Courtney Gibbons

Courtney Gibbons received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she studied homological properties of modules over quadratic algebras. In academic year 2023-24, she was a science policy fellow at the National Science Foundation, and in academic year 2022-23, she was a science policy fellow in the United States Senate. In both roles, she brought her mathematical expertise to AI policy.

Her mathematical work appears in the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, the Journal of Commutative Algebra, the Journal of Symbolic Computation, and others. While at Hamilton, Gibbons has developed a research program involving undergraduates in her work in commutative algebra. She codes for Macaulay 2, an open-source algebra software package, and authors mathematics resources in PreTeXt, a highly flexible and accessible markup language for open-source works.

Gibbons currently serves as an expert in the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems.

Recent Courses Taught

Calculus I
Calculus II
Linear Algebra
Modern Algebra
Number Theory
Mathematics in Social Context

Research Interests

Gibbons works on problems commutative algebra involving free resolutions of modules over graded rings and factorization in monoids. She also works on science policy with an emphasis on information policy.

Distinctions

• 2023-2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science Executive Branch Science and Technology Policy Fellow (National Science Foundation, Directorate for Computer and Information and Science and Engineering, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems)
• 2022-2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science Legislative Branch Science and Technology Policy Fellow (U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Majority Staff, Chairman Gary C. Peters)
• John R. Hatch Class of 1925 Excellence in Teaching Award, 2015
• Project NExT Fellow, Academic Year 2013-14
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant U. of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011
• Emeritus Faculty Fellow U. of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2010
• Graduate fellowship U. of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2009
• Outstanding qualifying exams U. of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2008
• Florian Cajori Prize in Mathematics Colorado College, 2006

Recent Publications

• Baeth, N., Bell, T., Gibbons, C., & Striuli, J. (2022). DIVISOR SEQUENCES OF ATOMS IN KRULL MONOIDS. Journal of Commutative Algebra, 14(1), 1-17.
• Bondi, C., Gibbons, C., Ke, Y., Martin, S., Pothagoni, S., & Stelzer, A. (2021). A Hypergraph Characterization of Nearly Complete Intersections. Association for Women in Mathematics Series, 29, 95-110.
• Gibbons, C., Jorgensen, D., & Striuli, J. (2021). L-dimension for modules over a local ring. Contemporary Mathematics, 773, 83-92.
• Gibbons, C., Huben, R., & Stone, B. (2019). Recursive strategy for decomposing Betti tables of complete intersections. International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 29(7), 1165-1191.

More Publications

College Service

Data Science Program Committee
Committee on Academic Policy (chair academic year 2021-2022)
Faculty Parliamentarian
Writing Advisory Committee
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Advisory Committee
Association for Women in Mathematics Student Chapter Faculty Advisor
Honor Court
Phi Beta Kappa
Vegan Club faculty advisor

Professional Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of University Professors
American Mathematical Society
Association for Women in Mathematics
Mathematics Association of America
National Association of Mathematicians
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Phi Beta Kappa

Appointed to the Faculty

2013

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln
M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln
B.A., Colorado College

Personal Interests

Rock climbing, reading, crocheting