Jeanne Trubek
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., M.S., Northeastern University; A.B., Bryn Mawr College
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Other times by appointment
Office: Library, Room 105-B
Phone: (617) 735-9799
E-mail: trubekj@emmanuel.edu
Our society is increasingly technical; mathematical literacy is becoming more and more important for understanding issues facing society and for obtaining a share of the fruits of this society. A citizen must be able to understand quantitative information to be able to make informed decisions about political issues, to be able to make informed decisions as a consumer, and to qualify for a large proportion of the jobs at the professional level. All this says that understanding mathematics has become imperative for an educated person. My experience has taught me that all people are capable of becoming competent in mathematics at the level necessary for becoming an informed participant in society. My commitment to teaching stems from these convictions.
Academic Interests
Over the past years I have moved from being primarily interested in strictly theoretical mathematics to becoming increasingly interested in the application of mathematics to the problems of the real world.
I am also interested in increasing accessibility to higher education for all.
Courses Taught
- MATH 0010 Basic Math
- MATH 1103 Precalculus
- FYS 1101 Rwanda Today
Professional Highlights
- Studied Probability and Statistics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the 2001-2002 academic year.
- Develop and implement a transition-to-college program 1999, 2000.
- Participated in workshop sponsored by SUMMA (MAA committee on Strengthening Under-represented minority Mathematics Achievement) at the MAA Mathfest, Toronto, CA.
- Participate in a course in environmental modeling at Bentley College.
- Delegate to US/China Joint Conference on Women's Issues sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People and the China Women's Association for Science and Technology.
- Member: Mathematical Association of America
- 2009 Faculty Excellence Award, Emmanuel College
- 2011 Fulbright Scholar at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Kigali, Rwanda
Significant Publications/Presentations/Panels
- Trubek, J. Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to ?u + Ku° = 0 on Rn for n = 3. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 106, (1989), 953 - 959
- Trubek, J. Conformal Metrics and Scalar Curvature on Cylinders, Communications in Partial Differential Equations, 15, (1990), 1685 - 1711
