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University of New England
11 Hills Beach Rd.
Biddeford, ME 04005

• www.une.edu/people/craig-tennenhouse
• craigtennenhouse.uneportfolio.org

Professional Appointments

• Professor, School of Math & Data Sci., University of New England, ME, USA — current
• Eleanor DeWolfe Ludcke Professorship/Endowed Chair
• Interim Academic Director, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, UNE
• Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences, UNE
• Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, UNE
• Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado Denver
• Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Simpson University, Redding, CA
• Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND
• Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Education

• Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Denver

Some extensions of graph saturation to edge-colored, oriented, and subdivided graphs

Advisor: Michael S. Jacobson

• M.A. Mathematics, University of Colorado
• A.B. Mathematics, with honors, University of Chicago
• Junior Year Abroad, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Awards, Grants & Honors

• Eleanor DeWolfe Ludcke Professorship/Endowed Chair (presented annually in recognition of outstanding academic accomplishments)
• CETL Teaching Scholars Program, Inquiry-Based Learning, $5500
• VPRS Faculty Mini-Grant, Collaborative Research in Impartial Combinatorial Games, $3252
• Excellence in Academic Advising (awarded by students annually)
• NSF S-STEM SUCCESS Grant, $620,788 Co-PI
• Debra J. Summers Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence (awarded by students annually)
• NSF GK-12 Fellowship
• Bateman Teaching Assistantship
• UCB Teaching Assistantship

Teaching Methodology Experience

I have experience in developing and teaching using flipped classrooms, Inquiry-Based Learning, Question Formulation Theory, and teaching through game play.

Industry Knowledge and Experience

Python, Sagemath, CGSuite, LaTeX, Machine Learning methods & applications, Genetic Algorithms

Research Interests

Structural properties of graphs, Combinatorial Game Theory, Evolutionary algorithms

Major Academic Service

• Interim Academic Director, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Core Curriculum Assessment Coordinator
• Curriculum development
• Core Area Coordinator for Mathematics
• Referee for multiple peer-reviewed academic journals
• Host & organizer for multiple mathematics meetings

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Research Advising

I have had the pleasure of serving as the research advisor for twelve undergraduate projects in mathematics, all involving original research and presentations. I have also served on a number of undergraduate research committees for students performing work outside of mathematics.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Author order alphabetized by disciplinary convention for mathematics

1. M. Fisher, K. Hazen, C. Tennenhouse, “Olympic games: three impartial games with infinite octal codes”, INTEGERS 24 (2024): 2
2. K. Burke, C. Tennenhouse, “The computational complexity of forced capture Hnefatafl”, J. of Theor. Comput. Sci. 1006, (2024) 114627
3. K. Burke, C. Tennenhouse, “Vexing vexillological logic”, Intern. J. of Game Th. (2024) 1-24
4. M. Huggan, C. Tennenhouse, “Genetically modified games”, INTEGERS 21b, (2021)
5. K. Burke, M. Ferland, M. Fisher, V. Gledel, C. Tennenhouse, “The Game of Blocking Pebbles”, INTEGERS 21b, (2021)
6. S. Heubach, M. A. Huggan, R.J. Nowakowski, and C. Tennenhouse, “Cyclic Subtraction Set Games”, Crux Mathematicorum, Vol. 46:8, (2020) 413 – 414.
7. J. McDonald, G. J. Puleo, C. Tennenhouse, “Packing and covering directed triangles”, Graphs & Comb., (2020) 1-5.
8. C. Tennenhouse, “Edge-critical $G,H$ colorings”, Ars Combinatoria, Vol. 138, (2018) 403-413.
9. Hodgdon, C.T., Tennenhouse, C., Koh, W., Fox, J., & Sulikowski, J. “Shortnose Sturgeon of the Saco River Estuary: Assessment of a Unique Habitat”, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, (2018).
10. C. Tennenhouse, “Impartial poker nim”, Intern. J. of Game Th., Vol. 47:2, (2016) 695-705.
11. C. Tennenhouse, “Induced subgraph-saturated graphs”, Th. and Appl. of Graphs, Vol. 3:2, (2016).
12. C. J. Byron, C. Tennenhouse, “Commonality in structure among food web networks”, Network Biology, Vol. 5:4, (2015) 146-162.
13. J. Quinlan, C. Tennenhouse, “Perceived utility of typesetting homework in post-Calculus mathematics courses”, PRIMUS, Vol. 26:1, (2015) 53-66.
14. C. Tennenhouse, “A new parameter on resolving sets with a realizable triple”, Australasian J. of Combin., Vol. 63:1, (2015) 115-129.
15. M. Ferrara, M. Jacobson, K. Milans, C. Tennenhouse, and P. Wenger, “Saturation numbers for families of graph subdivisions”, J. Graph Theory, Vol. 71:4, (2012) 416-434.
16. M.S. Jacobson, C. Tennenhouse, “Oriented graph saturation”, JCMCC, Vol. 80, (2012) 157-169.
17. B. Flesch, C. Tennenhouse, “Edge maximal non-interval graphs”, JCMCC, Vol. 77, (2011) 33-44.

Popular

C. Tennenhouse, C. Byron, “Mathematical Examinations of Marine Food Webs”, Rising Tide, Research and Scholarship at the University of New England, (2015) p17.

Books

K. Burke, C. Tennenhouse, “Prove Your Move”, CC license, (2021)

An introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory with just-in-time lessons from Discrete Math

Conferences Hosted/Organized

• Disc Math Days of the Northeast, UNE, Biddeford, ME, May, 2018.
• Sprouts undergraduate combinatorial game theory conference (annual), April 2017-present.

Academic Presentations (recent six years)

32. Pedagogical Improv panel (invited), CETL Symposium — UNE, May 2025.
33. Temperature of Partizan Arc Kayles, Comb Game Th Colloq 5 — Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2025.
34. Work in Progress Meeting (invited), Center for Pain Research and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, University of New England.
35. Combinatorial Game Complexity: From Vikings to MS Paint (invited), USM Dubyak Seminar — Portland, ME, Oct 2024.
36. Temperature in Partizan Arc Kayles, East Coast Combinatorial Conference — Corner Brook, NL, Canada, May 2024.
37. Recent experiments with optimization for Combinatorial Games (invited), Winter Virtual Games & Graph Searching in Atlantic Canada research meeting, Feb 2024.
38. I’m not touching you! On closeness of Combinatorial Game values (invited), Virtual Combinatorial Game Theory seminar, Feb 2024.
39. Vexing Vexillological Logic, Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquium 4 — Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Jan 2023.
40. Using Genetic Programming to inform conjectures in Combinatorial Game Theory, West Chester University Mathematics Colloquium, Feb 2021.
41. Genetic Programming for Genetic Algorithm Games, Virtual Combinatorial Games Seminar, 2020
42. Towards an impartial short Tafl variant, Sprouts — UNE, Biddeford, ME, April 2019.