Hello, friends. Here is a list of resources loosely around the theme of “mathematics and society” that I have built up over the years. I have students in my courses read various subsets of these.
The organization of these resources is currently somewhat arbitrary, as are the items included. If you have suggestions for improving/expanding this page, please let me know. I’d be glad to make improvements and give you due credit, of course.
Legitimation of Mathematical Knowledge
- Diversity in Proof Appraisal
- Epistemic Injustice in Mathematics
- Mathematical Proof that Rocked Number Theory will be Published
- New Math Book Rescues Landmark Topology Proof [h/t Matt Salomone for the suggestion]
- Wiles’s Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem
Oppression by WesteRn Mathematics (and alternatives)
- Can Mathematics be Antiracist
- Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics
- Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics
- Western Mathematics: The Secret Weapon of Cultural Imperialism
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM (mostly in Math)
- “All of These Political Questions”: Anticommunism, Racism, and the Origin of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
- Demographic Study of Signatories to Public Letters on Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences
- Everything is Garbage: Now What
- Gender Representation on Journal Editorial Boards in the Mathematical Sciences
- I’m Breaking Up with my Oppressive Professional Society
- Science Faculty’s Subtle Gender Biases Favor Male Students
- We Don’t Know How Many Math Professors come from Excluded Racial/Ethnic Groups
Inclusive and Antiracist PeDagogy
- Active learning Narrows Achievement Gaps for Underrepresented Students in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
- Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Enhancing Diversity in Undergraduate Science: Self-Efficacy Drives Performance Gains with Active Learning
- Interventions Designed to Reduce Implicit Prejudices and Implicit Stereotypes in Real World Contexts: A Systematic Review
- Stereotype Threat and the Intellectual Test Performance of African Americans
- Stereotype Threat and Women’s Math Performance
- Stereotype Threat Mitigation
- Support, Belonging, Motivation, and Engagement in the College Classroom: A Mixed Method Study
- Ungrading: An Introduction
- Ungrading: An FAQ