Looking back I published the blog post On being a gay mathematician in June 2017. Two years later, I’ve had a generally positive reaction to the post, and I amplified my queer positive message out to the world through my writing and advocacy. I’ve been on a few diversity-type panels and interacted, either in person… Read More On being a gay mathematician redux
Slides on communicating mathematics.… Read More Connecting the dots: Mathematics communication in the 21st century
My article in The Conversation reviewing two movies at TIFF 2017.… Read More TIFF 2017: Movie magic from math and science
Science research in Canada While at a conference on graph searching in Crete this last week, I met Greek mathematicians and computer scientists who now live and work in places abroad. Their departure was owing in part to the economic crisis in 2010 in their home country. Compared to Greece, Canada is in a better place economically,… Read More The Naylor Report – what is it and why it matters
Kids learn by example A classroom of kids cheer with joy. Later that day a boy runs in the front door of his house and says: “Mom, teacher said we didn’t have to do math today!” Sound like fiction? It’s not. A mathematician colleague of mine told me that her son experienced this in his elementary school. Some kids… Read More “Let’s not do math today”
Math anxiety We have all experienced anxiety studying mathematics. Some go so far to call it math phobia. I experience anxiety when first grappling with a mathematical research problem. My anxiety, however, turns to excitement as I work on the problem and make progress towards its solution. I have an advantage that comes from years of experience: I can see the light… Read More Math anxiety and gender
This week, I am presenting the second of my ongoing series of interviews with influential mathematicians. Fan Chung Graham (born in Taiwan in 1949) is one of the world’s leading graph theorists and combinatorialists, with major contributions to spectral graph theory, random and quasi-random graphs, Ramsey theory, extremal graph theory, and complex networks. Fan is a professor… Read More Interview with a mathematician: Fan Chung Graham
