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Emily Burkhead is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from UNC (2006) and has held academic positions at Meredith College, Duke University, and as a Visiting Lecturer/Researcher at UNC.
Her research bridges discrete dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematics education. Early work focused on topological classifications of cellular automata, while recent contributions involve stochastic cellular automata models for virus dynamics (HIV, Ebola) and pedagogical best practices.
Key publications include analyses of HIV spread in lymph nodes (with Jane Hawkins and Donna Molinek) and Ebola virus dynamics. Her methodological innovations in stochastic cellular automata have been cited in studies on disease progression, computational modeling, and urban information diffusion.
Emily earned a B.A. from the College of Wooster (2001), M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2006) from UNC, followed by postdoctoral work at the Santa Fe Institute (2006-2007).
