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.
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
Tyler Ashworth
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science | tyler-ashworth@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Computer Science Adjunct Instructor
Lawrence Dunn
Adjunct Professor of Math and Computer Science | dunn@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010
Adjunct Professor of Math and Computer Science
(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
Deborah Thomas
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science | thodeb@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Thomas focuses her research in the field of biometrics, specifically automatic face recognition from poor quality video. Her papers include approaches for multiframe face recognition using video data and pose handling for improved face recognition. Most recently, she taught at Eastern Oregon University in the department of Computer Science and Multimedia and worked with students on object size estimation using multiple images.
Steven Yackel
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science | yacste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science
Carl Albing
Adjunct Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science | carl-albing@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2020
Dr. Albing brings a wealth of real-world experience to his classes, having developed software at companies large and small, across a variety of industries, including software for some of the fastest computers in the world. The author of 4 books on computer technologies, he is excited to be teaching at Bethel.
Mengkun Du
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics | m-du@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
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
Jake Smith
Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics | jss35646@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics
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