Dr. Curtis Bennett, Dean of CNSM
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Part One of our interview with the dean of CNSM, Dr. Curtis Bennett. Here are the questions covered in this part:
Can you please introduce yourself? (name, years at CSULB, classes that you taught, where did you go to school?)
- What exactly does the dean of a college do?
- How long were you a professor before you became the dean of CNSM?
- Why did you choose to study math? What was your math journey like (Was it easy or difficult? In times of difficulty, what made it worth the struggle?)
- Did you ever have a semester that made you consider not being a mathematician?
- Was there anything as an undergraduate that helped you prepare for grad school?
- What do you think makes pure math and applied math different?
- For students going into a math program but unsure which field to go into, what would you say the most important classes for each discipline?
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