Math Monday: Highlighting AAPI Mathematicians within the Classroom (2025)


Rejoice Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by studying about three superb AAPI mathematicians. Discover these profiles – and 50+ extra! – in a ready-to-go slide deck.

 

Try the Math in Motion slide deck!

 

Dr. June Huh

Dr. Huh is a professor at Princeton College who received the Fields Medal in 2022. (from a profile in Quanta)

 

Watch this profile from the Simons Basis.

 

 

Attainable Questions:

  • Dr. Huh says: “The boundary between realizing and never realizing is so clear in arithmetic.”
    • In your personal phrases, what does that imply?
    • What’s one different space of life the place that’s NOT true?
  • What was Dr. Huh’s dream rising up?
  • Dr. Huh talks about framing an issue in another way to make use of a “totally different sort of instinct”. What forms of issues does your instinct, or pure mind-set, clear up finest?

 

Josephine Jue

Josephine Jue is a mathematician and aerospace technologist who spent greater than thirty years working behind-the-scenes on computer systems and software program at NASA (from the American Mathematical Society).

 

Learn this interview with Jue to study extra.

 

 

Attainable Questions:

  • How does Jue describe the variety of execs at NASA?
  • How did Jue determine to develop into a mathematician?
  • Jue says “The subsequent technology of girls… also needs to care about different girls and try to carry one another up”. In your personal life, what examples have you ever seen of individuals lifting one another up?

 

Dr. Swati Patel

Dr. Patel is mathematical biologist and an assistant professor at Oregon State College Math Division. Her analysis focuses on modeling inhabitants dynamics of various dwelling organisms. In 2019, she co-founded the Math For All convention, to foster inclusivity in arithmetic analysis. (from her web site)

 

Watch this interview with MEET a Mathematician

 

 

Attainable Questions:

  • How did Dr. Patel’s early experiences with math evaluate to her school experiences?
  • What are the real-world purposes of Dr. Patel’s analysis?
  • What does Dr. Patel say is considered one of her greatest challenges? Are you able to relate to that problem?

 

About
the Creator

Kathryn Dawson

Kathryn (she/her) is happy to affix the NGPF staff after 9 years of expertise in schooling as a mentor, tutor, and particular schooling instructor. She is a graduate of Cornell College with a level in coverage evaluation and administration and has a grasp’s diploma in schooling from Brooklyn Faculty. Kathryn is trying ahead to bringing her ardour for accessibility and academic justice into curriculum design at NGPF. Throughout her free time, Kathryn loves embarking on cooking initiatives, strolling round her Seattle neighborhood along with her canine, or lounging in a hammock with a ebook.


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