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Jill Mastrocola

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Messina College

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Jill Mastrocola

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-6015

Email: jill.mastrocola@bc.edu

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Education

  • B.S., Fairfield University
  • Ph.D., Brandeis University

Profile

I am an assistant professor of the practice of mathematics at Boston College’s new Messina College. In fall 2024, I will be teaching Functions and Differential Calculus I and Principles of Statistics for Life and Social Sciences.Ìý

I earned my PhD from Brandeis University in 2024, advised by Ruth Charney. My research area is geometric group theory, and I primarily study Artin groups. In particular I am interested in the nonpositive curvature of the Deligne and Artin complexes, and questions about parabolic subgroups of Artin groups.Ìý

Awards & Publications

SELECTED APPOINTMENTS AND AWARDS

Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Assistant Award (2023) 

Brandeis Department of Mathematics Teaching Award (2021-2022) 

Exceptional Department Service: Hybrid Learning Transition Award (2021) 

PUBLICATIONS

Jill Mastrocola. Negative curvature in locally reducible Artin groups. arXiv preprint. .Ìý

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

STEM Posse Mentor, Brandeis University (2021-2024) 

Directed Reading Program Mentor, Brandeis University (2023) 

Galaxy Program Mentor, Brandeis University (2020-2021) 

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