Full StoryThe Mathematics Department is joining several other campus units to sponsor a performance of a one-woman play, Uniform Convergence.Thursday, March 28, 2024, 7:00 PMRawles Hall 100The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or registration are required. It is jointly sponsored by the Asian Culture Center, the Center of Excellence for Women and Technology, the College Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the East Asian Studies Center, the Mathematics Department, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs through a “Horizons of Knowledge” award.The play is written and performed by Dr. Corrine Yap https://corrineyap.com/, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Tech. A panel presentation will follow after the play. Panelists include• Dr. Akesha Horton, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineeringhttps://luddy.indiana.edu/contact/profile/?Akesha_Horton• Dr. Dami Lee IUB PhD 2018, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, the Collegehttps://damileemath.wordpress.com/• Professor Tuli Mukhopadhyay, Department of Biology, the College,https://biology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/mukhopadhyay-tuli.htmlThe play juxtaposes the stories of two women trying to find their place in a white male-dominated academic world. The first is of historical Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, who was lauded as a pioneer for women in science but only after years of struggle for recognition. Her life's journey is told through music and movement, in both Russian and English. The second is of a fictional Asian-American woman, known only as "Professor", trying to cope with the prejudice she faces in the present. As she teaches an introductory real analysis class, she uses mathematical concepts to draw parallels to the race and gender conflicts she encounters in society today.Questions may be addressed to Kevin Pilgrim, Department of Mathematics, pilgrim@iu.edu.
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