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Preston Nichols, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, teaches a variety of courses in mathematics at Wittenberg.  He is interested in exploring the role of nonverbal visual information (including models and computer graphics) in mathematical problem-solving.  He has attended short courses, workshops, and seminars on geometric analysis, wavelets, and mathematical logic, and on the teaching of linear algebra and multivariable calculus. He has previously taught mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University and at Allegheny College.  While at Carnegie Mellon, he redesigned a course for non-technical majors as an incarnation of Geometry and the Imagination, a course which originated at Princeton and at the Geometry Center.  He is working on research in differential geometry, especially on problems related to energy minimizing tangent maps.  Dr. Nichols received his B.A. degree in mathematics from Cornell College, and his Ph.D. in mathematics at the School of Mathematics of the University of Minnesota.