Class Photos

 

I try to make photos of each class I teach. The first class I taught was Trigonometry, as a 21-year-old graduate student at Iowa State University, fall semester 1986 (for a complete list of classes I’ve taught, see my cv). Below, you will find photos of my classes, beginning with the spring semester, 2003, when I bought my first digital camera. I did make photos of my classes prior to 2003 (beginning in the spring of 1992, when I was finishing graduate school), but with a film camera, the results of which are scattered about my office and home, in dusty boxes and folders piled away in closets and file cabinets. I’ve (slowly!) begun to sort through this detritus (see the fruits of this labor at the bottom of the page). Maybe I’ll eventually have time to sort through the rest. . . Maybe not.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2003 (Wabash)

 

M112, Calculus II, First view.

M332, Abstract Algebra II, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2003 (Wabash)

 

M223, Linear Algebra, first view, second view.

M331, Abstract Algebra I, first view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2004 (Wabash)

 

M109, Finite Mathematics, first view, second view, (derelict student who missed original photo), third view, (derelict student who missed original photo).

 

 

Fall Semester, 2004 (Wabash)

 

M111, Calculus I, first view, second view.

M333, Real Variables I, first view, second view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2005 (Wabash)

 

M112, Calculus II, first view, second view.

M400, Senior Seminar, first view, second view, third view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2005 (Wabash)

 

M223, Linear Algebra, first view, second view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2006 (Wabash)

 

M112, Calculus II, first view, second view.

M400, Senior Seminar, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2006 (Wabash)

 

M111, Calculus I, first view, second view.

M223, Linear Algebra, first view, second view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2007 (Wabash)

 

M112, Calculus II, first view, second view.

M331, Abstract Algebra I, first view, second view.

M400, Senior Seminar, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2007 (Wabash)

 

On sabbatical.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2008 (Wabash)

 

On sabbatical.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2008 (Wabash)

 

M111, Calculus I, first view, second view.

M223, Linear Algebra, first view, second view.

Ed402, Special Methods in the Teaching of Mathematics, first view, second view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 2009 (Wabash)

 

M221, Geometry, first view, second view.

M344, Complex Analysis, first view, second view.

M400, Senior Seminar, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2009 (NMU)

 

MA163, Calculus II, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2010 (NMU)

 

MA106, Trigonometry, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2010 (NMU)

 

MA312, Abstract Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2011 (NMU)

 

MA211, Linear Algebra, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2011 (NMU)

 

MA312, Abstract Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2012 (NMU)

 

MA363, Advanced Calculus I, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2012 (NMU)

 

MA312, Abstract Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2013 (NMU)

 

I did not teach this semester.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2013 (NMU)

 

MA312, Abstract Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2014 (NMU)

 

MA412, Abstract Algebra II, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2014 (NMU)

 

MA211, Linear Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2015 (NMU)

 

MA363, Real Analysis I, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2015 (NMU)

 

MA211, Linear Algebra I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2016 (NMU)

 

MA483, Number Theory, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2016 (NMU)

 

MA363, Real Analysis I, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2017 (NMU)

 

MA163, Calculus II, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2017 (NMU)

 

MA340, Combinatorics, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2018 (NMU)

 

MA310, Mathematical Modeling, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2018 (NMU)

 

MA483, Number Theory, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2019 (NMU)

 

MA310, Mathematical Modeling, first view, second view, third view (with me).

 

 

Fall Semester, 2019 (NMU)

 

MA521, Topics in Algebra: Group Theory, first view, second view.

 

 

Winter Semester, 2020 (NMU)

 

MA363, Real Analysis I, first view, second view (that remarkable first semester of the pandemic, hence, online).

 

 

Fall Semester, 2020 (NMU)

 

MA481, Boolean Algebras, first view, second view (as the pandemic raged on, we were forced online for the final few days of the semester, allowing me to photograph at least one student who missed photo day (previous two photos): third view, fourth view).

 

 

Winter Semester, 2021 (NMU)

 

MA521, Topics in Algebra: Ring Theory, first view, second view (still masked up, three semesters in); and here are two shots of a student (and a unicorn) who missed photo day (attendance customs change during a time of plague, let the record show): third view, fourth view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2021 (NMU)

 

MA511, Advanced Linear Algebra, first view, second view (still masked up, four semesters in).

 

 

Winter Semester, 2022 (NMU)

 

MA521, Topics in Algebra: Group Theory, first view, second view; two photos at the vanguard of both disturbing and fascinating.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2022 (NMU)

 

MA363, Real Analysis I, first view, second view; bonus shot: Analysis Students Gone Wild!

 

 

Winter Semester, 2023 (NMU)

 

MA516, Topology, first view, second view.

 

 

Fall Semester, 2023 (NMU)

 

MA521, Ring theory, first view, second view.

 

 

 

 

My class photos in what follows were made on film cameras and then converted to jpg files. So the quality of the images is poor. I’ve only just begun to organize and convert these photos to jpg format, hence, the list below is short.

 

 

Spring Semester, 1993 (St. Mary’s College of CA)

 

M7, Linear Algebra, first view.

 

 

Spring Semester, 1992 (Iowa State)

 

M165, Calculus II, first view, second view.