Math-ing. Teaching. Baking.
Service + Activities
This page is for service and activities in the broadest sense; anything that doesn't quite fit under research or teaching, you can find it here. That includes baking.
If I am taking on a new service or activity, it has to bring me joy or serve the math community in a way that I think is positive. If I don't feel certain of either of those things, then I won't be taking part.
Why? Math is political. If it wasn't, then I could do math in peace as a Black Bahamian woman. Instead I spend so many invisible hours trying to find and build math community to be a part of. I love the idea of having a math community that I don't have to beg to be treated as an equal in. I want my energy to be put toward fulfilling that goal for me and for others.
Current-ish Activities
Big Ideas In Dynamics: An AIM Research Community for Graduate Students in Dynamics launched in February 2023! It's co-organized by Benjamin Call and myself. It focuses on collaborative learning among graduate students in dynamical systems, specifically smooth dynamics, ergodic theory, and homogeneous dynamics. We hope to build connections across institutions, and strengthen the reading, research, and collaboration skills of current and recent graduate students.
Big Ideas in Dynamics and Geometry: A Hybrid Conference:
Co-organized with Benjamin Call and Laura Schaposnik. Taking place at UIC Sept 27-29, 2024.
Roots of Unity Mentor (June 2024)
A Word Problem, A special session at Science Writers, co-organized with Sam Hansen, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, and Sadie Witkowski (September 2023)
Media
A documentary review for Nature
Mathematically Gifted and Black Honoree
A profile for Black History Month
A video interview
A Call to Defend Bodily Autonomy in the Math Community
A co-written letter to the editor in the AMS notices
Featured in Modern Mathematics Confronts
An article in Scientific American
Post written for AMS inclusion/exclusion blog
An episode of the podcast Relatively Prime
Hosted with Michole Enjoli
The First Black in Math Twitter Event
MAA Math Values Blog
Authored with Omayra Ortega
Featured in Baked with Love
Black Girl MATHgic's February 2021 box
Organizations to Pay Attention To
Mathematically Gifted and Black
Features the accomplishments of Black mathematicians
A website highlighting the work of Indigenous mathematicians
(Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences)
The association for LGBT mathematicians
Kitchen
I am a mathematician and a baker. You can find all my kitchen related blog posts here!