Faculty Bio

Kimberly Roth

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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Dr. Roth came to Juniata College in 2006, from Wheeling Jesuit University where she was an assistant professor in mathematics. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University in 2002. She earned her B.A. from Oberlin College in 1996, with a major in mathematics with a minor in computer science. She spent the year after graduating from Oberlin studying at the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, a math program in Budapest, Hungary taught in English that can be taken for a semester or a year.

She is involved in several professional organizations. Currently, she is serving as First Vice Chair in the Allegheny Mountain Section of the Mathematics Association of America(MAA) and as Treasurer of the Young Mathematicians Network(YMN). She is a member of the YMN, MAA, the Association for Women in Mathematics, and Kappa Mu Epsilon, a math honor society. In 2002-2003 she was a project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) fellow, and continues to participate in workshops in the local section NExT.

Topics she has taught include calculus, probability and statistics, and how to read, write, and talk about mathematics.

Dr. Roth's current research interests include chaos theory and the behavior of fractals. She has published an article in Complex Dynamics, a book in the Contemporary Mathematics series of the American Mathematical Society. She is teaching a course in chaos and fractals in the fall of 2007.

Besides math, she enjoys gardening, baking, wheel thrown pottery, and singing in the Juniata College Choral Union. Her husband, Luke, is a computer engineer currently working in satellite image analysis. They have toddler twins, Nora and Drew, who keep them busy.