Outreach

I lead a summer learning experience for K-12 math teachers called “21st century mathematics”. We explore research-level math and connect it to K-12 math using Bodgan Grechuk’s book Theorems of the 21st Century. For more details, see this page.

I have been involved with several math circles, in New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, and Chicago. Math circles are a great way for young people to access math outside of school. Find a math circle near you!

I have helped to organize several Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals. These festivals are wonderful opportunities for young people to encounter mathematics in a collaborative, no-pressure, and fun environment. Check to see if there’s one in your area soon, or help to organize one yourself!

For three summers I’ve been on the faculty at BEAM, a math enrichment program for talented and underserved middle schoolers.

For five years I co-authored a blog called Math Munch, a weekly digest of the mathematical internet. I began writing it for my own students when I was teaching middle and high school math. Math Munch aims to make the brilliant, fun, colorful work of mathematical people accessible to a wider audience—especially young people—by curating great pieces of math that we’ve found on the internet.

I wrote a short article for the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine about my research on mapping class groups. It appeared in the Summer 2018 issue as one of nine “lessons” from Georgia Tech faculty, alumni, and students. My lesson is #5. It discusses my work with Dan Margalit on normal generators. (webpage) (pdf)