Lunch Discussion

Once a month we get together to eat lunch and discussion topics such as mathematics, gender, academia, STEM education, and diversity. These discussion are usually led by one person who selects one or two articles that everyone is encouraged to read prevousily. Everyone is welcome to attend, no need to read the articles beforehand.

Fall 2022

Date	Description
November 10, 2022	Women in Mathematics in Chile We will discuss the article "Promoting Women in Mathematics: Experiences from Chile." The article can be found here.
October 26, 2022	LGBTQ+ in Mathematics We will discuss the article "Space for All: The Rise of LGBTQ+ Mathematics Conferences." The article can be found here.
September 22, 2022	To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, We will discuss the podcast from Lathisma (Latinx and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences) which is an organization that showcases the contributions of the Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians. The transcript from the podcast interviewing Erika Camacheo from 2018 can be found here.

Spring 2021

Lunch discussions went on a bit of a hiatus for the 2020-2021 academic year, but we did have one!

Date	Description
April 15, 2021	Towards a fully inclusive mathematical profession We will discuss the recent findings of the American Mathematical Society's (AMS) recent report on racism in the AMS and in the mathematics profession. For the lunch discussion, please read the Preface, Executive Summary, and Chapter 1: Charges, Findings, and Recommendations. We will discuss how the report's findings could be implemented in our local mathematics community. The report can be found here.

Date

Description

April 15, 2021

Towards a fully inclusive mathematical profession
We will discuss the recent findings of the American Mathematical Society's (AMS) recent report on racism in the AMS and in the mathematics profession. For the lunch discussion, please read the Preface, Executive Summary, and Chapter 1: Charges, Findings, and Recommendations. We will discuss how the report's findings could be implemented in our local mathematics community. The report can be found here.

Spring 2020

We are meeting the first Friday every month from noon to 1:15 p.m. in JWB 308, with exception of March, where it is on Monday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in ST 216. The April discussion was moved to zoom.

Date	Description
Arpil 3, 2020	Doing and teaching math while social distancing during a global pandemic Two different AMS bloggers wrote about their thoughts/experiences: Everything* is fine by Brian Katz Careful what you wish for... by Aram Bingham
March 2, 2020	Yes, but what will you actually DO at your job? The Association for Women in Mathematics' Executive Director, Karoline Pershell, will introduce the work she is doing at the AWM to implement institutional change, and then facilitate a discussion on understanding and managing workplace expectations. Attendees are invited to review two resources (listed below), and bring their reactions to the discussion. The great gendered divide in faculty service from the University of Arizona Being Glue by Tanya Reilly
February 7, 2020	Gender and Job Expectations in Academia Join members of the AWM for a discussion about how gender influences expectations and special requests to those working in academia. Articles: Study finds female professors experience more work demands and special favor requests, particularly from academically entitled students by Colleen Flaherty Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students by Amani El-Alayli, Ashley A. Hansen-Brown and Michelle Ceynar

Fall 2019

We are meeting one Friday every month from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in JWB 308 for the first one and in LCB 121 for the others.

Date	Description
November 22, 2019	Led by Hannah Hoganson. Questions to discuss: How has a mentor or role model impacted your academic or personal development? What are some differences between "spontaneous" and "forced" mentoring relationships? What are benefits of each? Has a role model ever disappointed you, and how did you deal with it? Articles: Relevent MentorsMatter for Underrepresented Students in STEM The Scully Effect: I Want to Believe in STEM
October 18, 2019	Led by Allechar Serrano Lopéz. Articles: Inclusive teaching through self-reflection How Italians Became 'White' by Brent Staples
September 6, 2019	Led by Sabine Lang. Articles: Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey—Part II Who Are These People? Do I Even Belong?

Date

Description

November 22, 2019

Led by Hannah Hoganson.
Questions to discuss:

How has a mentor or role model impacted your academic or personal development?
What are some differences between "spontaneous" and "forced" mentoring relationships? What are benefits of each?
Has a role model ever disappointed you, and how did you deal with it?

Articles:

October 18, 2019

Led by Allechar Serrano Lopéz.
Articles: Inclusive teaching through self-reflection

How Italians Became 'White' by Brent Staples

September 6, 2019

Led by Sabine Lang.
Articles:

Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey—Part II Who Are These People? Do I Even Belong?

Spring 2019

We are meeting the frist Tuesday of every month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in JWB 208.

Date	Description
April 2, 2019	Led by Adam Brown and Jenny Kenkel. Articles: How Masculinity Contests Undermine Organizations, and What to Do About It bt Jennifer L. Berdahl, Peter Glick and Marianne Cooper
March 5, 2019	Led by Kelly MacArthur. Articles: Get Out The Way by Piper Harron On Contradiction by Piper Harron
February 5, 2019	Led by Kiersten Utsey. Articles: Can You Train Your Ph.D.s for Diverse Careers When You Don't Have One? by Leonard Cassuto Ex-Academics Still Aren't Being Consulted on Graduate-Education Reform by Alexandra M. Lord
January 8, 2019	Led by Jenny Kenkel. Articles: How a Department Took On the Next Frontier in the #MeToo Movement by Lindsay Ellis and Sarah Brown

Fall 2018

We are meeting the frist Tuesday of every month from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in LCB 121.

Date	Description
September 4, 2018	Led by Jenny Kenkel. Articles: There is No Unmarked Women by Deborah Tannen But You Don't Look Like A Scientist!: Women Scientists with Feminine Appearance are Deemed Less Likely to be Scientists by Sarah Bachefsky, Jacob Westfall, Bernadette Park and Charles M. Judd
October 2, 2018	Led by Jenny Kenkel. Articles: A Theory for Gender Differences in Variability by T. P. Hill and S. Tabachnikov Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole by Theodore P. Hill Has an uncomfortable truth been suppressed?
November 6, 2018	Led by Amanda Cangelosi. Articles: Habits of Mind: An Organizing Principle for Mathematics Curricula by Al Cuoco, E. Paul Goldenberg and June Mark Relational Understanding and Instrumental Understanding by Richard R. Skemp A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart What Society Means By Mathematics by David Fowler
December 4, 2018	Led by Eliane Wiese Articles: When seeing isn't believing: Influences of prior conceptions and misconceptions by Eliane Stampferand Kenneth R. Koedinger

Spring 2018

We are meeting the frist Monday of every month from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in JWB 108.

Date	Description
April 2, 2018	Led by Jenna Matsumura.
March 5, 2018	Led by Sabine Lang.
February 5, 2018	Led by Samantha Hill.
January 8, 2018	Led by Kelly MacArthur.

Fall 2017