Joseph Kirtland is a mathematician, specializing in group theory.
[1] His Ph.D. thesis Finite Groups as a Generalization of Vector Spaces through the Use of Splitting Systems was supervised by Homer Franklin Bechtell Jr.
[3][4] In September 1992, Kirtland joined the staff of the computer science and mathematics department of Marist College.
[1] At Marist College, he has taught a wide variety of mathematics courses.
[5] Kirtland, the author of three books, has done research on group theory and has published not only on group theory but also on linear algebra, mathematics education, and mathematical computing.