Assistant Professor of Mathematics

BA, Gettysburg College; MS, PhD, North Carolina State University
Email: emwright@plymouth.edu

Office: Hyde Hall 304

Office hours: 
On sabbatical ~ Fall 2020

About Professor Wright

Emma Wright completed her PhD in mathematics at North Carolina State. She earned Masters at North Carolina State in mathematics and her bachelors degree in mathematics at Gettysburg College. Her teaching at North Carolina State has twice received awards. She was awarded the prestigious Armstrong Maltbie Award for Excellent Teaching and the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Her research focuses on symmetric spaces, in particular classifying double cosets. Emma enjoys the outdoors. Growing up in Massachusetts she vacationed in New Hampshire.

Awards or recognition

• Distinguished Mathematics Professor 2013-2014, PSU Math Association
• Armstrong Maltbie Award for Excellent Teaching, NCSU
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, NCSU

Courses Taught

MA 1800 College Algebra
MA 2140 Precalculus
MA 2200 Finite Mathematics
MA 2250 Math for CS
MA 2400 Introduction to Formal Math
MA 2560 Calculus II
MA 3130 Directed Research in Math
MA 3230 College Geometries
MA 4140 Abstract Algebra
MA 4220 Topics in Math