Professor James V. Rauff holds a Ph.D in linguistics (specialty: machine
translation) from Northwestern University,
an M.A. in mathematics (specialty: logic ) from the University of Wyoming, an M.A. in
anthropology (specialty: Maya epigraphy) from Loyola
University -Chicago, and a B.A. in mathematics from Albion College. (See Dr. Rauff's mathematical family tree)
He has been teaching mathematics and
computer science at Millikin since 1988 where he holds the position of
Professor of Mathematics. Dr. Rauff was the Chair of the Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science from 2003 to 2006. He regularly teaches
Discrete Mathematics, Theory of Computation, History of Mathematics,
Linear Algebra, Calculus, and an Honors Seminar on Infinity.
He has also taught differential equations, abstract algebra, logic, cultural
anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence.
Professor Rauff served as Director of the Writing in the Disciplines
Program from 1991-93. He also served as the mathematics instructor in the
Building New Bridges Program(1996-2001). In 1990, he was awarded the
Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Teacher Award. In 1999, he gave the Distinguished Faculty Lecture at Millikin's
Honors Convocation. In 2003, he was honored as the James Millikin Scholars'
Educator of the Year. In 2008, he received a Research and
Artistic Achievement Award. In 2010, he received the Teaching Excellence and
Campus Leadership Award.
Dr. Rauff has served on several University committees including the Honors
Committee, the Council on Faculty, the Council on Global Issues and the
Advisory Committee on Teacher Education Programs. He is the faculty
advisor to Pi Mu Epsilon and to Amnesty International.
Professor
Rauff is a member of several professional organizations. These include the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
ACM-SIGACT , the Société Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie
des Mathématiques , the North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics,
the Association for Mathematics of
Language, and the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. He is a Fellow of The Royal Anthropological Institute. He was the Chair of the
Division of Science, Mathematics & Technology Education of the Illinois State Academy of
Sciences from 1992-1994.
Dr. Rauff is a referee and book review editor for Mathematics and Computer Education ,
a book reviewer and referee for The
Mathematics Teacher and the American
Mathematical Monthly, and a book reviewer for SIGACT News. He also
reviewed materials for the NSF-funded TE-MAT project.
He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the American Mathematical Competitions.
Professor Rauff has
published many articles and reviews in linguistics, ethnomathematics, computer
science, mathematics, and education. He is interested in a variety of topics
involving language, mathematics and culture. You can look at list of his
publications by clicking here. A
list of some of his speaking engagements can be seen by clicking here.