This is the homepage for Dr. Andrew Nestler, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Santa Monica College.

        B.A. Mathematics, Pomona College

        M.A. Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania

        M.A., Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Southern California

Contact Information

Address:  Department of Mathematics

                Santa Monica College

                1900 Pico Blvd

                Santa Monica CA  90405-1628

Office:  MC 61

Phone:  (310) 434-8515

Email:  anestler at smc dot edu

Teaching

Fall 2009 schedule:

Math 13    Linear Algebra              MW 2:15-3:35pm    MC 70    section 2558
Math 8      Calculus 2                     MW 5:00-7:25pm    MC 70    section 4327      
Math 7      Calculus 1                     TTh 5:00-7:25pm     MC 70    section 4324
Math 11    Multivariable Calculus    TTh 7:35-10:00pm   MC 70    section 4330

Office hours:  MW 3:45-4:45pm and T 3:30-4:30pm in MC 61, plus Math 7 workshop Th 3:30-4:30pm in Math Lab

Selected Presentations

• "Using Popular Culture in the Mathematics and Mathematics Education Classroom," session of talks organized with Sarah  J. Greenwald, MAA MathFest summer meeting, Burlington, VT, August 2, 2002
• "The Simpsons Rule:  Mathematical Morsels from The Simpsons" with Sarah J. Greenwald

                    Dead Mathematicians Society, Mt. Hood Community College, October 11, 2005

                    California State University at Northridge, May 13, 2005

                    Cal Poly Pomona, April 7, 2005
                    California State University at Long Beach, March 19, 2004
                    MAA Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section meeting, University of Pennsylvania, November 9, 2002

                    Undergraduate Connecticut Valley Colloquium, Amherst College, September 26, 2002

                    MAA Southern California section meeting, California Institute of Technology, March 16, 2002

                    Harvey Mudd College, March 14, 2002

• "Test-Taking Strategies in Mathematics," SMC Student Success Workshop, November 6, 2001, with Ann Carroll
• "Using Parity as a Source for Student Proofs throughout a Precalculus Course," MAA MathFest summer meeting, Madison, WI, August 4, 2001
• "r dr r:  Engaging Students with Significant Mathematical Content from The Simpsons" with Sarah Greenwald

                    California Mathematics Council Community Colleges - South 22nd annual conference, Anaheim, March 3, 2007
                    California Mathematics Council Community Colleges 10th Annual Recreational Mathematics Conference,
                            Lake Tahoe, NV, April 29, 2006
                    Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago meeting, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2003

                    MAA MathFest, Burlington, VT, August 2, 2002

                    MAA MathFest, Madison, WI, August 3, 2001

• "Preparing Teaching Assistants to Assist Teachers," AMS-MAA Joint Special Session on Innovative Development Programs for Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC, January 21, 2000
• "Incorporating Women's Achievements into a Pre-Calculus Course," MAA Southern California section meeting, Chapman University, October 9, 1999

Selected Papers

• "Using Popular Culture in the Mathematics and Mathematics Education Classroom," introduction to special section of PRiMUS, March 2004, pages 1-4, with Sarah J. Greenwald
• "r dr r:  Engaging Students with Significant Mathematics from The Simpsons," PRiMUS, March 2004, pages 29-39, with Sarah J. Greenwald
• "Simpsons Rule!" MAA Math Horizons, April 2003, Volume 10, Number 4, pages 2 & 16, copyright the Mathematical Association of America 2003
• "Women and Minorities in Mathematics:  Incorporating their Mathematical Achievements into School Classrooms - Hearing the Shape of a Drum," NCCTM (North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Centroid, Winter 2001, vol. 28, no.1, with Sarah J. Greenwald
• "Applying for Tenure-Track Community College Positions," MAA Focus, January 2001
• "Applying for Tenure-Track Community College Positions," in the October 2000 issue (vol. 8, no. 8) of "Concerns of Young Mathematicians," the electronic newsletter of the Young Mathematicians' Network
• "Algebraic K-Theory of Curves and Surfaces over Finite Fields," Ph.D. thesis, 2000
• "Innovative Programs Address Professional Development of Teaching Assistants & Adjuncts," by T. Murphy, A. Nestler, et al., MAA Focus, May/June 2000, vol. 20, no. 5
• "SK₁ of Affine Curves over Finite Fields," Journal of Algebra 225 (2000), no. 2, 943-946

The Simpsons

I am compiling a Guide to Mathematics and Mathematicians on The Simpsons.

See also SimpsonsMath.com which contains worksheets on mathematics and the long-running animated television program The Simpsons.  This is joint work with Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald of Appalachian State University.

I also maintain a page of Analysis of NUMB3RS and the We All Use Math Everyday worksheet program.

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