Rate My Professor Wesley Hough

Hough earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in May 2017, with dissertation titled 'On Independence, Matching, and Homomorphism Complexes' under advisor Benjamin Braun. He received his M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in August 2014 and a B.A. with double majors in mathematics and economics from Hanover College in May 2012. His selected publications include 'Homomorphism complexes and maximal chains in graded posets' (with B. Braun, European Journal of Combinatorics 80:178-194, 2019), 'Matching and independence complexes related to small grids' (with B. Braun, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 24(4):P4.18, 2017), and 'Permutation pattern avoidance and the Catalan triangle' (with D. DeSantis, R. Field, B. Jones, R. Meissen, and J. Ziefle, Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences 25(1):50-60, 2013). At UW-Whitewater, he teaches courses such as Graph Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Applied Probability Theory, and Quantitative Reasoning. Hough contributes to university service through curriculum development and management, transfer credit evaluation as Transfer Review Coordinator, and leadership in the Mathematical Association of America Wisconsin Section as Chair-Elect and former Project NExT Director. During graduate studies, he received a UKAEF Fellowship.