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Shanna Dobson

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Humanities and Sciences
calstatela.edu/faculty/shanna-dobson

Biography

Shanna completed her PhD in Mathematics (Summa cum Laude) at the University of California, Riverside. Dobson's doctoral advisor is Dr. Michel L. Lapidus, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside. 

Dobson is the Chair of the Faculty Council and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at ArtCenter College of Design.

Dobson is also an NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Research Fellow, UCR Chancellor Distinguished Fellow, Campbell Dissertation Scholar, Caltech SURF Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study Women and Mathematics Ambassador, Associate Member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, USC CUE & CETL Faculty Equity Fellow, and Mellon Foundation grantee. Dobson is the Past Section Chair of the Southern California-Nevada Section of the Mathematical Association of America.

Dobson's research interests are: Arithmetic Geometry and Topos Theory.

Dobson is the Editor of the Springer-Volume: Women in MathArt: Research, Creativity, and Teaching (AWMS, Volume 34). (2024). Springer.

Classes

  • HSCI-273-01: Quantum Weirdness & Cosmology
  • HSCI-272-01: Designing a Time Machine
  • HSCI-273-02: Quantum Weirdness & Cosmology