The Grieving Mathematician and Mother
Published in Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 2019
From special issue on Math and Motherhood.
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Publications
On Becoming a Statistician
Published in MAA FOCUS, 2017
Essay on my statistical training post mathematics Ph.D.
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Bacterial Community Dynamics in Dichloromethane-Contaminated Groundwater Undergoing Natural Attenuation.
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Joint work with Gina Lamendella and many others
Recommended citation: "Bacterial Community Dynamics in Dichloromethane-Contaminated Groundwater Undergoing Natural Attenuation.", Wright Justin, Kirchner Veronica, Bernard William, Ulrich Nikea, McLimans Christopher, Campa Maria F., Hazen Terry, Macbeth Tamzen, Marabello David, McDermott Jacob, Mackelprang Rachel, Roth Kimberly, Lamendella Regina. Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 8, 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213257
The Only Woman in the Room
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
An essay on being a women in mathematics.
Recommended citation: "The Only Woman in the Room", KimbJuniata Magazine, Fall/Winter 2017. https://issuu.com/juniata/docs/juniata_magazine_2017_fall_winter_/74
The Genomics Leadership Initiative at Juniata College.
Published in Juniata Voices, 2015
Story of the Genomics Leadership Initiative at Juniata.
Recommended citation: "The Genomics Leadership Initiative at Juniata College." Buonaccorsi, V.,Roney J., Keeney, J. , Roth, K., Juniata Voices, 2015. https://www.juniata.edu/offices/juniata-voices/media/volume-15/vol15-Genomics.pdf
Assessing clicker examples versus board examples in Calculus
Published in PRIMUS, 2012
The combination of classroom voting system (clicker) questions and peer instruction has been shown to increase student learning. While implementations in large lectures have been around for a while, mathematics has been increasingly using clickers in classes of a smaller size. In Fall 2008, I conducted an experiment to measure the effect of clickers on exam performance. The experiment was conducted with two sections of Calculus 1, using the same examples either on the board or with clickers. By comparing only the lower-performing students in the sections and alternating use of the clicker between sections, I was able to obtain modestly significant results showing improved exam performance for low-performing students, despite a small sample size.
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Julia Sets that are Full of Holes
Published in Mathematical Intellegencer, 2008
A Julia set is a type of fractal. We will explore the idea of a Julia set which is full of holes, or porous. The idea of porosity will lead to ways to understand the complexity of the sets in terms of whether they take up space, and in terms of dimension.
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Non-uniform Porosity for a Subset of Some Julia Sets.
Published in Contemporary Math Series of the AMS, 2006
Main Results from Ph.D thesis
Recommended citation: "Non-uniform Porosity for a Subset of Some Julia Sets.", K. A. Roth, Proceedings of Complex Dynamics: 25 years after the first appearance of the Mandelbrot Set, published in the Contemporary Math Series of the AMS, 2006. http://jcsites.juniata.edu/faculty/roth/formalporousarticle.pdf
Teaching outside my comfort zone
Published in Cardinal Perspectives, 2005
An essay on teaching broad topic liberals arts classes.
Recommended citation: "Teaching outside my comfort zone", K. A. Roth, Cardinal Perspectives, 2004-2005. http://www.wju.edu/faculty/cardinalperspectives/roth04_05.pdf