Category Archives: implicit bias

Moving from what and how to who: Using instructional analytics to create an inclusive mathematics classroom

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Brian Katz

Guest Authors: Daniel L. Reinholz, Robin Wilson, and Amelia Stone-Johnstone Introduction, by Daniel Reinholz As mathematicians, we think deeply about what mathematics we want to share with our students. We think about all of the beautiful aspects of the discipline … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Autism, Ethnicity, and Equity

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Brian Katz

Guest Post by Michael Ortiz Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College I’m an associate professor of mathematics at Rio Grande College, a branch campus of Sul Ross State University consisting of three geographically separated units in the middle Rio … Continue reading →

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Complicit Function Theorem

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Brian Katz

This week, I was separated by small degrees from two separate acts of terrorism motivated by hate. (1) Students and faculty/staff on my campus had set up a local version of The Clothesline Project, in which survivors of sexual violence … Continue reading →

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Get Off The Road

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Brian Katz

Many reliable mathematical models of the environment say we are destroying this planet with CO2 (carbon dioxide) or at least making it uninhabitable for human culture as we know it within a couple of generations. What responsibility do we, as … Continue reading →

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Supremum/Supremacy

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Brian Katz

I’m going to say something political that some of you may not like. In the spirit of The Oatmeal, I’m going to ask you to read to the end before you decide that I cannot possibly have said what I … Continue reading →

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Profiles in Invisibility

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Adriana Salerno

When people ask me “who is your favorite superhero?”, I usually say Invisible Boy (played by the awesome Kel Mitchell) from the 90’s movie Mystery Men. Invisible Boy’s superpower is, you guessed it, invisibility, but there’s a catch: he can … Continue reading →

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