Dr. McKinney, known as “Dr. C” to his students, is an assistant professor in mathematics at Wabash. He came to Wabash in Summer 2011 after a visiting professorship at Bradley University and completion of his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa.

Dr. McKinney specializes in the history of mathematics, specifically ancient Greek mathematics. He is currently studying the works of Apollonius of Perga and Archimedes of Syracuse, and the commentaries of Eutocius of Ascalon. You’ll find him equally comfortable calculating partial derivatives in Goodrich, reading Greek in the Detchon Center, or using parabolic mirrors to start fires on the Mall…or, for that matter, calculating partial derivatives in the Detchon Center and reading Greek in Goodrich!

Raised mostly in Texas, Dr. McKinney has a penchant for southern foods and use of the pronoun “y’all.” His hobbies include cooking, wine, Scotch whiskey, travel, languages, electronic music, computers and computer gaming. He greatly looks forward to attending his first Monon Bell game: