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Selected coverage organized by research area.
Book Reviews
Significance
(Royal Statistical Society)
— “A fascinating glimpse into the intersection of statistics and social justice … a wise and witty companion.”
Affirmative Action Policies in Undergraduate College Admissions
SIAM News Blog
Berkshire County Courtwatch
WAMC Northeast Public Radio (#1)
WAMC Northeast Public Radio (#2)
Biological Swarming
Macalester News (art and swarming)
Macalester News (swarming research)
Macalester News (SIAM Best Paper Award)
Macalester Now (student work)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Press Release (SIAM Best Paper award)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics News (research feature)
Williams College Magazine (swarming research)
Demographics of signatories to public letters about diversity
Science
Diversity in U.S. Art Museums (selected)
Art Critique
Artnet
Arts Journal
Artsy
Axios
Berkshire Eagle
Cosmos Magazine (Australia)
The Guardian (UK)
Hyperallergic
La Sexta (Spain)
Marabou at the Museum
Minnesota Public Radio
MIT Technology Review
Mother Jones
Nonprofit Quarterly
Pacific Standard
Phys.org
Publico (Portugal)
San Francisco Chronicle
Sanatatak (Turkey)
Scientific American (Arabic edition)
Smithsonian Magazine
Education / STEM Pathways and Minoritized Students
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Forbes
Inside Higher Ed
Physics World
Union of Concerned Scientists
Gender representation in mathematics
The Atlantic
Mint
SIAM News
Judicial Professional Background and Bail
Davis Vanguard
Gothamist
Life Unseen campaign on diversity in Art, Fashion, Film, Music (selected)
US Campaign
Adweek
Black Business Guide
Black Enterprise
Ethical Marketing News
EXBULLETIN
Hiphopwired
MarketingDive
Newsone
People
Yahoo Lifestyle
QSIDE institute (General Coverage)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sentencing Disparities
Reason.com/Volokh Conspiracy
Sentencing.net
AlterNet
Filter
NJ Law Journal
Topological Data Analysis
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics News
Other Coverage/Mentions/Appearances
American Statistical Association News (mentorship)
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (online teaching)
Diversifying and Decolonizing the University (STEM education)
Macalester News (student research)
Macalester News (flipped classroom pedagogy)
Macalester News (Kavli Frontiers Fellow)
Macalester News (work with the Minnesota Court of Appeals)
Macalester News (innovative first year seminar)
Macalester News (National Science Foundation grant)
Macalester Weekly (online teaching)
Math4Science (profile of me)
Meet a Mathematician (profile of me)
Minnesota Star Tribune (online teaching)
Society for Industrial and Applied Math Pride Month Honoree (profile of me)
UCLA Bruin (pedagogy)
Washington Blade ("The Queer Couple Fighting for DEI — with Math")
Williams College Press Release (NSF research grant)
Williams Record (faculty spotlight)
Wired (expert commentator)