Spencer Dowdall

I am a J.L. Doob Research Assistant Professor of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
My research interests are in geometric topology, mapping class groups, Teichmüller theory, and geometric group theory.

Previously I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, where I received my PhD under the direction of Benson Farb.

Office: Illini Hall, room 238
Office phone: 217-244-9038
E-mail: $my email address$

Papers:

Dilatation versus self-intersection number for point-pushing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms (pdf) (arXiv)
Journal of Topology 4 (2011) no. 4: 942-984. (journal link)
Statistical hyperbolicity in Teichmüller space (pdf) (arXiv)
(with Moon Duchin and Howard Masur )
Spheres in the curve complex (pdf) (arXiv)
(with Moon Duchin and Howard Masur )

Teaching:
Fall 2011: Math 402 section C13: Non-Euclidean Geometry
      Class meets MWF 10:00–10:50 in Altgeld Hall 141
      Students should access the course webpage through the university's CITESwiki system.
      Course Syllabus

Past teaching (at the University of Chicago):
Autumn 2010: Math 112 (Studies in Mathematics), section 40
Winter 2010: Math 153 (Calculus 3), section 24
Autumn 2009: Math 152 (Calculus 2), section 24
Spring 2009: Math 133 (Calculus 3), section 22
Winter 2009: Math 132 (Calculus 2), section 22
Autumn 2008: Math 131 (Calculus 1), section 22