Karl-Dieter Crisman
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Campus Organist
School of Science and Health , Herschend School of Education
- Ph.D. University of Chicago
- M.Mus. Roosevelt University
Bio
Karl-Dieter Crisman's main research interests lie in applications of mathematics to analysis of election procedures. Other interests include connections with music, the abstract world of invariants on hyperplane arrangements, and the 17th century scientist and priest Marin Mersenne. He is passionate about open source software in mathematics, both as a developer and educator with SageMath, and helping others develop open textbooks along the lines of his Number Theory textbook using the open authoring tool PreTeXt.
Dr. Crisman coordinates the Gordon Math Forum (a student-oriented hour of problems, lectures, speakers on career options, and other topics), and was previously a fellow of Gordon College's Center for Faith and Inquiry regarding the interplay between theology and the open source movement. He coordinates the Faculty Forum colloquium series, and previously served as the chair of the Pike Honors program.
Outside of Gordon, Karl-Dieter is a past associate editor for the journal PRIMUS, and on occasion teaches the "Exploratory Maths with Sage" course at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He is the Vice Chair of the local Mathematical Association of America Section, and was awarded the 2024 Northeastern Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching. He will also be the 2025-26 Brabenec Lecturer of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences.
Dissertation: Algebraic Geometry