistant Professor - Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (1987 - 1990)
• Teaching Assistant/Lecturer - University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (1981 - 1987)
• High school mathematics teacher and coach - Garfield High School, Woodbridge, Virginia (1975 - 1981)

Professional Experience:

• Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science - Saint Mary's Colege of California (June 2007 - July 2010)
• Director, Liberal & Civic Studies Program - Saint Mary's College of California (June 2006 - July 2009)
• Visiting scholar, Department of Mathematics - Stanford University (June 1997 - September 1998)
• Coordinator of subject matter preparation program in mathematics - Saint Mary's College (1992 - 2007)
• Research Fellow, Department of Mathematical Sciences - University of Delaware, Newark, DE (1986)
• Instructor, FAME Program (Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering) - University of Delaware, Newark, DE (1984 - 1985)

Grants:

• California State Grant for developing a blended program - (2000)
  with other members of steering committee
• American Fellowship Grant, alternate - AAUW (1997)
• Travel Grant - NSF-ONR-AWM (1992)
• Travel Grant - NSF-AWM (1989)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Topologies of Open-Cover Type Quasi-Uniform Convergence on Homeomorphism Groups. Porter, Kathryn (invited)
  Annual Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems Conference, Morelia, Mexico
  (March 2001)
• Semi-Groups and Effros Spaces. Porter, Kathryn (invited)
  Annual Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems Conference, San Antonio, Texas
  (March 2000)
• On Effros Spaces. Porter, Kathryn (invited)
  Special Session on Continua Theory, The First Joint Meeting of Japan-Mexico in Topology and Its Applications, Morelia, Mexico
  (July 1999)
• Topologies of Quasi-Uniform Convergence on Groups of Homeomorphisms. Porter, Kathryn (invited)
  Special Session on Uniform and Quasi-Uniform Structures, the 13th Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications, Mexico City, Mexico
  (June 1998)
• Some Equivalent Topologies on Homeomorphism Groups. Porter, Kathryn (other-Refereed)
  12th Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications, North Bay, Canada
  (August 1997)
• The Regular Open-Open Topology for Function Spaces. Porter, Kathryn (other-Refereed)
  100th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio
  (January 1994)

Publications:

• Porter, Kathryn. 2001. Regular-Uniform Convergence and the Open-Open Topology, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 25
• Porter, Kathryn. 1998. Topologies of Quasi-Uniform Convergence on Groups of Homeomorphisms, Topology Proceedings
• Porter, Kathryn. 1997. Some Equivalent Topologies on Homeomorphism Groups, Topology Proceedings
• Porter, Kathryn. 1996. The Regular Open-Open Topology for Function Spaces, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 19
• Porter, Kathryn. 1991. Semi-Reasonable Topologies for Homeomorphism Groups, Houston Journal of Mathematics, vol. 17
• Porter, Kathryn and Bellamy, David. 1991. A Homogeneous Continuum which is Non-Effros, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 113, issue 2
• Porter, Kathryn.. More on Products of Effros Spaces, Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Continuum Theory: Proceedings of the Special Session in Honor of Sam Nadler's 60th Birthday, Marcel Dekker