CURRICULUM VITAE

CURTIS CLARK
3195 Christian Springs Drive, Lithonia, GA  30038
      Work: (404)681-2800 ext. 2454     FAX:  (404) 589-1661
E-mail:  cuclark@morehouse.edu

Personal Data:  Married, two children 

Education:   Ph. D. in mathematics, The University of Michigan, 1984
                         (Major area:  Graph Theory,  Minor area:  Algebraic Topology) 
                         M. S. in mathematics, The University of Chicago, 1972
                         B. S. in mathematics (minor: physics), Morehouse College, 1970

 Research Interest:  Graph achievement and avoidance games and their applications.

 Experience: 
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College, 1990-present.  Teach undergraduate courses.  Also, taught in Pre-freshman Summer Programs, 1991, 1993-97,1999, 2000. 
Visiting Associate Professor (part-time), Spelman College, 1991-1997.  Taught courses in calculus, linear algebra and foundations of mathematics.  Also taught calculus in Heath  Careers Summer Program, 1993-1997 &1999.
Adjunct Professor (part-time), Clark Atlanta University, Spring, 1994 – Fall, 1996.  Taught undergraduate/graduate courses (including operations research, Spring, 1994)
Assistant Professor  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Georgia State University, 1986 - 1990.  Taught undergraduate courses, including  calculus, discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and undergraduate/graduate course in operations research.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of   Mathematics and Computer Science, Georgia State University, 1985-1986.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University.  Taught courses in calculus and linear algebra, 1984-1985.
Coordinator,   Summer Programs, Minority Engineering Program Office (MEPO), College of Engineering, The University of Michigan.  Administrator of summer programs which included the pre-freshman Professionals-in-Training Program (PTP) and the Engineering Industrial Support Program (EISP) Summer Academic Program for high school seniors.  Responsible for student recruitment, and for recruitment and hiring of instructors, component coordinators and student assistants.  Jan. '83 - Aug. '84.
Coordinator, Engineering Learning Resource Center.  Responsible for orientation, training and supervising of the tutoring staff of 6-8 students.  Fall 1982 - August 1984.
Mathematics tutor/counselor,  MEPO, Engineering Learning Resource Center, The University of Michigan.  Tutor engineering students in all levels of mathematics, and counsel students regarding mathematics course selections.  Spring 1974 - August 1984.
Coordinator,  PTP, MEPO, The University of Michigan, May 1980 - December 1982.  Coordinated mathematical skills portion of the program.
Instructor, EISP Summer Academic Program, MEPO, The University of Michigan,  Summer, 1978 - 1981.  Designed and taught mathematical skills course.
Research Assistant,   Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.   Assisted in Computer Technology Department.  February 1979 - September 1979.
Instructor, Summer Bridge Program, Coalition for the use of Learning Skills, The University of Michigan.  Taught two elementary algebra courses, 1976.
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Lawrence University, Appleton, WIS., 1972-1973.  Taught courses in calculus and linear algebra.
Instructor, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL.  Taught course in finite mathematics.    Summer 1974.
Instructor, Summer Pre-College Program, The University of Chicago.  Coordinated the mathematics section and taught a course in college algebra and trigonometry, 1973.
Tutor/counselor,   Summer Pre-College Program, The University of Chicago.  Tutored and counseled students in college algebra and trigonometry section, 1971 and 1972.
Student Instructor, Morehouse College, Spring, 1970.  Taught a course in college algebra.

