I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Rice University, and a faculty associate at McMurtry College. I am also an MAA Project NExT fellow (Green '23 cohort). My pronouns are he/him/his.
You can find me in my office in HBH 324B, or you can reach me via email at richardwong[at]rice.edu.
In addition to teaching, I like thinking about algebraic topology. Prior to coming to Rice, I was at postdoc in the algebraic topology group at UCLA, where my mentor was Mike Hill.
I received my Ph.D. in 2021 from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was advised by Andrew Blumberg. Previously I was an undergraduate at Rutgers University, where I graduated in 2015 with highest honors in mathematics and a minor in cognitive science.
- My CV was last updated August 2025.
- My Research Statement was last updated October 2023.
- My Teaching Statement was last updated October 2023.
- Sample Teaching Materials.
Spring 2026
This semester, I will be teaching Math 102 and Math 232 (Honors Multivariable Calculus).
If you are interested in taking Math 232, you should send me an email. You are welcome to attend lectures as a guest before the add/drop deadline, and you should also talk to me before/after class to be added to the course Canvas page.
A quick primer on modifying existing LaTeX for digital accessibility
I have been working on making my course materials (e.g. worksheets, syllabi, slides) digitally accessible over winter break.
This post is a guide to the packages, commands, and other tweaks that I have compiled from across various sources to make my existing TeX files compile correctly as tagged pdfs. This post should be thought of as a supplement to the Tagging Project’s Guidelines for using LaTeX to generate accessible PDF.
Sample tex files and materials are included below, and I have checked that they are parsed correctly by VoiceOver (Apple’s built-in screen reader), and also pass the tests on my LMS (Canvas, Ally Course Accessibility Report).
DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert on accessibility nor an expert in the inner workings of TeX, and this post is not legal advice, nor it is a guarantee that your documents will automatically satisfy any or all accessibility standards or legal regulations.
McMurtry College Associate
I’ve joined McMurtry College as a faculty associate.
This semester, I will be having weekly lunches at West Servery on Thursdays from 12-1pm. If you see me there, feel free to sit down and chat!
Teaching
Teaching and communicating mathematics is an important part of my mathematical identity, and I value the impact that I have as an educator. It is for this reason that I am committed to inclusive and equitable teaching that affirms and empowers students.
Research
My research interests are in computations in (equivariant, stable) homotopy theory. Click here for a undergraduate-level overview of what that means. In particular, I apply the computational methods of homotopy theory to answer questions about the modular representation theory of finite groups.
Outreach
I strongly believe that EVERYONE is capable of success in mathematics, and I am committed to making mathematics more accessible and inclusive for all.