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Dr. Susan Morey

  • Regents' Professor - Mathematics

Biography and expertise

I received my B.S. in Mathematics with Honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1990 and my Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rutgers University in 1995. After holding a postdoctoral position at the University of Texas at Austin, I became an Assistant Professor at Texas State (then Southwest Texas State University) in 1997. I received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2001 and promotion to Full Professor in 2010. I became Chair of the department in 2015. I have received awards at both the departmental and college level in all three areas of teaching, research, and service.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Mathematics

Rutgers State Univ New Brunswick, 1995

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Mathematics

University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990

Research Interests

  • Morey, Susan (Co-Principal), Dean, Nate (Principal), Shen, Jian (Co-Principal). NREUP Site in Discrete Mathematics, MAA, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $31150. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Morey, Susan (Principal), Keller, Thomas M (Co-Principal). Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Mathematics, NSF, Federal, $36000. (Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Melhuish, Kathleen Mary (Principal), Lew, Kristen Marie (Co-Principal), Sigley, Robert (Other), Morey, Susan (Supporting), Dawkins, Paul Christian (Co-Principal), Bishop, Jessica Lynn (Supporting). Orchestrating Discussions Around Proof, National Science Foundation, Federal, $299847. (Submitted: May 1, 2018, Funded: November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Morey, Susan (Principal), Christensen, Lars (Co-Principal), Fouli, Louiza (Co-Principal), Jorgensen, David (Co-Principal). Southwest Local Algebra Meeting, NSA, Federal, $14925. (Funded: 2015 - 2016). Grant.
  • Morey, Susan, Shen, Jian (Principal). Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Mathematics, NSF, Federal, $210000. (Funded: 2011 - 2012). Grant.
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  • Fouli, L., Ha, T., & Morey, S. (2020). Initially Regular Sequences and Depths of Ideals. Journal of Algebra, 559, 33–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algebra.2020.03.027
  • Faridi, S., Ha, H. T., Hibi, T., & Morey, S. (2026). Scarf Complexes of Graphs and Their Powers. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 223, Paper No. 106191. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta2026/106191
  • Erey, N., Faridi, S., Ha, H. T., Hibi, T., Kara, S., & Morey, S. (2026). Gapfree Graphs and Powers of Edge Ideals with Linear Quotients. Advances in Applied Mathematics, 174, Paper No. 103004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2025.103004
  • Chau, T., Duval, A., Faridi, S., Thiago, H., Morey, S., & Sega, L. (n.d.). Realizing Resolutions of Powers of Extremal Ideals. Combinatorial Theory.
  • Brennan, J., & Morey, S. (2026). Regular Edges, Matchings, and Hilbert Series. Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, 63(1), Paper No. 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10801-025-01495-3
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow, Association for Women in Mathematics. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Everette Swinney Teaching Award. August 26, 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Teaching, Associate/Full Professor Category. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Professor of the Year, Honors College. 2013 - 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Service, Associate/Full Professor Category. 2013
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  1. Member

    Developmental Education Advisory Committee

  2. Member

    Sceintific Committee for the Second International Meeting in Commutative Algebra and its Related Areas (SIMCARA)

  3. Coordinator / Organizer

    Special Session in Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, Congress of the Americas

  4. Other

    College of Science and Engineering

  5. Member

    MAA subcommittee on Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

  6. Editor

    Combinatorial Commutative Algebra

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