Mathematics
Jeremy Brazas
Contact MathematicsMathematics
Address:
Room 101
25 University Avenue
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2440
Fax: 610-738-0578
Email: Department Chair
Jeremy Brazas
Education
- Ph.D. University of New Hampshire, 2011
- M.S.Ed. Harding University
- B.S. Harding University
Research Interests
- Algebraic Topology
- General Topology
Professional Experience
- August 2017 to Present:
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Tenure-Track), West Chester University - August 2012 - July 2017:
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Georgia State University - August 2011 - July 2012:
Lecturer, University of New Hampshire
Selected Publications
- J, Brazas, H. Fischer, Test map charcaterizations of local properties of fundamental groups, Journal of Topology and Analysis, To Appear (2019).
- J. Brazas, Generalized covering space theories, Theory and Appl. of Categories 30 (2015) 1132-1162
- J. Brazas, Open subgroups of free topological groups, Fundamenta Mathematicae 226 (2014) 17-40
- J. Brazas, The fundamental group as a topological group, Topology Appl. 160 (2013) 170-188
- J. Brazas, Semicoverings: a generalization of covering space theory, Homology Homotopy Appl. 14 (2012) 33-63
- J. Brazas, The topological fundamental group and free topological groups, Topology Appl. 158 (2011) 779-802.
Selected Talks
- Using the Hawaiian earring to detect local properties of fundamental groups
Invited Talk. Arhces Topology Conference. Moab, UT. 9 May 2018.
- Test map characterizations of local properties of fundamental groups
Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference. New Jersey City University. 9 March 2017 - Coreflections and wild fundamental groups
Invited Talk. AMS 2016 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting. Special Session on Topology and Dynamics. University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 6 Mar. 2016 - A characterization of the unique path lifting property for the whisker topology
Invited Talk. 2014 Joint Meeting of the German and Polish Mathematical Societies: Wild Algebraic and Geometric Topology Session. Poznan, Poland. 18 Sept. 2014 - Topological fundamental groups and open subgroup theorems
Invited Talk. Lloyd Roeling Topology Conference: University of Louisiana Lafayette. 8 Nov. 2013 - Semicoverings: a generalization of covering space theory
Invited Talk. AMS 2011 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting: Special Session on Geometric and Algebraic Topology. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 10 Sept. 2011
Grants/Awards
- 2017 Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning Faculty Member
- 2017 Georgia State University Math & Stat Outstanding Teaching Award
- 2019 NSF Conference Grant to organize the 2019 Arches Topology Conference in Springdale, UT