Dr. Tina Harriott
Email: tina.harriott@msvu.ca
Phone: 902-457-6345
Office: EV363
RESEARCH AREA
General Relativity (Einstein’s gravitational theory)
SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams submitted to General Relativity and Gravitation, (2017)
“Three-variable solution in the (2+1)-dimensional null-surface formulation”.
T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams proceedings of the 14th Marcel Grossman conference, held
at the University of Rome Sapienza, Italy July 12 – 18, 2015. “Exact Solution in the 3+1 null surface formulation”.
T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams General Relativity and Gravitation, 46, 1665-1675 (2014)
“Solution for the null-surface formulation of general relativity in 2+1 dimensions”.
T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossman Conference on General Relativity (MG11), held at the University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, July 20-26, 2006. “Euler Numbers on Cobordant Hypersurfaces”
T. A. Harriott, J.G. Williams, Il Nuovo Cimento B, 120, N.9. 915- 930, 2005. “Degree of Mapping for General Relativistic Kinks”.
CREDENTIALS
1991: Ph.D. Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thesis Title: Kinks in General Relativity.
1979: M.Sc. Astronomy, Sussex University, Brighton, England.
Thesis Title: A Study of Solar Differential Rotation.
1977: B.A.(Cantab.) Mathematics, Cambridge University, England
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1984 – PRESENT: Full time faculty Mathematics and Computer Studies Department at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Current Rank: Associate Professor.
COURSES TAUGHT
In Mathematics
Introductory Calculus
Intermediate Calculus
Ordinary Differential Equations
Partial Differential Equations
Complex Analysis
Real Analysis
Introductory Relativity and Tensor Analysis
In Physics
General Physics
Astronomy
Electricity and Magnetism
Modern Physics
Optics
RECENT UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2014 – present: Department of Mathematics, Department Chair.
2016 – present: University Budget Committee
2017- present: Senate
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Elected member of the IAU (International Astronomical Union) 2018.
President, Truro Flying Club, 2002 – 2008.
Elected Fellow the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, 1980.