William Turner came to Wabash College in 2002 to teach both mathematics and computer science. His research has been in the field of symbolic computation and computer algebra, which lies at the intersection of mathematics and computer science and is the field interested in how to program a computer to do mathematics with exact arithmetic rather than with floating point numbers and rounding as we are most familiar with a typical calculator. In addition, he is active in several national and international professional societies in his area of research and in both mathematics and computer science education.

Prof. Turner has served on several committees across campus and is an avid proponent of the liberal arts, often sitting in on courses in other departments across campus.  Off campus, he volunteers on the local district level with the Boy Scouts of America and as an assistant leader of a local Girl Scouts of the USA troop.   He also serves on the national charter review team for Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational service fraternity founded on the principles of the Boy Scouts.

Ph.D., Computational Mathematics, North Carolina State University, August 2002
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Iowa State University, May 1996
B.S. with honors and distinction, Mathematics and Physics, Iowa State University, May 1994

CSC 101 – Introduction to Computer Science
CSC 111 – Introduction to Programming
CSC 112 – Advanced Programming
CSC 121 – Introduction to an Additional Programming Language
CSC 211 – Introduction to Data Structures
CSC 271 – Special Topics in Computer Science : Introduction to Database Design
CSC 271 – Special Topics in Computer Science : Mobile Device Programming
CSC 321 – Programming Languages
CSC 338 – Topics in Computational Mathematics : Computer Algebra
CSC 331 – Algorithm Analysis
CSC 341 – Theory of Computing
MAT 106 – Topics in Contemporary Mathematics
MAT 108 – Discrete Mathematics
MAT 111 – Calculus I
MAT 112 – Calculus II
MAT 219 – Combinatorics
MAT 222 – Number Theory
MAT 223 – Linear Algebra
MAT 226 – Operations Research
MAT 314 – Modeling with Differential Equations
MAT 331 – Abstract Algebra I
MAT 338 – Topics in Computational Mathematics : Computer Algebra