Graduate students are the future leaders of academic institutions. Training for students in understanding how inequities and injustice are perpetrated within a system of oppression such as an academic institution of higher learning, is important in creating pathways for effective and sustained change. The seminar will aim to address and dispel myths around who can be a mathematician in order to create constructive models for sustained change in representation in mathematical communities.
In Winter 2020, we will cover the following (tentative) topics. The seminar will be conducted in an active learning format. Students will be asked to read one to two papers before class, write a one page summary of the reading that is to be submitted before class and come prepared to class to participate in discussions.
Recording and/or dissemination of instructional content (for example using the camera on your cell phones) is prohibited, unless express permission of the instructor is obtained for an approved accommodation coordinated via Disability Access Services.