Immediately after completing his PhD at Lehigh University, Dr. Shank joined the Moravian College faculty in 2006. Dr. Shank was previously an adjunct for the college teaching service courses and evening classes for non-traditional students. Dr. Shank enjoys teaching all mathematics major courses as well as mathematics courses for non-math majors. His research interests include analysis, stochastic processes, probability theory, graph theory and combinatorial optimization. Dr. Shank enthusiasm for learning fuels his willingness to work individually with students on research projects and special topics courses. For the past 5 years he has served as the director of the Moravian College Scholars in Mathematics and Computer Science Program (MCS2) which provided scholarships, resources, research experience, and academic support for transfer students in mathematics and computer science.