Michael Ackerman, Ph.D
Professor of Mathematics
Actuarial Science Program Coordinator
BS, Bellarmine University; M.A., University of Louisville; Ph.D., The University of Memphis
Mike Ackerman joined the Mathematics Department in 2001 and served as department chair from 2009 to 2014.
He regularly teaches the courses that support the Actuarial Science major (Probability and Mathematical Statistics I and II, Interest Theory, Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics), Discrete Mathematics, Elementary Statistics, and Mathematics for Liberal Arts. He also regularly teaches non-major courses in the Honors Program. Dr. Ackerman is a Project NExT Fellow.
Graph theory and voting theory are his research interests. He enjoys working with undergraduates on research projects.
Bill Fenton, Ph.D
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Butler University; M.S. and Ph.D., Purdue University
Teaching/research interests: Matroids and oriented matroids, cooperative learning, technology in mathematics education, and classical geometry.
Bill Fenton came to Bellarmine in 1983. He was chair of the Mathematics Department from 1993 to 2009 and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences from 2009 to 2018. Despite his administrative duties, he regularly teaches modern geometry and operations research. Dr. Fenton was the recipient of the 2000 Kentucky-M.A.A. award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. His chief scholarly work has been the development of course materials that take advantage of technology and are conducive to cooperative learning. Most recently, Dr. Fenton is co-author with Sr. Barbara Reynolds from Cardinal Stritch University of the text College Geometry with The Geometer's Sketchpad (John Wiley & Sons Publishing).
Anne Raymond, Ph.D
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Bellarmine University; M.S., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., Indiana University
Anne Raymond has been a member of the Mathematics Department at Bellarmine since 2003.
Teaching interests: Dr. Raymond enjoys teaching a variety of courses for majors including Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Numbers and Proof, Calculus 3 and the capstone course, Readings in Mathematics. Non-majors courses that she teaches regularly are the Foundations of Mathematics I & II courses for students preparing to teach in the elementary and middle schools. She is a co-author of a textbook used for these Foundations courses, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers via Problem Solving, which is in its 3rd edition.
Research interests: Dr. Raymond has graduate degrees in both mathematics and mathematics education. Her early research, most notably appearing in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, focused on beliefs about mathematics and the impact of teachers’ beliefs on their teaching practice. Most of her on-going research addresses mathematics pedagogy from a variety of perspectives including technology in the mathematics classroom and how Theory of Multiple Intelligences informs mathematics pedagogy. Recent scholarly endeavors involve writing mathematics “micro-books” and book chapters for K -12 classroom instruction.
Service interests: Dr. Raymond is active University Faculty Governance. In the community, she regularly serves on the Governor’s Scholars selection committee for the Archdiocese of Louisville.
Susan White, Ph.D , Chair
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., McNeese State University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Louisville
Susan Calcote White is an associate professor of mathematics. She joined Bellarmine in 2011. She teaches a variety of courses for both majors and non-majors. Dr. White particularly enjoys teaching real and complex analysis, combinatorics, and stochastic processes for majors, and statistics courses for non-majors. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of analysis and combinatorics. Her pedagogical interests include incorporating the history of mathematics into mathematics courses and increasing statistical literacy among undergraduates.
Dr. White teaches Honors Freshman Focus regularly and serves on the Bellarmine Honors Council. She has served as a mathematics content expert with the Kentucky Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) with teachers at the elementary and secondary levels, most recently on the “Full STEAM Ahead: Preparing Elementary Teachers to Implement Best-Practices in Integrated STEAM Instruction” project. Dr. White has a B.S. in secondary mathematics education from McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA), and an M.A. in mathematics and Ph.D. in applied and industrial mathematics from the University of Louisville.