Kathleen Grace Kennedy


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Grace in Madrid
This is me in 2007 in the Botanical Gardens in Madrid.

Graduate Student
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Office: South Hall 6432C
Email: kgracekennedy@math.ucsb.edu

Education:
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN
BS in Mathematics and French Literature

Université de Picardie
Amiens, France
Masters (M1, M2) in Algebra, Number Theory and Applications

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Masters in Mathematics
PhD Candidate and seeking the Certificate in College Undergraduate Teaching (CCUT)

Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales
January 2011 - May 2011
Marie Curie Early Stage Research Internship in Non Commutative Geometry

Mathematical Interests and Research: My initial interest started with the braid group and has grown to include other areas of geometric group theory and algebraic topology such as Coxeter Groups, Hecke Algebras, and Temperley-Lieb algebras. While in Amiens, Dr. Digne directed my Masters 1 and 2 papers in these topics.

Here is my Masters 1 paper on Sergiescu's 1993 paper on presentations of the braid group: M1 Paper.
Here is my Masters 2 paper on Tammo tom Dieck's 1998 paper on Temperley-Lieb algebras associated to the root system D: M2 Paper.

More recently, I have been interested in planar algebras. Specifically, I have been working on a multivariable version of a method of calculating the Multivariable Alexander Polynomial of a knot or link by sending knots and links into a specific planar algebra. This has the advantage of generalizing to a multivariable tangle invariant.

Published papers and a Preprint:

I also co-organize the Hypatian Seminar with several other graduate students in the department.

Conference's I've attended and Talks I have given :

Teaching Experience and Current Courses

Private Tutoring: I also offer private tutoring services. Please contact me via email if you are interested (kgracekennedy@math.ucsb.edu).

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