Jill Van Newenhizen
Associate Professor
Mathematics and Computer Science

Phone 847-735-5157
E-mail vannewen@lakeforest.edu

Specialization
Social Choice Theory, Voting Methods and Paradoxes

Interests
The History of Mathematics (In particular, Classic Greek Mathematics; Euclid)
Preparing High School Mathematics Teachers
Mathematics for non-science majors
Art history before 1950
Opera
Classical Music

Education
Ph.D., Northwestern University
M.S., Northwestern University
B.A., Lake Forest College

Classes Taught
FIYS 109 Euclid’s Elements Book I
MATH 103 The Nature of Mathematics
MATH 110 Calculus I
MATH 111 Calculus II
MATH 230 Introduction to Abstract and Discrete Mathematics
MATH 329 Number Theory
MATH 499 Great Theorems in Mathematics

Publications
The Geometric Investigation of Voting Techniques: A Comparison of Approval Voting, Positional Voting Techniques and the Borda Count. Doctoral Dissertation, Northwestern University, 1988.

The Problem of Indeterminacy in Approval, Multiple, and Truncated Voting Systems (with Don Saari). Public Choice, 59 (1988) 101-120.

Is Approval Voting an “unmitigated Evil?”, A response to Brams, Fishburn, and Merritt (with Don Saari). Public Choice, 59 (1988) 133-147.

The Borda Count is Most Likely to Respect the Condorcet Principle. Economic Theory, 2 (1992) 69-83.

Van Newenhizen, Jill. “Voting and Apportionment.” Chap. 15 in Mathematical Ideas. Boston: Addison Wesley, 2001 ISBN 0-321-07602-8.

Talks Given
“Some Probabilistic Results in Voting Theory,” Universita’ Degli Studi Di Roma “La Sapienza,” Dipartimento Di Statistics, Probabilita’ E Statistiche Applicate,  Rome, 1990.

“The Borda Method is Most Likely to Respect the Condorcet Principle,” Public Choice Society Meeting, New Orleans 1991.

“The Borda Count Minimizes the Probability that an Anti-Majority Candidate Outranks a Condorcet Candidate,” Public Choice Society Meeting, New Orleans 1992.

“Making Learning Accessible: Taking It to the Dorms,” Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference on Learning and Teaching, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, 1992.

“The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Apportionment,” Lake Forest College Faculty Discussion Group, Lake Forest, 2000.

“Euclid’s Elements and Burnham’s Plan of Chicago,” Lake Forest College Faculty Discussion Group, Lake Forest, 2007.

“Euclid’s Elements and Burnham’s Plan of Chicago,” Lake Forest College Mathematical Awareness Month Colloquium, Lake Forest, 2007.

“Euclid’s Elements and Burnham’s Plan of Chicago,” Hyde Park Historical Society’s Burnham and the 1909 Plan of Chicago Study Group, American Institute of Architects Chicago, 2007.

Honors and Awards
The Curtis Prize in Mathematics, Lake Forest College, 1981.

Phi Beta Kappa, Lake Forest College, 1981.

Faculty Alumni Appreciation Award, Lake Forest College, 1991.

The William Dunn Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarly Promise, Lake Forest College, 1992.

The Richard W. Hantke Alumni Teacher Award, Lake Forest College, 2006.