This is the Research in Graduate Mathematics Education Working Group Interest Form.

You can access our working group materials here: link pending.

Abstract

Continuing the momentum from last year’s Research in Graduate Mathematics Education (RGME) working group session, we envision this year’s working group as a space for those interested in hearing about, discussing, or collaborating on RGME. Despite the importance of graduate education to the field of mathematics and mathematics education, there has been minimal research on graduate mathematics education, especially compared to undergraduate mathematics education. Recently, however, there has been significant emerging interest in graduate mathematics education from both practitioners and researchers. Still, there are few formal research venues (or “homes”) for this work to occur in a sustained fashion. This working group is intended to fill this gap by providing space for interested stakeholders to convene and work collaboratively on research-based solutions to improving graduate mathematics education.

Last year’s session featured several conversations and talks about the state of RGME (ranging from conversations about graduate student identity formation and critical conversations about qualifying exams to what it means to have a “student-focused” graduate program). This year, we will continue these conversations with a focus on ethical considerations and questions that ought to guide RGME and orient our approaches to research. Along the way, we will consider ways to be responsive to calls that all research in graduate education ought to attend to issues of (in)equity and consider if/how questions of equity (and ethics more generally) must be taken up differently in the unique context of graduate mathematics education. Building on research in STEM graduate education, we will consider orienting questions such as: What does it mean to do ethical research in mathematics graduate education? and How can we develop ethical research collaborations with graduate students? When should we?

This working group features several activities including:

1. a Q&A panel session introducing participants to the field of RGME with researchers sharing the story of their research and how they got into the field,
2. break-out sessions to meet and learn from others with similar interests and share ongoing research,
3. a presentation and follow-up discussion focused on issues of ethics and equity and how they inform our approaches and methods in RGME, and
4. time for forming and developing collaborations, having longer discussions on a topic of interest, or receiving feedback on your current research or mentoring on how to get started in RGME.

Agenda

The working group is from 8AM to 12 NOON Eastern Time, and this is the breakdown of our time:

• 8:00 - 8:15, Welcome, Introductions, Agenda, & Goals
• 8:15 - 9:00, Panel of RGME Researchers with Q&A
• 9:00 - 9:30, Roundtable Break-Out Groups by Areas of Interest
• 9:30 - 10:15, Discussion on Ethics and Equity in RGME
• 10:15 - 10:30, Break
• 10:30 - 11:40, Collaboration, Mentoring, and Discussion Groups
• 11:40 - 12:00, Wrap-Up and Planning for Future Working Group Activities

Panel

After a brief introduction to the working group, we have a panel of three researchers from the RGME community with diverse research specialities and interests. Below you can read about each of them!