
Katharine A. Ott
Professor of Mathematics
Associations
Mathematics
Hathorn Hall, Room 214
About
Katharine Ott joined Bates College in 2014. She graduated from Middlebury College in 2003 and completed her Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Virginia in 2008. Katy spent three years as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and an additional three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky before returning to Maine (she grew up in Cumberland, ME).
Katy’s research interests lie in the area of intersection of Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations. She is also engaged in promoting mathematics to a diverse audience through writing aimed at the general public and outreach activities.
At Bates, Katy teaches courses across the math curriculum including Calculus, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, Mathematics for Social Justice, and senior seminars on Mathematical Exposition and Series.
Current Courses
Winter Semester 2025
EXDS 116
Bates STEM Scholars
MATH 308
Complex Analysis
MATH 458
Senior Thesis
Short Term 2025
DCSS 45T / MATHS 45T
Mathematical Image Processing
Fall Semester 2025
MATH 205
Linear Algebra
MATH 205
Linear Algebra
MATH 206
Multivariable Calculus
MATH 206
Multivariable Calculus
MATH 219
Differential Equations
MATH 221
Introduction to Abstraction
MATH 233
Mathematics for Social Justice
MATH 301
Real Analysis
MATH 457
Senior Thesis