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Faculty
Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.
Department Chair
Nathan Gossett
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science | gosnat@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Gossett coaches Bethel's COMAP math team, which competes annually in the International Mathematical Modeling Competition, as well as Bethels ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition teams. His academic publications include works on information visualization, non-photorealistic rendering, tree modeling and rendering, and outdoor laser scanning applications.
Faculty
Tanner Auch
Associate Professor of Mathematics | tanner-auch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Auch received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been an assistant professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and prior to that was a graduate teaching assistant for 5 years and a teacher at Vacaville Christian Schools in California for 4 years. He received awards for his teaching in 2009 and in 2012. In 2013, he was named a Project NExT Fellow by the Mathe. . . read more.
Mengkun Du
Assistant Professor of Mathematics | m-du@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Foster Graif
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education | f-graif@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Dr. Graif is the program lead for Bethel's 5-8 and 5-12 math education programs. He is also the director of the Math Lab tutoring center.
William Kinney
Professor of Mathematics | bkinney@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Kinney teaches the complete range of mathematics courses. His most recent sabbatical project focused on actuarial math. Kinney's research is in dynamical systems, and he is working with the qualitative theory of differential equations, making geometric assumptions and then proving the existence of certain kinds of solutions.
Jed Yang
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science | jed-yang@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Professor Yang teaches within the Math and Computer Science department.
Adjunct Faculty
Blake Burgstahler
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | b-burgstahler@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
(Lily) Xiaoqing Huang
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | xih27523@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018
Exerciser: I jog almost every morning. I also practice yoga, Zumba, swimming, and simple ballet. Learner: I love to learn and experience new things.
Grace Jang
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | g-jang@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Andrew Marquardt
Adjunct Instructor of Math and Computer Science | anm55686@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Math and Computer Science
Mark Rossing
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | mar38795@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Stephanie Smith
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | smisted@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Steven Yackel
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science | yacste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science
Emeritus/Emerita Faculty
Scott Brown
Professor of Mathematics Education Emeritus | sbrown@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996
Brown has years of practical classroom experience as a mathematics teacher in the public schools of Cody, Wyoming. He teaches a wide range of courses in both mathematics and education and oversees Bethel's 5-8 and 5-12 math education programs, ensuring compliance with Minnesota teacher licensure requirements.
Patrice Conrath
Associate Professor of Mathematics Emerita | conrath@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Conrath's operations research course at Bethel includes an extensive real-world modeling study carried out by her students, such as simulation modeling of Bethel's financial aid office and dining center. Conrath manages the department's placement testing as well as the hiring and training of tutors for the Math Lab. She also serves as the undergraduate Director of Advising.
Eric Gossett
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus | gossett@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Gossett pioneered the use of Mathematica within the curriculum and published the textbook Discrete Mathematics with Proof, Second Edition. He developed Bethel's first generation of web services and is the faculty sponsor of the Bethel Anime Club.
Rebecca Seaberg
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emerita | rseaberg@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2004
With experience teaching junior and senior high mathematics, Seaberg teaches a variety of math courses, including those that train elementary math teachers and the general education math courses. She has also supervised Bethel's senior math education.
David Wetzell
Associate Professor of Mathematics Emeritus | wetzell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Wetzell specializes in probability and statistics. He advises students on careers in actuarial science, and was active in developing calculus reform materials and extending that approach into the sophomore year in the multivariable calculus and differential equations courses.
Glen Wiebe
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus | wiebe@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Emeritus