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Offering the 34th Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture will be Department of Mathematical Sciences Professor Harris Kwong. The title of his Tuesday, Oct. 5 lecture at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall is, “The Magical World of Graph Labeling.”
Dr. Kwong studies number theory, combinatorics, and graph theory, and has an extensive publication list in internationally-refereed journals. He has been teaching at SUNY Fredonia since 1987 and in 1999 led the creation of the Mathematics Honors Program.
Dr. Kwong’s work appears in many international mathematics journals, and he also contributes frequently to the problems and solutions sections of Mathematics Monthly, Mathematics Magazine, College Journal of Mathematics, and Fibonacci Quarterly.
After finishing high school in Hong Kong, he came to the United States to further his education, earning his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Although he missed his beloved University of Michigan football, he considers the move to Philadelphia the best decision he has made. It was there he met and married his smarter half, Evita. Their daughter Rebecca is a sophomore/junior at the University at Buffalo.
The lecture is named in honor of Dr. Kasling, who taught geography at SUNY Fredonia from 1946 until 1966.
William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award
Also to be recognized at the event will be recipients of the 2010 William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award, Dr. Natasha Farny of the School of Music and Dr. Ingrid Johnston-Robledo of the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Johnston-Robledo, an Associate Professor of psychology, has published numerous articles and book chapters on women's experiences with reproductive health events. Her scholarship is widely cited by scholars from many different fields and has received significant media attention. Her impact on the field of Psychology was recently acknowledged through the prestigious Fellow Award by the American Psychological Association.
The award is named in honor of Distinguished Professor Emeritus William T. Hagan, an eminent scholar specializing in the history of the American Indian who from 1965 until 1988 taught history and was an administrator at SUNY Fredonia.
