Amanda Priestley

Hi! My name is Amanda and I'm a Ph.D. Student at UT Austin where I'm affiliated with the Theory Group. I am extremely fortunate to be advised by Professor Evita Nestoridi and Professor Kevin Tian. I like probability theory, combinatorics, and combinatorially motivated problems in probability.

I am currently on the academic job market for a postdoc position in mathematics or computer science.

Amanda

Contact Info:

Email: amandapriestley [at] utexas [dot] edu
Desk: GDC 4.408B


Publications/Preprints

The Sunflower-Free Process with Patrick Bennett.
(Submitted).

Inversions in Parking Functions with Kyle Celano, Jennifer Elder, Kimberly P. Hadaway, Pamela E. Harris, and Gabe Udell.
FPSAC 2025 Conference Proceedings. (Submitted).

Statistics on \(\ell\)-Interval Parking Functions with Kyle Celano, Jennifer Elder, Kimberly P. Hadaway, Pamela E. Harris, Jeremy L. Martin, and Gabe Udell.
(Submitted).

A Probabilistic Parking Process and Labeled IDLA with Pamela E. Harris, Thiago Holleben, J. Carlos Martínez Mori, J. Carlos Martínez Mori, Keith Sullivan, and Per Wagenius.
(Submitted). [ Oberwolfach Report ].

The \(S_k\) Shuffle Block Dynamics with Evita Nestoridi and Dominik Schmid
ALEA, Lat. Am. J. Probab. Math. Stat. 21, 1547–1566 (2024).


Conferences and Workshops

Here is a list of places you might have seen me.

Teaching

Fall 2025--Graduate Teaching Assistant CS 311 Discrete Mathematics

Spring 2025--Graduate Teaching Assistant CS 311 Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2024--Graduate Teaching Assistant CS 311 Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2023--Graduate Teaching Assistant CS 311 Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2022--Graduate Teaching Assistant CS 331 Algorithms and Complexity

Fall 2019--Undergraduate Teaching Assistant CS 331 Algorithms and Complexity