Curtis Kent Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Brigham Young University Contact Information 288 TMCB (801) 422-1248 curtkent(at)mathematics(dot)byu(dot)edu

About Me

I completed my Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University in May 2013, advised by Mark Sapir.  I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematics at NYU and at University of Toronto.

My main research interest is local algebraic topology and geometric group theory, specifically coarse invariants of groups.

Teaching

• Fall 2025
• Math 553 – Foundations of Topology 1
• Math 290 – Foundations of Mathematics
• Winter 2026
• Math 112 – Calculus 1
• Math 413 – Advanced Linear Algebra 

2019 Arches Topology Conference

2018 Arches Topology Conference

Link to Cannon Seminar

Previous Cannon Seminars:

Fall 2019 / Winter 2020

Fall 2018 / Winter 2019

Fall 2017 / Winter 2018

Fall 2016 / Winter 2017