Biography

My name is Maria, but my family and friends call me Maryke (a pet form of Maria or Mary). (Maryke is pronounced muh - RAY - kuh.)

I was born in South Africa. I grew up in a town called Paarl (which means ‘pearl’ – the town lies at the foot of Paarl Mountain, a granite rock that is supposed to shimmer like a pearl when the sun comes out after the rain). Paarl is about 45 minutes’ drive outside Cape Town.

My first language is Afrikaans, a language that developed from Dutch (South Africa used to be a Dutch colony).

Apart from thinking and talking about mathematics, I love to cook and bake (especially new recipes), play the violin and viola, and go for walks and visit coffee shops with my husband and best friend, Tjaart, and our daughter, Lisa.

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• Signal analysis via instantaneous frequency estimation of signal components

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In Spring 2019 at Westmont College, I am teaching:

• MA-009: Calculus I
• MA-020: Linear Algebra
• MA-005: Intoduction to Statistics

Courses I have previously taught (as primary instructor):

• Calculus I (Westmont College, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
• Calculus II (Westmont College, Spring 2018)
• Introduction to Subdivision Methods (Westmont College, Spring 2018)
• Introduction to Numerical Mathematics (Vanderbilt University, Spring 2017)
• Linear Algebra (Vanderbilt University, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Summer 2017)
• Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus II (Vanderbilt University, Summer 2016)
• Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (Vanderbilt University, Spring 2016)
• Trigonometry (University of Missouri-St. Louis, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
• Basic Probability and Statistics (University of Missouri-St. Louis, Spring 2014)
• Intermediate Algebra (University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fall 2013)
• Beginning Algebra (University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fall 2013)
• Calculus I (Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Fall 2012)

Courses for which I have been a Teaching Assistant:

• Calculus I (Stellenbosch University, 2009, 2011, 2012)
• Mathematics for the Biological Sciences (Stellenbosch University, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Introductory Mathematics (Stellenbosch University, 2010)
• Introductory Differential and Integral Calculus (Stellenbosch University, 2010, 2011)
• Further Differential and Integral Calculus (Stellenbosch University, 2010, 2011)
• Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (Stellenbosch University, 2011, 2012)
• Series, Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Transform (Stellenbosch University, 2010, 2011)
• Linear Programming (Stellenbosch University, 2009)
• Nonlinear Optimization (Stellenbosch University, 2009)

• mvanderwalt@westmont.edu
• Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, 93108, USA.