Anil B. Venkatesh | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D. Mathematics, Duke University (2015)

B.A. Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania (2009)

B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2009)

Professional Experience

Program Director of Adelphi Summer Institute in Mathematical Epidemiology

VP of Product Development for a commercial video game

Technical consultant in warehouse and inventory management

Recent Courses

Calculus I

Calculus II

Graduate Capstone In The Mathematical Sciences

Introduction To Simulation And Stochastic Models

Mathematics Orientation Seminar

Teaching Philosophy

My approach to teaching has three pillars: authentic applications, active learning, and formative assessment. I reject the theoretical/applied binary, blending abstraction with application whenever possible. I am an experienced practitioner of active learning and structure my lessons around student engagement, peer interaction, and other high impact practices. When I assess my students, I reflect deeply on the purpose of the assessment and prioritize its formative aspects whenever possible.

Research Interests

Applied mathematics with particular interest in problems in music theory. Main techniques include optimization, simulation, and stochastic processes.

Chapters

G. Burgos, A. F. Trillo, A. Venkatesh. "Latino Segregation across New Jersey Counties: Are Latino Groups Becoming More or Less Residentially Segregated During the Last Four Decades?". Latino New Jersey: Histories, Communities and Politics. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Articles

Kirk Weller, Anil Venkatesh & Erin Militzer (2023). Overcoming Barriers to Adjunct Engagement: A Community-First Approach to Professional Development. PRIMUS. DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2167250

A. Venkatesh and V. Sachdev, “Detecting Symmetries of All Cardinalities With Application to Musical 12-Tone Rows”, in Proc. of the 23rd Int. Society for Music Information Retrieval Conf., Bengaluru, India, 2022

Thomas J. Clark & Anil Venkatesh (2021) Flappy Bird in Space: An Impulse Minimization Problem, Mathematics Magazine, 94:2, 99:112, DOI: 10.1080/0025570X.2021.1886807

Anil Venkatesh & Spencer Bagley (2022) Using Primary Sources to Improve Classroom Climate and Promote Shared Responsibility, PRIMUS, 32:4, 533-543, DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2020.1861142

Venkatesh, Anil and Militzer, Erin (2020) “From Creative Idea to Implementation: Borrowing Practices and Problems from Social Science Disciplines,” Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations: Vol. 16: No. 1, Article 14.

Anil Venkatesh & Victor Piercey (2021) Developing Professional Mindset with Mastery Grading, PRIMUS, 31:7, 826-836, DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2020.1750078

Aricca Bannerman, James Emington & Anil Venkatesh (2019): Optimal tuning of multi-rank keyboards, Journal of Mathematics and Music, DOI: 10.1080/17459737.2019.1616120