Dr. Jeff Pullen
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Co-Chair of Mathematics and Statistics Department
Education
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Tulane University
- B.S., Mathematics, Berry College
Specialty
Algebraic topology
Professional Interests
Dr. Jeff Pullen’s work focuses on the use of authentic research in undergraduate STEM coursework. He teaches:
- First-Year Experience (UNV 101)
- Mathematical Ideas (MAT 104)
- Elementary Statistics (STA 126)
- Pre-calculus (MAT 133)
- Calculus I, Calculus II, and Multivariable Calculus (MAT 191, MAT 192, MAT 293)
- Special Introductory Topics in Mathematics: Knot Theory (MAT 198)
- Discrete Mathematics (MAT 225)
- Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (MAT 260)
- Introduction to Differential Equations (MAT 330)
- Linear Algebra (MAT 340)
- Directed Independent Study: Complex Analysis, Galois Theory, Graph Theory (MAT 401)
- Real Analysis I, II (MAT 481, 482)
Recent Publications
- de Silva, C., Pullen, J. D., Jenkins, J. R., & Northcutt, K. V. (2019). An authentic research project in animal behavior as an introductory physics laboratory exercise. The Physics Teacher.
- Komendarczyk, R., & Pullen, J. D. (2015). Finite Random Coverings of One-Complexes and the Euler Characteristic. Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis, 45(1), 129–156.
Contact Dr. Jeff Pullen
(478) 301-4014
pullen_j@mercer.edu
Office: Ware Hall, Room 213