Curriculum Vitae of Thomas F. Banchoff
Education:
University of Notre Dame, B.A. 1960 (mathematics)
University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1964 (mathematics)
Teaching Experience:
- Benjamin Peirce Instructor, Harvard, 1964-6;
- Research Associate, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1966-7;
- Brown University: Asst. Prof. 1967, Assoc. Prof. 1970, Professor 1973-2014
- G. Leonard Baker Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Yale, Fall 1998
- Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2001
- Visiting Professor, UCLA, Winter 2002
- Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Mathematics Department and College of Education, Spring 2006
- Visiting Professor Stanford University, Winter Quarter 2010
- Visiting Professor at Technical University of Berlin, Summer 2012
- Visiting Professor Sewanee, the University of the South, Spring 2015
- Visiting Professor Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2015
- Visiting Professor Baylor University, Spring, 2016
- Paul Halmos Visiting Professor, Santa Clara University, Spring 2018
Honorary Degrees and Recognitions:
- Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Year 1998, Brown University
- Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Fairfield University, 1998
- Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Rhode Island College, 2001
- Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence, 2005-2008
- Professor Emeritus, Brown University, 2014-
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
Teaching Awards:
- Danforth (1960) and Woodrow Wilson (1959) Fellowships;
- Senior Teaching Citation, 1976 (chosen by the Brown senior class);
- Lester Ford Award 1978 (for outstanding expository writing);
- Joseph Priestley Medallion, Dickinson College 1987 (science award)
- Bray Award for Teaching Excellence in Sciences, Brown 1993 (faculty);
- Mathematical Association of America Northeastern Section Award 1995;
- MAA National Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics 1996 (one of three awarded annually).
- Pew Scholar, Carnegie Foundation Teaching Academy, 1999
- Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Foundation, 1999-2000
- NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholar, 2004
- Karen Romer Award for Advising and Mentoring, Brown, 2008
- Center for Information Services Award for Technology in Education, Brown, 2008
Service:
- Assoc. Editorships:
- Mathematics Magazine 1978-81,
- Amer. Math. Monthly 1982-85,
- Geometriae Dedicata 1986-95,
- Communications in Visual Mathematics, 1996-2002;
- Acting Dean of Student Affairs, Brown, 1970-71;
- Chair, Joint AMS-MAA Committee on Archives, 2018-2022
- Board Memberships:
- Society for Values in Higher Education,
- Common Cause of RI, 1993
- Mathematical Association of America, President, 1999-2000