Speaker Name(s): Toya Frank, Zandra de Araujo, and Maria del Rosario Zavala

Event Date: 05/30/2024

Event Time (include time zone): 4:00 PM Pacific Time

Event Title: A Deep Dive into What We Do When Fairness Fails Us from the Powerful Mathematicians Who Changed the World Book Series

Event Description: During this session, the authors of the Powerful Mathematicians Who Changed the World Book high school series will share about the development of the first book in the series, What We Do When Fairness Fails Us. They will also offer suggestions for using the text and its supporting materials, and the community will have an opportunity for questions and reflection on the book. ---Toya Jones Frank is a mathematics educator who works as an Associate Professor at George Mason University and staff at the National Science Foundation. Her research focuses on how racialized experiences influence teaching and learning. She is a former high school mathematics teacher and has served in several roles, including, teacher educator and consultant, with numerous stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.Zandra de Araujo serves as the mathematics principal at the Lastinger Center for Learning. Her research examines teachers’ instruction in algebra with students who are primarily English learners. Zandra began her career as a high school math teacher, she has served as a board member of prominent professiona. As a leader in higher education, she has served organizations including TODOS: Mathematics for All, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Maria del Rosario Zavala (she/ella) is an Associate Professor of Elementary Education at San Francisco State University, and the daughter of Peruvian immigrants. Her career in education began over twenty years ago as an undergraduate Mathematics major and has led her in and out of K-12 classrooms, teacher education, and now into the literary world of realistic fiction in pursuit of helping everyone understand their potential as mathematical people.

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