Wesley Calvert

Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty Hall 6C
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky 42071
Office: (270) 809-2503
Fax: (270) 809-2314
Home: (270) 761-3751
wesley.calvert@murraystate.edu

Here you will find a copy of my cv.


B.A. summa cum laude, Augustana College, 2000
M.S. University of Notre Dame 2002
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 2005
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel 1563 (200 Kb); Oil on oak panel, 114 x 155 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Teaching Research Service

Information for Fall 2008 courses is available here:

Information for Spring 2008 courses is available here:

Information for Fall 2007 courses is available here:

Information on classes from previous terms is available here.

I am always very glad to talk with students about the possibility of undergraduate or graduate research projects. I am currently working with two undergraduates on separate projects, and there are many more problems available. Come and see me if you're interested.

I am currently working on computable model theory. Some of my most recent preprints are listed below. Other preprints may be found here.

  • "Turing degrees of isomorphism types of algebraic objects," with V. Harizanov and A. Shlapentokh (Updated 7/6/2005) [Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society 75 (2007), 273--286]
    dvi, ps, pdf

  • "Infinitary queries in spatial databases," with J. E. Porter [submitted to Joural of Computer and System Sciences, 2007] pdf

  • "Effective categoricity of Abelian p-groups," with D. Cenzer, V. Harizanov, and A. Morozov [Accepted for publication in Annals of Pure and Applied Logic] pdf

  • "On three notions of effective computation over R," [Submitted to Journal of Logic and Computation] pdf

  • "Metric structures and probabilistic computation," [Submitted to Advances in Mathematics; Note: Additional historical data relating continuous first-order logic to earlier work by Keisler, Henson, and others, may be added in revisions] pdf

  • I am assigned to Clark College. You can read more about Murray State's Residential College system here.

  • As part of my duties for Clark, I am coaching the parlimentary debate team. If you will be a member of Clark for the 2007-2008 academic year and are interested in debating, please contact me.

  • I am the coach for the Murray State University Academic Team. We participate in team quick-recall competition with teams from other colleges and universities from Kentucky and the neighboring states. If you are interested in joining us, please let me know.

  • I am currently participating in the West Kentucky Math and Science Partnership, a professional development project for middle school mathematics teachers. I have also been involved in the West Kentucky Partners in Math and Science Education, which worked with teachers in grades K-8. I am available for separately arranged professional development programs. Contact me if you are interested in arranging something for your school.

  • I also worked in several service capacities while a graduate student at Notre Dame in the academic years 2000-2005. Information on some of these activities may be found here.