Michael Allocca  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  

Education:

• Ph.D. Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2010
• M.S. Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2007
• B.S. Computer Science, Fairfield University, 2004

Teaching Experience:

• Assistant Professor - Saint Mary's College of California (July 2011 - Present)
• Visiting Assistant Professor - University of Scranton (August 2010 - July 2011)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant - North Carolina State University (August 2005 - August 2010)

Awards:

• Armstrong Maltbie Award for Excellence in Teaching - North Carolina State University (May 2009)
• University Graduate Student Association Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - North Carolina State University (May 2007)
• Arthur F. Dershowitz Award for Interest in Mathematics - Fairfield University (May 2003)

Fellowships:

• Mathematical Research Communities (MRC) Participant - American Mathematical Society (June 2011)
• Project NExT Fellow - Mathematical Association of America (August 2010)
• Preparing the Professoriate - North Carolina State University (August 2008)

Honors:

• Member - Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (April 2004)
• Member - Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society (April 2003)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Striking the Right Balance: Managing Your Personal and Professional Life. Allocca, Michael, Mueller, Claudia, Davies, Andrea, Singley, Jason and Dreher, Diane (invited, panel or forum member)
  Future Faculty Seminar, Stanford University
  (October 2011)
• Project NEXT. Allocca, Michael (panel or forum member)
  Project NExT and Mathematical Association of America
  (September 2011)
• A Concrete L-Infinity Module and Its Induced L-Infinity Structure. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  AMS 2011 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
  (April 2011)
• Homotopy Algebras. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  Ursinus College Epsilon Series
  (April 2011)
• An Introduction to Cryptography. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  Fairfield University Colloquium Series
  (February 2011)
• A Finite Dimensional L-Infinity Module. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, primary presenter)
  Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA
  (January 2011)
• Representations of L-Infinity Algebras. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  Deformation Theory Seminar
  (October 2010)
• Homomorphisms of L-Infinity Modules. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, primary presenter)
  Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA
  (January 2010)
• Building a Lie Module Homomorphism Up to Homotopy. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, primary presenter)
  Graduate Student Algebra Seminar
  (October 2009)
• A Finite Dimensional A-Infinity Algebra Example. Allocca, Michael (talk, speech or lecture, primary presenter)
  AMS 2009 Spring Southeastern Section Meeting
  (April 2009)

Publications:

• Allocca, Michael. January 2013. A Finite Dimensional L-Infinity Module, vol. 13, issue 1
• Allocca, Michael and Lada, Tom. 2010. A Finite Dimensional A-Infinity Algebra Example, Georgian Math. J., vol. 17, issue 1, pg.112