
AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session
Current as of Friday, May 7, 2021 03:30:05
Spring Western Sectional Meeting (formerly at San Francisco State University)
- now meeting virtually, PDT (hosted by the American Mathematical Society), San Francisco, CA
- May 1-2, 2021 (Saturday - Sunday)
- Meeting #1167
Associate Secretary for the AMS Scientific Program:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu
AMS 2021 Spring Sectional Meetings will be held VIRTUALLY on the originally planned dates. Further details will be posted as soon as they are available. Send questions to meet@ams.org.
Special Session on Social Change through Mathematics and Education
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Sunday May 2, 2021, 8:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
Special Session on Social Change through Mathematics and Education, I
Special Session 18, American Mathematical Society
Organizers:
Federico Ardila, San Francisco State University
Shandy Hauk, San Francisco State University hauk@sfsu.edu
Ashia Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robin Wilson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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8:00 a.m.
Context and contingency: History of Mathematics and Social Change in Mathematics and Education.
Michael J Barany*, University of Edinburgh
(1167-01-237) -
8:45 a.m.
From the abstract to the personal: Who you must become to do equity work.
Aris B Winger*, Georgia Gwinnett College
(1167-97-315) -
9:30 a.m.
Break. -
10:30 a.m.
A panel discussion on social change through mathematics education.
Jayadev Siddhanta Athreya*, University of Washington
Christopher Jett, University of West Georgia
Gregory Larnell, University of Illinois, Chicago
Belin Tsinnajinnie, Santa Fe Community College
Luz Valoyes-Chávez, Universidad de Chile
(1167-00-183)
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8:00 a.m.
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Sunday May 2, 2021, 2:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
Special Session on Social Change through Mathematics and Education, II
Special Session 18, American Mathematical Society
Organizers:
Federico Ardila, San Francisco State University
Shandy Hauk, San Francisco State University hauk@sfsu.edu
Ashia Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robin Wilson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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2:00 p.m.
The effect of differential victim crime reporting on predictive policing systems.
Nil-Jana Akpinar*, Carnegie Mellon University
Maria De-Arteaga, University of Texas at Austin
Alexandra Chouldechova, Carnegie Mellon University
(1167-00-134) -
2:45 p.m.
Race, death, and justice: Capital sentencing in Washington State, 1981-2014.
Heather D. Evans*, Dept of Sociology, University of Washington
Katherine Beckett, Law, Societies & Justice Dept, University of Washington
(1167-97-309) -
3:30 p.m.
Break. -
4:00 p.m.
Enumerating racial and gender disparities in eviction.
Timothy Thomas*, University of California, Berkeley
Ott Toomet, University of Washington
Alex Ramiller, University of California, Berkeley
Lucero Mejia, University of Washington
Jose Hernandez, University of Washington
(1167-00-332) -
4:45 p.m.
Market design for social good: Using math, algorithms and economics to address social problems.
Irene Y Lo*, Stanford University
(1167-91-305)
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2:00 p.m.
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