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A Conversation with Brian Katz

“You cannot be neutral in issues of justice,” Brian Katz says. “So [one’s] choice is not between action and inaction; it’s between action that supports justice and action that resists justice.” Katz cites this as the best advice they have ever received.

26 July 2022

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Writing Mathematics with Dan Kalman

Proof and theorem: don’t fear ‘em - Dan Kalman, “Math Anxiety Treatment”

20 May 2022

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MAA AMC Young Women in Mathematics Share Their Stories

Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2022) - “No matter how much the gender gap knocks you down, if you enjoy it, go for it, don’t let it stop you,” says Catherine Xu, 2022 AMC 10 A Award winner and AMC 8 & 10 B Certificate recipient. Xu is one of 632 young women across the cou...

13 May 2022

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Human-Centered Mathematics: Jennifer Bowen’s MAA Spotlight

“It was a clerical error,” Jennifer Bowen recalled as the catalyst for her mathematical journey. As an undergraduate student studying mathematics at Boston College, Bowen had taken a part-time job grading papers for the math department. She had enjoyed the subject since ...

27 April 2022

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Finding Belonging in Mathematics

Shanise Walker looks back at her early education with gratitude, in which she saw herself reflected in the math teachers she encountered. As of 2018, women only made up 29% of all mathematics doctorate recipients, and members of underrepresented minority groups only made...

29 March 2022

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A Happy Accident and a Lifelong Legacy

Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin’s MAA story began as something of an accident. As a recent Ph.D. graduate from the University of Oregon, Jensen-Vallin was accepted as a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Project NExT fellow. “I have to admit,” she recalls. “I assumed tha...

22 February 2022

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Building Bridges: Emilie Purvine’s Mathematical Journey

“My grandpa would give me math puzzles as a kid. I didn’t know they were ‘math’ per se, just that they were fun puzzles. He’d work with me to solve them, not giving me the answer but helping me arrive at [it] on my own. I think this helped me understand how to break prob...

24 January 2022

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I Knew I Wasn’t Alone: Kamuela Yong and Building Community

“Ask for help, because help will always be there for people who need it.” Kamuela Yong recalls this statement as the best advice he ever received. The idea has sustained him through challenges in his journey and has been passed along to many of Yong’s own students. Certa...

13 December 2021

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Exponential Impact: Judith Covington’s MAA Journey

This year, Judith Covington heard that one of her fellow MAA Project NExT Red Dots had just announced his retirement. “I have clearly been teaching long enough to retire,” she says. “But I do not see that on my horizon.” In fact, when asked where she sees herself in ten ...

15 November 2021

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Dina Yagodich and her Path to Education

…My fellow math faculty at the community college where I teach are inspirational. They love what they do - even when things get frustrating - because they care deeply about our students. We aren’t afraid to change - whether it’s rethinking how we approach developmental m...

31 August 2022

Recent Stories
A Conversation with Brian Katz

“You cannot be neutral in issues of justice,” Brian Katz says. “So [one’s] choice is not between action and inaction; it’s between action that supports justice and action that resists justice.” Katz cites this as the best advice they have ever received.

26 July 2022

Recent Stories
Writing Mathematics with Dan Kalman

Proof and theorem: don’t fear ‘em - Dan Kalman, “Math Anxiety Treatment”

20 May 2022

Recent Stories
MAA AMC Young Women in Mathematics Share Their Stories

Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2022) - “No matter how much the gender gap knocks you down, if you enjoy it, go for it, don’t let it stop you,” says Catherine Xu, 2022 AMC 10 A Award winner and AMC 8 & 10 B Certificate recipient. Xu is one of 632 young women across the cou...

13 May 2022

Recent Stories
Human-Centered Mathematics: Jennifer Bowen’s MAA Spotlight

“It was a clerical error,” Jennifer Bowen recalled as the catalyst for her mathematical journey. As an undergraduate student studying mathematics at Boston College, Bowen had taken a part-time job grading papers for the math department. She had enjoyed the subject since ...

27 April 2022

Recent Stories
Finding Belonging in Mathematics

Shanise Walker looks back at her early education with gratitude, in which she saw herself reflected in the math teachers she encountered. As of 2018, women only made up 29% of all mathematics doctorate recipients, and members of underrepresented minority groups only made...

29 March 2022

Recent Stories
A Happy Accident and a Lifelong Legacy

Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin’s MAA story began as something of an accident. As a recent Ph.D. graduate from the University of Oregon, Jensen-Vallin was accepted as a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Project NExT fellow. “I have to admit,” she recalls. “I assumed tha...

22 February 2022

Recent Stories
Building Bridges: Emilie Purvine’s Mathematical Journey

“My grandpa would give me math puzzles as a kid. I didn’t know they were ‘math’ per se, just that they were fun puzzles. He’d work with me to solve them, not giving me the answer but helping me arrive at [it] on my own. I think this helped me understand how to break prob...

24 January 2022

Recent Stories
I Knew I Wasn’t Alone: Kamuela Yong and Building Community

“Ask for help, because help will always be there for people who need it.” Kamuela Yong recalls this statement as the best advice he ever received. The idea has sustained him through challenges in his journey and has been passed along to many of Yong’s own students. Certa...

13 December 2021

Recent Stories
Exponential Impact: Judith Covington’s MAA Journey

This year, Judith Covington heard that one of her fellow MAA Project NExT Red Dots had just announced his retirement. “I have clearly been teaching long enough to retire,” she says. “But I do not see that on my horizon.” In fact, when asked where she sees herself in ten ...

15 November 2021

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