Holly Peters Hirst, PhD
Professor Emerita of Mathematics
Welcome to my appstate page. I retired at the end of Spring semester 2024, but you can still find me at my appstate email address (hirsthp at appstate.edu)
Scholarly Interests
I am working on a repository of modeling projects and a set of materials for computational mathematics.
Service
I am the editor of The Centroid, the Journal of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathmathics, and the techical editor for the Journal of Computational Science Education.
Prior to retiring, I served as the math MA program director or co-director (1995-05, 2013-20, 2022-23), as Acting Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences (1998-99), as SACS Self-study Director (1999-02), and as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (2005-13). In addition, I served on many state, regional, and national committees in my 34 years of teaching at Appalachian.
See my vita for more information.
Personal Information
I am married to Dr. Jeff Hirst, professor emeritus of mathematics at Appalachian. We both love mathematics, cooking, music, science fiction, hiking (especially in the NC High Country), traveling (especially to St. John USVI), and living in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
