Lift Ev’ry Voice: Supporting DVC Umoja Students in Math

By: Jamylle Carter, Professor of Mathematics, Diablo Valley College, @CarterJamylle "Lift ev'ry voice and sing  'Til earth and heaven ring  Ring with the harmonies of Liberty"    --  "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Black National Anthem) James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson On my sabbatical leave from Diablo Valley College (DVC) in Spring 2018,...

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Why the World Needs More Math Outreach in Spanish

By: Jeanette Shakalli and Rachel Levy, MAA Deputy Executive Director, @mathcirque Mathematical outreach efforts seek to promote positive attitudes towards mathematics and to create awareness of mathematical culture by fostering an understanding of the essential role that mathematics plays in our everyday lives. Outreach efforts also highlight the enjoyable experience of learning mathematics. By studying...

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10 Things to Remember about Physical Disabilities When You Interview and Hire

Yaomingxin Lu presents her research at the annual MAA-SIG Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education meeting By: Yaomingxin Lu, Deanna Haunsperger, @deannahmath, and Rachel Levy, @mathcirque Going on a campus interview or starting a new job can be nerve-wracking enough, but for someone with a disability, there is an added level of stress regarding navigating, sometimes...

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An Interview with Carol Meyers

By: Rachel Levy, Deputy Executive Director MAA @mathcirque Carol Meyers, Associate Program Leader for Nuclear Weapon Enterprise Evaluation and Planning at Lawrence Livermore National Lab The other day, I was lucky to catch up with Carol Meyers and talk with her about her work as a mathematician in industry. This interview is part of the MAA...

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Mentoring as a Two-Way Street

By: Rachel Levy, Deputy Executive Director MAA @mathcirque The MAA usually hosts an Early Career Mentoring Network Social at our annual meetings.  It is a casual event in the hotel lobby with food and conversation. In January 2020 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver, I was delighted to be able to drop by and...

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An Unlikely Marriage of Mathematicians and Computers

By: Keith Devlin @profkeithdevlin These days, anyone entering the field of mathematics, either as a researcher, practitioner, or educator, expects to make extensive use of digital technology. But it wasn’t always that way, at least for pure mathematics researchers and the majority of math educators. Though mathematicians invented the modern computer as a theoretical entity,...

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Moving the System toward Equity

By: David Bressoud @dbressoud David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College and Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Links to responses by CBMS societies to the systemic racism that has been brought back to national attention by the murder of George Floyd are available here. Links to resources...

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MAA Surfaces an AMC Champion

By: Rachel Levy, Deputy Executive Director MAA @mathcirque and Susan Kennedy Competitions advocate Dr. Nura Turner in 1978 with student Jimmy (now James) Wilson at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. The Dean of engineering and the head of the mathematics department are between them. Turner was the official guest for the Mathematics Day program and...

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Building an Online Undergraduate Research Community

By: Elizabeth A. Donovan, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Murray State University & Lesley Wiglesworth, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Centre College We never anticipated the changes 2020 brought us. We quickly learned how to teach online, complete our service virtually, and now are thinking about how to maintain our research productivity. Similarly, our students' lives changed. They had...

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Profs Making Videos: PLEASE Hit PAUSE

By: Rachel Levy, Deputy Executive Director MAA, @mathcirque On social media, teachers are discussing how to survive a Fall with many unknowns. Many are preparing for online instruction so that if teaching starts in person they can move online relatively seamlessly if needed.   This past semester was an emergency. People explored new technologies and used old...

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