Michelle Ghrist, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Michelle Ghrist, Ph.D.

Contact Information

  • Monday/Friday 3:30-4:50pm; Thursday 2-3:20pm  (and by appt.)                            

                + (Math Learning Center: BCISE 218) Tuesday 3:35-4:40pm





  • (509) 313-3849

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, 海角论坛 of Colorado (Boulder)

M.S. Applied Mathematics, 海角论坛 of Colorado (Boulder)

B.S. Physics, 海角论坛 of Toledo (Ohio)

B.S. Mathematics, 海角论坛 of Toledo (Ohio)

Courses Taught

MATH 258 Calculus-Analytic Geometry II

MATH 259 Calculus-Analytic Geometry III

MATH 260 Ordinary Differential Equations

MATH 350 Elementary Numerical Analysis

MATH 454 Partial Differential Equations

MATH 462 Nonlinear Systems and Chaos

MATH 496 Comprehensive - Applied Mathematics

Numerical analysis of differential equations (focused on finite difference and multistep methods)

Mathematical modeling: mathematical biology, wave equations, imaging, fluid flow, solitons

Scholarship of teaching and learning (alternative assessments, curricular issues, placement, incorporating and designing technological tools)

Humanistic mathematics (connecting mathematics and the humanities)