Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics, Brandeis University
• M.S. Mathematics, Brandeis University
• B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Positions Held

• 2010-Present, Associate professor of mathematics, Soka University of America
• 2004-2010, Assistant professor of mathematics, Soka University of America 

Research Interests

• Math education
• Applied statistics

Selected Papers, Publications, Presentations, & Exhibits

• Calef, M. P., A. Varvak, A. D. McGuire, F. S. Chapin III, and K. B. Reinhold. "Recent changes in annual area burned in Interior Alaska: the impact of fire management." Earth Interactions 19, no. 5 (2015): 1-17.
• Varvak, Anna. "Encoding properties of Łukasiewics paths." In Proceedings of the 13th WSEAS international conference on Applied mathematics, pp. 135-143. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2008.
• Varvak, Anna. "Lattice path encodings in a combinatorial proof of a differential identity." Discrete Mathematics 308, no. 23 (2008): 5834-5840.
• Varvak, Anna. "Rook numbers and the normal ordering problem." Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 112, no. 2 (2005): 292-307.

Courses Taught at SUA

• Math 101: Statistics 
• Math 160: Liberal Arts math 
• Math 170: Differential Calculus 
• Math 171: Integral Calculus
• Core 100: Enduring Questions of Humanity