College of Arts, Sciences and Education
(231) 591-3660
David McClendon, Ph.D.
Professor
Mathematics
Phone: (231) 591-2574
Email: [email protected]
Education
- PhD, University of Maryland, Mathematics
- BS, University of North Carolina, Mathematics
Biography
David McClendon is the son of Florida citrus farmers. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina and earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland. Dr. McClendon joined the Ferris faculty in 2012, after holding postdoctoral positions at Northwestern University and Swarthmore College. He teaches throughout the mathematics curriculum, recently focusing on teaching calculus, advanced probability/statistics and real analysis. He is also the faculty advisor for the university's chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma, the national risk management and actuarial science fraternity.
In addition to his teaching, Dr. McClendon conducts research in ergodic theory, the study of statistical properties of systems that evolve over time. He is also interested in the applications of mathematics to sports analytics.
More on Dr. McClendon's work is available at his personal website: http://www.mcclendonmath.com
Publications and Intellectual Contributions
- Journal Article
McClendon, D., Johnson, A. S. (2022). "Topological Speedups of Z^d actions," Dyn. Syst. 37 (2). pp. 222-261. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14689367.2022.2033166 - Journal Article
McClendon, D., Nadrowski, M. (2021). "An analysis of methods used to measure college football recruiting classes and assign star ratings to recruits," Mathematics and Sports. 3 pp. 1-20. Mathematical Association of America. http://libjournals.unca.edu/OJS/index.php/mas/index - Book Chapter
McClendon, D., Wilson, J. (2019). "Entropy of LEGO Jumper Plates," The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects Volume 3. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. - Journal Article
McClendon, D., Johnson, A. S. (2015). "Speedups and orbit equivalence of finite extensions of ergodic Z^d-actions," New York J. Math. 21 pp. 1371-1387. - Journal Article
McClendon, D., Johnson, A. S. (2014). "Speedups of ergodic group extensions of Z^d-actions," Dyn. Syst. 29 pp. 255-284. - Journal Article
McClendon, D. (2009). "An Ambrose-Kakutani representation theorem for countable-to-1 semiflows," Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Series S. 2 pp. 251-268. - Journal Article
McClendon, D. (2009). "Continuity of conditional measures associated to measure-preserving semiflows," Trans. AMS. 361 pp. 331-341.
Presentations
- Lecture
McClendon, D. (Author & Presenter), Carolina Dynamics Symposium, "Rank one Z^d actions conjugate to an odometer," National Science Foundation, Davidson, NC, (April 16, 2023). - Lecture
McClendon, D. (Author & Presenter), Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Bounded speedups of Z^d odometers," American Mathematical Society, online, (April 2022). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems Conference, "Bounded speedups of Z^d-odometers," Murray State University, (May 2021). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Little School Dynamics Seeding Session, "Classification of Heisenberg odometers," American Institute of Mathematics, (online), (March 2021). - Lecture
McClendon, D. (Author & Presenter), Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Transforming tradition in calculus instruction at Ferris State University," Denver, CO, (January 2020). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Joint Mathematics Meetings, "An inquiry-based linear algebra course featuring four problems of the form T(x) = b," AMS/MAA, San Diego, (January 2018). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Speedups of topological Z^d-actions," San Diego, CA, (January 2018). - Lecture
McClendon, D. (Presenter), Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Speedups of Z^d odometers," San Diego, (January 2018). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Colloquium, "Adding 1 in a mirror universe," Ferris State University, (November 2017). - Lecture
McClendon, D., Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Teaching the nth Derivative Test with inquiry-based Mathematica activities," AMS/MAA, Seattle, (January 2016).