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A Celebration of the EDGE Program’s Impact on the Mathematics Community and Beyond

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Editors:
  1. Susan D'Agostino

    1. Science Writing Advanced Academic Program, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Sarah Bryant

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA

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  3. Amy Buchmann

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA

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  4. Michelle Craddock Guinn

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Belmont University, Nashville, USA

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  5. Leona Harris

    1. Division of Sciences and Mathematics, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA

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  • Expresses how a single outreach program such as EDGE may have a far-reaching, long-lasting impact on the national mathematics community and beyond
  • Celebrates women in mathematics who are pursuing a wide range of career trajectories and significant contributions to a diverse array of fields
  • Demonstrates that the national mathematics community has been strengthened by the inclusion of women
  • Includes individual mathematics research papers from a wide variety of mathematics subfields

Part of the book series: Association for Women in Mathematics Series (AWMS, volume 18)

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The Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program began twenty years ago to provide support for women entering doctoral programs in the mathematical sciences. With a steadfast commitment to diversity among participants, faculty, and staff, EDGE initially alternated between Bryn Mawr and Spelman Colleges. In later years, EDGE has been hosted on campuses around the nation and expanded to offer support for women throughout their graduate school and professional careers. The refereed papers in A Celebration of the EDGE Program’s Impact on the Mathematics Community and Beyond range from short memoirs, to pedagogical studies, to current mathematics research. All papers are written by former EDGE participants, mentors, instructors, directors, and others connected to EDGE. Together, these papers offer compelling testimony that EDGE has produced a diverse new generation of leaders in the mathematics community. This volume contains technical and non-technical works, and it is intended for a far-reaching audience, including mathematicians, mathematics teachers, diversity officers, university administrators, government employees writing educational or science policy, and mathematics students at the high school, college, and graduate levels. By highlighting the scope of the work done by those supported by EDGE, the volume offers strong evidence of the American Mathematical Society’s recognition that EDGE is "a program that makes a difference.”


This volume offers unique testimony that a 20-year old summer program has expanded its reach beyond the summer experience to produce a diverse new generation of women leaders, nearly half of whom are underrepresented women. While some books with a women-in-math theme focus only on one topic such as research or work-life balance, this book's broad scope includes papers on mathematics research, teaching, outreach, and career paths. 



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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Susan D’Agostino
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The EDGE Program: 20 Years and Counting

      • Sarah Bryant, Jessica Spott
      Pages 9-18

    3. EDGE Through the Years

      • Sarah Bryant, Amy Buchmann, Michelle Craddock Guinn, Susan D’Agostino, Leona Harris
      Pages 19-29

    4. Twenty Years of Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education from the Perspectives of Five Dynamic Women Who Have Led the Program

      • Farrah J. Ward, Leona Harris
      Pages 31-45

    5. Second-Generation Programs: The Far-Reaching Impact of EDGE

      • Rachelle C. DeCoste
      Pages 47-53

    6. Difficult Dialogues in the Midwest: A Retrospective on the Impact of EDGE at Purdue University

      • Alejandra Alvarado, Donatella Danielli, Rachel Davis, Zenephia Evans, Edray Herber Goins
      Pages 55-65

    7. The Long-Lasting Impact of EDGE: Testimonials from the EDGE Community

      • Sarah Bryant, Amy Buchmann, Michelle Craddock Guinn, Susan D’Agostino, Leona Harris
      Pages 67-75

  4. Mathematics Inclusivity and Outreach Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Academic Preparation for Business, Industry, and Government Positions

      • Alejandra Alvarado, Candice R. Price
      Pages 79-87

    3. Striking the Right Chord: Math Circles Promote (Joyous) Professional Growth

      • Lance Bryant, Sarah Bryant, Diana White
      Pages 89-97

    4. The Women in Mathematics Symposia: An Organic Extension of the EDGE Program

      • Amy Buchmann, Yen Duong, Ami Radunskaya
      Pages 99-117

    5. The Career Mentoring Workshop: A Second-Generation EDGE Program

      • Rachelle C. DeCoste
      Pages 119-127

    6. Emotional Labor in Mathematics: Reflections on Mathematical Communities, Mentoring Structures, and EDGE

      • Gizem Karaali
      Pages 129-145

  5. Mathematics Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Experiencing Mathematics Abroad

      • Michelle Craddock Guinn, Bradford Schleben
      Pages 149-165

    3. Change Is Hard, But Not Impossible: Building Student Enthusiasm for Inquiry-Based Learning

      • Jill E. Jordan
      Pages 167-173

    4. Linear Algebra, Secret Agencies, and Zombies: Applications to Enhance Learning and Creativity

      • Carolyn Otto
      Pages 175-193

  6. Mathematics Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Science Writing Advanced Academic Program, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Susan D'Agostino

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA

    Sarah Bryant

  • Department of Mathematics, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA

    Amy Buchmann

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Belmont University, Nashville, USA

    Michelle Craddock Guinn

  • Division of Sciences and Mathematics, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA

    Leona Harris

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Celebration of the EDGE Program’s Impact on the Mathematics Community and Beyond

  • Editors: Susan D'Agostino, Sarah Bryant, Amy Buchmann, Michelle Craddock Guinn, Leona Harris

  • Series Title: Association for Women in Mathematics Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19486-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) and the Association for Women in Mathematics 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19485-7Published: 11 September 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19488-8Published: 11 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19486-4Published: 31 August 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2364-5733

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-5741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 390

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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