Joint Mathematics Meetings AMS Special Session

Current as of Thursday, April 21, 2022 04:01:57

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Virtual Joint Mathematics Meetings (formerly in Seattle, WA)

• now meeting virtually, PT (hosted by the American Mathematical Society), Seattle, WA
• April 6-9, 2022 (Wednesday - Saturday)
• Meeting #1174

Associate Secretary for the AMS Scientific Program:

Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin-Madison benkart@math.wisc.edu

AMS Special Session on Quantitative Literacy and Society

• Thursday April 7, 2022, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantitative Literacy and Society
  Organizers:
  Samuel Luke Tunstall, Trinity University - San Antonio TX
  Mark Alan Branson, Stevenson University
  Catherine Lynn Crockett, Point Loma Nazarene University
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Kathryn Appenzeller Appenzeller, Texas A&M-San Antonio
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Exploring minimum wages and well-being
    Debasmita Basu*, The New School
    Carol J Overby, The New School
    (1174-10-10196)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics for the People: A Radical New Approach to Teaching Quantitative Literacy
    Mark Alan Branson*, Stevenson University
    Whitney George, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
    (1174-10-7368)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    What Constitutes Ethical Mathematical Practice? Responses from the Mathematics Community on Ethics in Mathematics
    Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
    Victor Piercey*, Ferris State University Department of Mathematics
    Rochelle Elaine Tractenberg, Georgetown University
    (1174-10-8601)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break/Discussion
  • 10:30 a.m.
    COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Re-Designing a Large QL Course with a Focus on Student Engagement
    Shiv Smith Karunakaran, Michigan State University
    Rachael Marie Lund*, Michigan State Univeristy
    (1174-10-10471)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Use and Abuse of Probability Theory in Discussions of Evolutionary Biology
    Jason Douglas Rosenhouse*, James Madison University
    (1174-92-10485)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Medical Marijuana: An Asynchronous "Sniff Test" to Encourage Student Use of QR
    Kathryn Appenzeller Appenzeller*, Texas A&M-San Antonio
    Ruby Ann Daniels, Texas A&M-San Antonio
    (1174-10-7865)
• Thursday April 7, 2022, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantitative Literacy and Society, II
  Organizers:
  Samuel Luke Tunstall, Trinity University - San Antonio TX
  Mark Alan Branson, Stevenson University
  Catherine Lynn Crockett, Point Loma Nazarene University
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Kathryn Appenzeller Appenzeller, Texas A&M-San Antonio
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Quantitative Reasoning for Multifaceted Citizenship
    Deependra Budhathoki, Ohio University
    Gregory D Foley*, Ohio University
    Amrit Bahadur Thapa, Ohio University
    (1174-10-10629)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Developing money-sense through personalized financial projects
    Whitney George*, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
    (1174-10-9889)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Break/Discussion
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Cross-disciplinary approach for teaching data literacy: applying quantitative tools to societal issues like Covid, gerrymandering, and student debt
    Linda E Green*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Jeff McLean, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Viji Sathy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Todd J Vision, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1174-97-9206)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Adapting an in-person human trafficking group activity to an asynchonous online learning experience: A SUMMIT-P project
    Victor Piercey, Ferris State University
    Beverly L Wood*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    (1174-97-7154)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Campus-wide Quantitative Reasoning Assessment Using A Modified VALUE Rubric
    Judith Canner, California State University Monterey Bay
    Jennifer Clinkenbeard*, California State University, Monterey Bay
    (1174-10-8584)