Presentations
1.      “How to pass calculus” Seminars, AMOCO Enhanced Engineering at Morehouse, Summer, 1999 & 2000.
2.      “Abstract mathematics as a problem-solving tool,”   Inspiring Careers in Engineering, Mathematics, and 
       Science Seminar, March 30, 2000.
3.       “On constructing minimal ultimately economical supergraphs,” Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid Lecture,   
       NAM 2000 Regional Faculty Conference on Research and Teaching, March 17, 2000.
4.   “On minimal ultimately economical supergraphs,” invited speaker,   Beautiful graph  
       theory session, American Mathematics Society annual meeting, Washington, D.C., 
       Jan. 19, 2000.
5.       “An introduction to graph achievement games,” Center of Excellence/AMOCO 
         Enhance Engineering  Summer Programs, Morehouse  College, Atlanta, GA, July 8, 1999.
6.      “On achieving channels in a bipolar communication game,” Mathematics Colloquium,  Morehouse College, 
      November 14, 1997.
7.       "Graph Theory Applications:  achieving channels in a bipolar game", Clark Atlanta University,              
       Department of Mathematical Sciences, Colloquium Series Surveying the Mathematical Sciences, October 
       21, 1996.
8.      "On achieving channels in a bipolar game", invited speaker, Second Conference for African-American  
       Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences,  The Center for Discrete Math and Theoretical Computer 
       Science, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, June 28, 1996.
9.      "On achieving channels in a bipolar communication game", contributed paper, AMS
       session on  Combinatorics and Graph Theory, American Mathematical Society, 
       Orlando Meeting,, Jan. 10, 1996.
10.  "On achieving channels in a bipolar communication game",  Mathematics Colloquium, Morehouse  College, 
       November 10, 1995.
11.  "On ultimately economical graphs", Spelman Roundtable Presentation, Spring 1994.
12.   "On economical and spannable forests",  contributed paper, AMS session on Graph 
       Theory, American Mathematical Society, Atlanta, Meeting, January, 1988.
13.  "Introduction to Graph Achievement Games,"  Eminent Scholar Presentation,                                  
        Department of Mathematics, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, April 3, 1987.
14.     "Introduction to ultimately economical graphs," Department of Mathematics and 
        Kappa Mu Epsilon  Mathematics Honor Society Annual Banquet, Virginia State
        Univ., Petersburg,  VA, Apr. 3, 1987.
15.  "On Ultimately Economical Graphs," Spring Science Seminars, Florida A & M                             
        University, Tallahassee, FL, March 27, 1987.
16.   "Some families of ultimately economical graphs," William W. S. Claytor Session of
         Invited  Presentations, National Association of Mathematicians, Annual Meeting,
         San  Antonio, TX, Jan. 24, 1987.
17.   "On ultimately economical graphs," 250th Conference on Graph Theory, Indiana 
       University-Purdue  University at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IND, March 15, 1986.
18.  "On ultimately economical graphs," Colloquium presentation at Georgia State Univ., May 8, 1985.
19.   "Ultimately economical graphs," two seminars, Emory University, Nov. 7 &14, 1984.

  Supervised Student Research
1.  “Variations of the bipolar achievement games,” Center of Excellence Scholars:  John Thomas and Javier 
     Smith, Fall 1998-Spring, 2000.
2.     “Constructing ultimately economical graphs,” Sekou Remy and Brian Williams, Spring 1997 - Fall, 1997. 
     Remy won a regional competition for a poster presentation on this topic.
3      "On achieving channels in a two-to-one (n,2,r)-bipolar game", Derrick Gauthier,   Dansby Scholar, Fall, 
     1995 - 1999. 
4.    "On constructing minimal ultimately economical supergraphs",  Michael Liddell, McNair Scholar, Summer, 
     1996.
5.    "On achieving channels in a one-to-one  (n,2,r)-bipolar game", Robert Lezama,  McNair Scholar,  Summer 
     1994.
6.   "On constructing triangular ultimately economical graphs,"  Kimberly Rice,     Senior
       research paper, Spelman College, academic year 1993-1994.

Honors 
1.       Certificate of Recognition, Analysis I instructor,  Packard Scholars Prefreshman Summer Program, July, 2000.
2.       Who's Who Among America's Teachers:  The Best Teachers in America Selected by the Best Students,   Educational Communications, Inc., 3rd edition ,1994, 4th edition 1996,  5th edition, 1998, and 6th edition, 2000. 
3.       National Association of Mathematicians’ Award of Appreciation, NAM’s 2000 Faculty Conference, Huntsville, AL, March 17, 2000. 
4.       Certificate of Excellence for participation in the Student Science Presentations and Mathematics Quiz Bowl,  ICEMS, Morehouse College, April 29, 2000.
5.       Granted tenure as an Associate Professor of Mathematics, Spring, 1997.
6.       Awarded one of three 3-hour release time for research  Spring semester, 1995 based on a competitive proposal submitted to the Faculty Research Committee, Morehouse  College in December, 1994.
7.       Certificate of appreciation, judge in the NAACP ACT-SO competition, Spring, 1995.
8.       Award for ten years outstanding service to the Minority Engineering Program Office,  The University  of  Michigan, August 1984.
9.      Award for over eight years of outstanding service to The Bible Church, Ypsilanti, MI, August 1984.
10.   Merit Award for seven years of volunteer service with the Washtenaw County Social          Services  Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984.
11.  Award of Appreciation from the Society of Minority Engineering Students, 1979.
12.   Award for outstanding service, Community Recreational Program,  The University of        Chicago, 1972.
13.  Presbyterian Graduate Fellowship, The University of Chicago, 1970.
14.   Phi Beta Kappa, Morehouse College, 1970.
15.      Woodrow Wilson Designate, Morehouse College, 1970.
16.  Howard Thurman Fellowship, Morehouse College, 1968.

