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Matt Park (Virginia Tech) -- January 20, 2025 Park will share his recent research. Abstract. As international students from China continue to work in the United States, research has emerged about their experiences, driven by Chinese and Americans alike. While many studies attend to topics such as how international students adjust to living and working in the United States, or the differences they notice in Western and Eastern pedagogy, the details of the day-to-day work of such scholars remain under-discussed. After briefly discussing some literature about international Chinese STEM students, I present two themes from preliminary data from international Chinese math faculty members that indicate factors that impact the languages they choose in their professional work such as research or teaching.
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Talia LaTona-Tequida (San Diego State University) -- November 13, 2024 Latona-Tequida presented an overview of her dissertation research. Abstract. Women in advanced mathematics continue to be underrepresented despite representational progress in K-16 mathematics. Previous research has identified individual factors and features of local context which may contribute to women’s persistence and sense of belonging in doctoral mathematics. However, more work is needed to understand the broader societal factors which work to marginalize women in advanced mathematics. Mathematics education researchers have leveraged an identity lens to understand these factors at the undergraduate level. I extend this work using a figured worlds framework to investigate the mathematical identities of five women pursuing a PhD in mathematics. Preliminary results from thematic analysis of narrative interviews and a focus group reveal common themes among the participants related to ways they negotiate their gender–anticipating doubt, proving yourself, and transcending gender. I contextualize these results in a broader discussion about my research trajectory in graduate mathematics education with a focus on departmental change that supports students from nondominant groups. Video recording to be added.
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Dr. Brady Tyburski (University of Georgia) -- October 23, 2024 Dr. Tyburski led a discussion on what journal outlets are possible for graduate mathematics education work. You can access these resources here: Resources & Links.
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Royce Olarte (University of California, Santa Barbara) -- September 30, 2024 Olarte gave his job talk. In this, he shared sociocultural perspectives on graduate students' professional identity development, discourses in graduate mathematics education, and new qualitative research approaches to examine graduate students' identity development. Video recording to be added.
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Dr. Shanna Dobson (California State University, Los Angeles) and Dr. Miloš Savić (University of Oklahoma) -- July 29, 2024 In this dual presentation, Dr. Dobson and Dr. Savić each presented an overview of mathematical creativity theory and some results. Video recording to be added.
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Anna Mikulo (University of Oklahoma), Matt Park (Virginia Tech), and Deewang Hamidi (University of California, Santa Cruz) -- July 2, 2024 Mikulo, Park, and Hamidi gave a brief overview of research methods in mathematics education research. Others were also invited to give brief, 5-minute talks on the research methods they employ or particularly like. Then, time was dedicated to sharing research proposals, where attendees briefly discussed research projects they are interested in and search out collaborators.