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