Ron Buckmire Editor

Ron Buckmire is Professor of Mathematics at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He holds Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He served for over four years as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has published peer-reviewed work in a wide variety of research areas such as numerical analysis, mathematical modelling, machine learning, and mathematics education.

Jessica M. Libertini received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. She has held faculty positions at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, University of Rhode Island, and Virginia Military Institute. In addition to her academic positions, she spent nearly a decade as an engineer and analyst with General Dynamics, and she served as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Her current work is largely in interdisciplinary education and curricular development