The Annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture – Professor Rochelle Gutiérrez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “Rehumanizing Mathematics: What Might it Mean for Our Future?”
Thursday, October 3, 2019 — 7:00pm
Pettingill, G52
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Much of the work around “equity” and “inclusion” in mathematics has been poorly defined (Gutiérrez, 2002) or is constantly shifting (NCTM, 2008). As such, we have produced a state of “tinkering” as opposed to real change (Gutiérrez, 2017). That is, our progress has often focused on, and ended with, closing the achievement gap or recruiting more diverse students into the mathematical sciences, but not trying to radically reimagine a mathematics that supports students, teachers, and members of society to thrive, something I refer to as Rehumanizing Mathematics.