American Mathematical Society

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 9, 2022 03:30:04

Steven H Weintraub, Lehigh University shw2@lehigh.edu

Saturday October 1, 2022, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Special Session on Math and Democracy: Perspectives in Research and Teaching I
S140, Integrated Learning Center
Organizers:
Andrew Schultz, Wellesley College aschult2@wellesley.edu
Ben Blum-Smith, New York University and The New School
Stanley Chang, Wellesley College
- 8:30 a.m.
  A sophomore level course in Mathematics, Voting, and Democracy
  Thomas Ratliff*, Wheaton College
  (1180-10-15605)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Unfair and resilient districting plans
  Wesley Hamilton*, University of Utah
  (1180-62-15753)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Math and democracy and community outreach
  Katharine A. Ott*, Bates College
  (1180-10-15606)
- 10:00 a.m.
  MULTI-DISTRICT PREFERENCE MODELLING
  Geoffrey Pritchard, University of Auckland
  Mark Curtis Wilson*, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  (1180-91-15589)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Ranked Choice Voting and the Spoiler Effect
  Jennifer M. Wilson*, Eugene Lang College, The New School
  (1180--14886)

Saturday October 1, 2022, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Special Session on Math and Democracy: Perspectives in Research and Teaching II
S140, Integrated Learning Center
Organizers:
Andrew Schultz, Wellesley College aschult2@wellesley.edu
Ben Blum-Smith, New York University and The New School
Stanley Chang, Wellesley College
- 3:00 p.m.
  Is There a Better Way to Elect a President?
  Steven J Brams*, New York University
  (1180-91-15835)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Theory, Spreadsheets, and Maps: A First-Year Seminar Course on the Mathematics of Voting
  Beth Campbell Hetrick*, Gettysburg College
  (1180-10-15867)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Simplicial complexes and political structures
  Ismar Volic*, Wellesley College
  (1180-91-15617)
- 5:00 p.m.
  There and Back Again: Taking Mathematical Politics From the Classroom to the Community and Back
  Lauren L. Rose, Bard College
  Jeff Suzuki*, BrooklynCollege
  (1180-10-15870)