Mathematics Department

Rowan Lindley
Professor, Mathematics

Contact Information:
Office Phone: 914-606-8584
Fax: 914-606-6545
Email: Rowan.Lindley@sunywcc.edu

Office Location:
Technology Building
Room 143-B (at back of classroom)

Office Hours:
Please call 914-606-8584

Courses Taught:
Beginning Algebra
Analytic Trigonometry
Contemporary Mathematics
Development of Mathematical Thought
College Algebra with Trigonometry
Finite Mathematics & Precalculus for Business
Precalculus
Calculus 1
Calculus 2

Education:
BA (1972), MA (1975) in Mathematics, Oxford University, U.K.
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (1973), Cambridge University, U.K.
MS (1989) in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, MD.
Cisco Certified Network Associate, 2005

Background Information:
I was born and grew up in Britain. After teaching mathematics at a secondary school in Manchester, England, I went to Kenya where I taught at a girls' high school in Nairobi, and then at a boys' high school on the island of Lamu in the Indian Ocean. My two children were born in Kenya and our family continues to be very interested in Africa in general and Kenya in particular. I came to the United States in 1982. I was teaching mathematics in Maryland when a colleague persuaded me to take a computer programming course, and I found I loved computer science as much as mathematics. I started teaching at Westchester Community College in 1991. My particular interests within the discipline are improving our pedagogy and other techniques to enable more students to discover how interesting and fun the study of mathematics is. I am particularly interested in attracting more women and underrepresented minorities into mathematics and computer science, hoping that they will find it as fascinating and enjoyable as I do. I love teaching at this community college with its population that is so diverse in every way. Other activities that I enjoy are politics, needlework, gardening and reading novels.