Emily Proctor Emily Proctor
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Middlebury College
eproctor a middlebury d edu






Teaching

In Spring 2024, I am teaching Multivariable Calculus. I regularly teach Differential Geometry, Abstract Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Calculus I, among other things. I have also completed the iBme mindfulness teacher training program. I enjoy sharing mindfulness with students and working with them on their practice.



Research

My current research interests include the differential, spectral, and metric geometry of orbifolds. In this short interview, I talk a bit about geometry and the work that I do (31:47).



Publications and Preprints

  • A universal Euler characteristic of non-orbifold groupoids and Riemannian structures on Lie groupoids, with Carla Farsi and Christopher Seaton. Preprint.
  • The spectra of digraphs with Morita equivalent C*-algebras, with Carla Farsi and Christopher Seaton. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 655 (2022), 28-64.
  • Approximating orbifold spectra using collapsing connected sums, with Carla Farsi and Christopher Seaton. Journal of Geometric Analysis, 31 (2021), 9433-9468.
  • Γ-extensions of the spectrum of an orbifold, with Carla Farsi and Christopher Seaton. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 366 (2014), 3881-3905.
  • Orbifold homeomorphism finiteness based on geometric constraints. Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry, 41 (2012), no. 1, 47-59.
  • Spectral and geometric bounds on 2-orbifold diffeomorphism type, with Elizabeth Stanhope. Differential Geometry and its Applications, 28 (2010), 12-18.
  • An isospectral deformation on an infranil-orbifold, with Elizabeth Stanhope. Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 53 (2010), no. 4, 684-689.
  • Isospectral metrics and potentials on classical compact simple Lie groups. Michigan Mathematical Journal, 53 (2005), no. 2, 305-318.
  • Isospectral metrics on classical compact simple Lie groups, PhD thesis, May 2003.



    Other Interests

    Along with teaching and research, I enjoy running, reading, spending time with my family, and meditation and ethics. When things are quieter, I also like to draw.