Carolyn Yackel is an American mathematician who has been Professor of Mathematics at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia since 2001.
From 1998 to 2001 she was Max Zorn Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Indiana University.
[3] She specializes in the realization of geometric and topological structures through quilting, cross-stitching, crocheting, knitting, and embroidery.
She completed her PhD with the dissertation “Asymptotic Behavior of Annihilator Lengths in Certain Quotient Rings” under Melvin Hochster at the University of Michigan (1998).
[6] Combining her interests in mathematics, quilting and knitting she is one of 24 mathematicians and artists who make up the Mathemalchemy Team.