Round-Up of JMM 2021 Sessions on Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice

The 2021 Joint Meetings of the Mathematical Societies (JMM) will be held virtually January 6-9. Continuing our tradition, this post highlights events at this virtual meeting related to diversity, equity, and justice. In particular, I built the list below be reading the program and noting invited presentations and sessions having either titles indicated that some aspect of diversity/equity/justice would be the focus of the talk or sponsorship by group including NAM, AWM, Spectra & Math Alliance.

Please note that this list will not be comprehensive. I have not looked within sessions for individual talks, and I certainly hope that we continue to #DisruptJMM by discussing these issues across the whole program. If you catch a session that I missed, you are welcome to comment about it below or message me; please forgive me for what I have missed or typos I have introduced.

I have recently learned that this kind of list grows has a past debt to Bill Hawkins, who would distribute a similar list in person at conferences.

For each session or group of sessions listed below, click on the hyperlinks to be re-directed to an online JMM Scientific Program page containing additional details about the individual talks. I believe that all times are listed in Mountain Standard Time.

Jump Links:

• Invited Addresses
• AMS Special Sessions
• MAA Invited/Contributed Paper Sessions
• Other Events

Each of these four sections lists events in chronological order.

[Last update based on comments: 01/05/2020 5:15pm Pacific.]

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Invited Addresses

Wednesday January 6, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Session: Lecture
Anti-racism in mathematics: Who, what, when, where, why, and how?
Erica Graham, Bryn Mawr College
Followed by a panel 9:50 a.m.-10:45 a.m. also featuring Pamela Harris and Kamuela Yong

Wednesday January 6, 2021, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
Navigating collaboration.
Chelsea Walton, Rice University

 

Thursday January 7, 2021, 5:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
NAM Cox-Talbot Address
Leveraging Data Science at HBCUs to Advance Innovation
Talitha Washington, Clark Atlanta University and the Atlanta University Center

 

Friday January 8, 2021, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
AMS Invited Address
The Hamilton-Jacobi equation, past and present.
Ryan Hynd, University of Pennsylvania

 

Saturday January 9, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
An Invitation to Noncommutative Algebra.
Chelsea Walton, Rice University

 

Saturday January 9, 2021, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture
Turning cancer discoveries into effective treatments with the aid of mathematical modeling.
Trachette Jackson, University of Michigan

 

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AMS Special Sessions

Wednesday January 6, 2021

8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
AMS-AWM Special Session on Women of Color in Applied Math and Analysis, I

8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, I

8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Mathematical Outreach: Engagement Opportunities and Best Practices, I

2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
AMS-AWM Special Session on Women of Color in Applied Math and Analysis, II

2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, II

2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Mathematical Outreach: Engagement Opportunities and Best Practices, II

 

Thursday January 7, 2021

8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
AMS-AWM Special Session on Women of Color in Topology and Algebra, I

8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, III

1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
AMS-AWM Special Session on Women of Color in Topology and Algebra, I

 

Friday January 8, 2021

8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS-NAM Joint Special Session on Celebrating the Mathematical Legacy of Dr. James A. Donaldson, I

1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
AMS-NAM Joint Special Session on Celebrating the Mathematical Legacy of Dr. James A. Donaldson, II

1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Women Advancing Mathematical Biology Through Computational and Analytical Techniques. (Associated with MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture Trachette Jackson)

 

Saturday January 9, 2021

8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on ADJOINT (African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop) Research Showcase I

2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
AMS Special Session on ADJOINT (African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop) Research Showcase I

 

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MAA Paper Sessions

Wednesday January 6, 2021

8:20 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on Promoting Women in Mathematics, I

2:15 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on Promoting Women in Mathematics, II

 

Friday January 8, 2021

8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
MAA Invited Paper Session on Supporting Mathematics in the Developing World

9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on The EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) program: Pure and Applied talks by Women Math Warriors, I

1:00 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on Teaching Math Modeling and Sustainability

1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on The EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) program: Pure and Applied talks by Women Math Warriors, II

 

Saturday January 9, 2021

9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
MAA Contributed Paper Session on Promoting Women in Mathematics, III

 

 

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Other Events

Wednesday January 6, 2021

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Committee for Minority Participation in Mathematics (CMPM) Virtual Collaboration Hour

2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
MAA Townhall
Ethics and Mathematical Practices

3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
MAA Panel
Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics at Two Year Colleges and Similar Institutions

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
AMS Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion
Developing a culture that promotes the full range of career paths.

 

Thursday January 7, 2021

9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
MAA Workshop
Increasing Engagement in and Support for Equity Work

1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
NAM Haynes-Granville-Browne Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
AWM Panel
Equity, Ethics, and Bias in Mathematics Research

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
AWM Panel
AWM Through the Decades

3:00 p.m.
Interview with the Authors of “Asked and Answered: Dialogues on Advocating for Students of Color in Mathematics”
Pamela Harris, Williams College
Aris Winger, Georgia Gwinnett College
Note: This is not part of JMM2021. Register separately here.

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Spectra Reception for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Mathematicians

 

Friday January 8, 2021

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
AMS Update to the Community on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts

9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
MAA Panel
Math Support Centers: The Need for Support, the Student Experience, and the Return on Investment.

1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Current Events Bulletin

• 1:00 p.m. Mathematics of the Dynamics and Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Abba Gumel, Arizona State University

2:30 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
Presentations by MAA Haimo Teaching Award Recipients

• Stories my students taught me.
  David Austin, Grand Valley State University
• What are the right questions?
  Elaine A. Kasimatis, California State University – Sacramento
• I. Uncommon Inspirations for Teaching II. The Price of Equity in Mathematics
  Dave Kung, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, MAA Project NExT Director

3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
AWM Graduate Student Poster Session Reception

5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
AWM Awards Ceremony and Business Meeting

1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, I

• 5:30 p.m. The Black Mathematician Chronicles: Our Quest to Update the MAD Pages.
  Edray Herber Goins, Pomona College

 

Saturday January 9, 2021

8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AWM Workshop on Women in Analysis (WoAN), I

10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
NAM Business Meeting

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Spectra Brainstorming Session

2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
AWM Workshop on Women in Analysis (WoAN), II