Joseph Kirtland

Joseph Kirtland is a mathematician, specializing in group theory. His 2000 book Identification Numbers and Check Digit Schemes won the 2002 Beckenbach Book Prize.

Biography
Kirkland matriculated in 1981 at Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1985 with a B.S. in mathematics. At the University of New Hampshire, he graduated in mathematics with an M.S. in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1992. His Ph.D. thesis Finite Groups as a Generalization of Vector Spaces through the Use of Splitting Systems was supervised by Homer Franklin Bechtell Jr. (1929–2022). In September 1992, Kirtland joined the staff of the computer science and mathematics department of Marist College. From the academic year 1994–1995 to the academic year 2006–2007, he received 10 times the Faculty Recognition Award given by Marist College's Student Academic Council. In 2002 the Metropolitan New York Section of the Mathematics Association of America (MAA) gave him their Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. At Marist College, he has taught a wide variety of mathematics courses. Kirtland, the author of three books, has done research on group theory and has published not only on group theory but also on linear algebra, mathematics education, and mathematical computing.

Personal life
Kirtland and his wife Cindy are the parents of a son and a daughter. He and his wife have hiked all of the mountains over 3500 ft in the Catskill Mountains.

Articles

 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue
 * November 2004, Focus issue

Books

 * abstract at Taylor & Francis website
 * abstract at Taylor & Francis website
 * abstract at Taylor & Francis website
 * abstract at Taylor & Francis website