Contact Information

• Phone/Voice Mail: (616) 331-2443
• email: fishbacp@gvsu.edu
• Office: 2337 MAK
• Department Phone: (616) 331-2040
• Department Fax: (616) 331-3120
• Mailing address: Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401

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Hiking up Mt. Moosilauke, NH on the Appalachian Trail

Professor, Department of Mathematics

• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1992

• A.B. Hamilton College, 1985

I came to Grand Valley State University in the Fall of 1993, received tenure in 1999, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2006.  I've had the opportunity to teach a wide variety different courses, including college algebra, calculus, proof writing, linear algebra, differential equations, operations research, vector calculus, modern algebra, real analysis, and complex analysis. Although my graduate training was in the field of Fourier analysis, my research since coming to GVSU has primarily involved collaborating with students on problems in analysis and discrete dynamical systems.

Currently I am writing a textbook, Linear and Nonlinear Programming with Maple: An Interactive, Applications-Based Approach. This book is being published by Taylor and Francis, Ltd, and should appear in print in late 2009.

Student-related activities have always been of interest to me. I am involved with  Pi Mu Epsilon (PME), the national mathematics honor society, both as the GVSU chapter advisor and also as a member of the national PME council.

Away from GVSU, I enjoy hiking and backpacking, cross-country skiing, road cycling, and traditional, Greenland-style sea kayaking. I hold the British Canoe Union 4- Sea Kayaking Skill Award and have paddled extensively on the Great Lakes.

Winter Paddling on Lake Michigan.