When asked what she enjoys most about her work, Associate Professor of Mathematics Maegan Bos enthusiastically responds, “Teaching! I love mathematics, and it is so cool to teach kids about it. It really fires me up.”

A Charlotte, NC, native, Bos came to St. Lawrence in 1994. She appreciates the freedom she’s given in the classroom. “In most of my courses, there are fixed topics you have to cover, but there is always some wiggle room to teach other topics,” she says. “This is especially true in Math 110—in this class we can teach any mathematical topic we select. I’ve been able to do some graph theory, some Web pages, even some ethnomathematics.” Bos received her B.S. in mathematics from Davidson College and her Ph.D. in mathematics from North Carolina State. Her area of expertise is in Lie Algebras, but she has recently been focusing on number theory and Knot theory.

But mathematics is not her only love. While an undergraduate, she took many theatre credits and was certified to teach high school drama. She even belonged to the Society for Creative Anachronism (a medieval recreation society), "but I haven’t had time to keep up with that," she admits. As for her other hobbies, she says, "I love to read. I enjoy singing and playing my guitar. But most of the time I’m trying to keep up with Nicholas, my 3-year-old."