Steven Dougherty is a Professor at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvannia. The author of over 100 papers and 2 books, he has lectured over 60 times in 11 countries and was awarded the 2005 Merten M. Hasse prize.

1 Foundational Combinatorial Structures.- 2 Foundational Algebraic Structures.- 3 Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares.- 4 Affine and Projective Planes.- 5 Graphs.- 6 Higher Dimensional Finite Geometry.- 7 Designs.- 8 Combinatorial Objects.- 9 Discrete Probability - A Return to Counting.- 10 Automorphism Groups.- 11 Codes.- 12 Cryptology.- 13 Games and Designs.- 14 Epilogue.- References.- Glossary.- Solutions to Selected Odd Problems.- Index.