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Finding Confidence in Mathematics with Jessie Hamm

Jessie Hamm never expected to be where she is today. Though she always knew she would attend college, she never saw herself going to graduate school, let alone earning her Ph.D. in mathematics. From a young age, Hamm had a passion for mathematics, but she lacked somethin...

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When Mathematics Chooses You: Greg Coxson’s MAA Story

Mathematical concepts are fascinating in their own right, but to Greg Coxson, the most interesting part of mathematics comes in its applications. Throughout his education, Coxson found himself constantly asking: where does mathematics show up in the world, and how can it...

30 August 2021

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Uncovering a Passion for Mathematics

“Nothing else had ever struck me as the thing I was supposed to do until this,” Tien Chih says, recalling the moment in his undergraduate career when he realized he was meant to be a math teacher.

19 July 2021

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Meet Stephanie Salomone: New MAA Project NExT Associate Director

For as long as Stephanie Salomone can remember, she always loved learning. Her parents — an educator and an engineer — encouraged Salomone throughout her childhood to gain a variety of learning experiences, including everything from mathematics to music lessons to explor...

21 June 2021

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A Lifetime of Mathematical Challenges: The Story of MAA Member John Mason

“Try to do for students only what they cannot yet do for themselves,” says Mathematical Association of America (MAA) member, professor emeritus of the Open University, and avid canoeist John Mason. Though he’s retired from his original position teaching mathematics and m...

24 May 2021

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Mathematics Unites Young Women & Challenges the Gender Gap in STEM

WASHINGTON, DC (May 21, 2021) — According to the Census Bureau, women have made significant gains in the STEM workforce over the years, but men still dominate the field. In 2019, "Men made up 52% of all U.S. workers but 73% of all STEM workers."

by Hope Longe

21 May 2021

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Concepts Over Calculations: Rick Gillman’s Expansive View of Mathematics

Rick Gillman will always remember the moment he decided to become a teacher. It was in his calculus class during his senior year of high school. There were only four people in the class, but Gillman always managed to grab a seat behind another student, hiding from the te...

19 April 2021

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Man on the Moon and an MAA Member Who Helped Them Get There: The Story of Ralph Pass

Much of the world is certain that the career path for mathematicians involves either teaching or impossible theories and their applications, and while the application part may be true, Ralph Pass’s journey is anything but ordinary. Though he was adamant that his story is...

15 March 2021

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From Struggling with the AMC to Writing it: How One Math Professor Learned to “Wrestle with Math”

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence,” he recited with ease.

22 February 2021

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Defining Your Own Success: Rebecca Swanson’s MAA Story

The summer after her junior year of college, Rebecca Swanson spent countless nights awake at the homeless shelter she helped run. The small staff meant that the student volunteers had to sleep in shifts so that one of them would always be available if anyone needed anyth...

25 October 2021

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Finding Confidence in Mathematics with Jessie Hamm

Jessie Hamm never expected to be where she is today. Though she always knew she would attend college, she never saw herself going to graduate school, let alone earning her Ph.D. in mathematics. From a young age, Hamm had a passion for mathematics, but she lacked somethin...

27 September 2021

Recent Stories
When Mathematics Chooses You: Greg Coxson’s MAA Story

Mathematical concepts are fascinating in their own right, but to Greg Coxson, the most interesting part of mathematics comes in its applications. Throughout his education, Coxson found himself constantly asking: where does mathematics show up in the world, and how can it...

30 August 2021

Recent Stories
Uncovering a Passion for Mathematics

“Nothing else had ever struck me as the thing I was supposed to do until this,” Tien Chih says, recalling the moment in his undergraduate career when he realized he was meant to be a math teacher.

19 July 2021

Recent Stories
Meet Stephanie Salomone: New MAA Project NExT Associate Director

For as long as Stephanie Salomone can remember, she always loved learning. Her parents — an educator and an engineer — encouraged Salomone throughout her childhood to gain a variety of learning experiences, including everything from mathematics to music lessons to explor...

21 June 2021

Recent Stories
A Lifetime of Mathematical Challenges: The Story of MAA Member John Mason

“Try to do for students only what they cannot yet do for themselves,” says Mathematical Association of America (MAA) member, professor emeritus of the Open University, and avid canoeist John Mason. Though he’s retired from his original position teaching mathematics and m...

24 May 2021

Recent Stories
Mathematics Unites Young Women & Challenges the Gender Gap in STEM

WASHINGTON, DC (May 21, 2021) — According to the Census Bureau, women have made significant gains in the STEM workforce over the years, but men still dominate the field. In 2019, "Men made up 52% of all U.S. workers but 73% of all STEM workers."

by Hope Longe

21 May 2021

Recent Stories
Concepts Over Calculations: Rick Gillman’s Expansive View of Mathematics

Rick Gillman will always remember the moment he decided to become a teacher. It was in his calculus class during his senior year of high school. There were only four people in the class, but Gillman always managed to grab a seat behind another student, hiding from the te...

19 April 2021

Recent Stories
Man on the Moon and an MAA Member Who Helped Them Get There: The Story of Ralph Pass

Much of the world is certain that the career path for mathematicians involves either teaching or impossible theories and their applications, and while the application part may be true, Ralph Pass’s journey is anything but ordinary. Though he was adamant that his story is...

15 March 2021

Recent Stories
From Struggling with the AMC to Writing it: How One Math Professor Learned to “Wrestle with Math”

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence,” he recited with ease.

22 February 2021

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