 Grants
1.        Wallerstein Faculty Research Grant from Morehouse College, 1997 - 1998.
2.        Co-principal Investigator, "The Atlanta Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities", subcontract of  $19,855 (first year) to Georgia State University from total grant of $720,000 (five years) to Clark  Atlanta University, NSF, August 1988.

 Publications
1.       "On Achieving Channels in a Bipolar Game", African Americans in the Mathematics, DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, AMS, Volume 34, 1997, pp. 23-27, Nathaniel Dean, editor.
2.       Clark, C., F. Harary and T. Storer, Ultimately Economical Graphs. Congressus  Numerantium, 64   (1988), pp. 81 - 88.
3.       An approach to Graph Achievement Games:  Ultimately Economical Graphs, Doctoral Thesis, The  University of Michigan, 1984.
4.       MEPO Engineering Learning Resource Center Tutor Manual, Univ. of Mich.,1984.
5.       Professional-in-Training Program Report, 1981, ( with A. Monterio, D. Scott and A. Hedjmadi) MEPO, The University of Michigan, 1982.

Scholarly Service

     Refereed “Finite Sums and Products in Ramsey Theory” (#1517) by Elaine Terry for publication in  
     African-Americans in Mathematics II , Fall, 1999.

College Service
1.   Member, Ad hoc Elections Commission,  elected Spring 2000.
2.       Chair, Board of Appeals, Spring 1999 – present.
3.       Vice President, Delta Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, 1998- present.
4.       Member, Board of Appeals 1997 – 2001.
5.        Mentor, Center of Excellence Scholars, 1996-2000 & Pipeline Program, 1996 – 1999.
6.       Member, Steering Committee for Morehouse Leadership Center, 1996 – 1999.  
7.       Mentor,  Dansby Scholar, 1994 - 1999 .
8.       College computer certification,  Spring, 1998.
9.       Member,  Educational Support Services Committee for College Self-Study, 1995-1998.
10.      Mentor,  McNair Scholars, Summers, 1994 -1997.
11.      Faculty Consultant/Tutor, CASE and FIPSE programs, Spring, 1998.
12.      Faculty Consultant, TRIO Program, Spring, 1998.
13.     Advisor for student organization, God's Anointed New Generation, 1995 - 1997.
14.     Freshman Mentor, 1991-1992, 1993 - 1996.
15.    Faculty Mentor, Black Freshman Network, Georgia State University, 1988-1989.

 Departmental Service
1.      Chair, Colloquium Committee, 1999-Present.
2.      Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1997- Present .
3.      Chair,  Committee to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics, 1996 - 1999.
4.      Coordinator, Precalculus I, 1993-1995, College Algebra, 1995 - 1998.
5.      Honors Program Committee, 1992 - Present.
6.      Advisor for Mathematics Majors, 1993 -Present.
7.      Member of  Records Committee, 1995 -1998 .
8.      Chairman, Library Committee, Morehouse, 1991 - 1992
9.      Member of the Executive Committee, Colloquium Committee, and Mathematics                                         
Tournament Committee, Georgia State University, 1989 - 1990.

Community Service
1.      Guest Speaker, National Beta Club Induction Ceremonies, Green Pastures Christian Ministries, Decatur, Georgia, December 10, 1999.  Topic:  “Leadership.”
2.    Judge for Science Fair, Mays High School, Jan. 11, 1998.
3.    Judge of oral presentations of research in Math and Computer Science, Spelman                                    
  Science Day, March, 1996.
4.    Judge for mathematics, NAACP ACT-SO Competition, Apr. ‘94, and Apr. ‘95.

Professional Organizations 

      American Mathematical Society

      Mathematical Association of  America,  

       National Association of Mathematicians

       National Collegiate Honors Council

        Southern Regional Honors Council

 Extracurricular Activities

      Founder and Pastor of  The Power of God Church, Inc.

      Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity    

      Member, Morehouse College National Alumni Association

August,  2000
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