Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Reading and Outreach Group (DEIROG)

This reading group is a biweekly discussion among graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at Courant to educate ourselves on issues about diversity, equity, and inclusion in our community and plan collective outreach opportunities. These are relatively informal discussions that focus on a particular topic in DEI with an accompanying reference (typically a short article, research paper, or video lecture) that is read/watched by participants prior to the meeting. Each meeting, a new volunteer discussion facilitator chooses a topic and accompanying reference(s).

While everyone is encouraged to attend, please note that this is a safe space intended for education about topics in DEI and the sharing of personal experiences, not a space for debate or contentious discussion. Before attending, please read the community guidelines and abide by them during meetings.

In fall 2024, meetings are held every other Friday in WWH 1314 from 1:00 PM to 2:00PM, beginning on Friday, September 13, 2024.

If you are interested in attending or facilitating a discussion, feel free to sign up on the planning document. To access this document and/or join the mailing list, please contact one of the seminar organizers:

Bobae Johnson: bcg2017 AT nyu DOT edu
Nandan Kulkarni: nk3499 AT nyu DOT edu
Paco Rilloraza: fpr2017 AT nyu DOT edu
Tea Susskind: ts5021 AT nyu DOT edu

The schedule for the current semester is as follows:

Date	Topic	Reference(s)	Discussion leader(s)
13 Sept 2024	Introductions and brainstorming	N/A	N/A
27 Sept 2024	University DEI success stories	AAU Undergraduate STEM Initiative Report	Arpita Kanrar, Paco Rilloraza
11 Oct 2024	Outreach planning	N/A	N/A
25 Oct 2024	N/A	N/A	N/A
8 Nov 2024	Pedagogy practices	"Cultural Competence in the Biology Classroom" by Kimberly Tanner and Deborah Allen	Bobae Johnson, Tea Susskind
22 Nov 2024	Ethnomathematics	"Humanizing Mathematics through Ethnomodelling" by Milton Rosa and Daniel Clark Orey "Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures" by Veselin Jungic	Grayson Davis
6 Dec 2024	TBA	TBA	TBA

The schedules for past semesters are below:

Date	Topic	Reference(s)	Discussion Leader(s)	Email Address(es)
9/15/2023	Math graduate students' role as teachers	Beisiegel, Mary, and Elaine Simmt. "FORMATION OF MATHEMATICS GRADUATE STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICIAN-AS-TEACHER IDENTITY." For the Learning of Mathematics 32, no. 1 (2012): 34-39.	Nick DeFilippis	nad9961@nyu.edu
9/29/2023	UMich's AP program - a DEI success story	Mervis, Jeffrey. “Michigan’s Surprising Path to Diversity.” Science 375, no. 6584 (2022): 967–69. Posselt, Julie, Kimberly A. Reyes, Kelly E. Slay, Aurora Kamimura, and Kamaria B. Porter. "Equity efforts as boundary work: How symbolic and social boundaries shape access and inclusion in graduate education." Teachers College Record 119, no. 10 (2017): 1-38. (Pages 2-6, 14-22, and 29-31)	Andrew Lipnick	lipnick@nyu.edu
10/13/2023	Hidden curriculum in graduate math departments	Margolis, Eric, and Mary Romero. ""The department is very male, very white, very old, and very conservative": The functioning of the hidden curriculum in graduate sociology departments." Harvard Educational Review 68, no. 1 (1998): 1-33.	Paul Beckman	pgb8409@nyu.edu
10/27/2023	Culturally Responsive Collegiate Mathematics Education	Jett, Christopher C. "Culturally responsive collegiate mathematics education: Implications for African American students." Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning 3, no. 2 (2013): 102-116.	Ellen Persson	ekp8829@nyu.edu
11/10/2023	TBD	TBD	Nandan Kulkarni	nk3499@nyu.edu
12/8/2023	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Faculty facilitators: Aleksandar Donev, Shafer Smith, Laure Zanna, Georg Stadler, Esteban Tabak.

Spring 2023:

Date	Topic	Reference(s)	Discussion Leader(s)	Email Address(es)
2/17/2023	AMS paraDIGMS	“Towards a Fully Inclusive Mathematics Profession.” Report of The Task Force on Understanding and Documenting the Historical Role of the AMS in Racial Discrimination. March 22, 2021. (Pages 8-9, 13-18, 37-48) Executive summary of the above. “Graduate Programs in Moving Towards a Fully Inclusive Mathematics Profession \| paraDIGMS 2021” Video. (2:49 through 31:24)	Olivia Pomerenk, Mariya Savinov	op554@nyu.edu, mas10009@nyu.edu
3/3/2023	The graduate math experience for women	Herzig, Abbe H. "Women belonging in the social worlds of graduate mathematics." The Mathematics Enthusiast 7, no. 2 (2010): 177-208.	Nick DeFilippis	nad9961@nyu.edu
3/24/2023	The gender confidence gap in STEM	Sterling, Adina D., Marissa E. Thompson, Shiya Wang, Abisola Kusimo, Shannon Gilmartin, and Sheri Sheppard. "The confidence gap predicts the gender pay gap among STEM graduates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 48 (2020): 30303-30308.	Sonia Reilly	sonia.reilly@nyu.edu
4/7/2023	The utility of the GRE in graduate school admissions and outcomes	Feldon, David F., Kaylee Litson, Brinleigh Cahoon, Zhang Feng, Andrew Walker, and Colby Tofel-Grehl. "The predictive validity of the GRE across graduate outcomes: A meta-analysis of trends over time." The Journal of Higher Education (2023): 1-29.	Matt Pudig	matthew.pudig@nyu.edu
4/21/2023	Masculinities in Mathematics	Mendick, Heather. Masculinities in mathematics. McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2006. (Chapter 1)	Paul Beckman	pgb8409@nyu.edu
5/5/2023	The value placed on innate (mathematical) ability as it relates to diversity and graduate admissions	Scherr, Rachel E., Monica Plisch, Kara E. Gray, Geoff Potvin, and Theodore Hodapp. "Fixed and growth mindsets in physics graduate admissions." Physical Review Physics Education Research 13, no. 2 (2017): 020133. Leslie, Sarah-Jane, Andrei Cimpian, Meredith Meyer, and Edward Freeland. "Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines." Science 347, no. 6219 (2015): 262-265.	Aurora Basinski	abf376@nyu.edu

Fall 2022:

Date	Topic	Reference(s)	Discussion Leader(s)	Email Address(es)
9/23/2022	Gendered effects of parenthood in academia	Morgan, Allison C., Samuel F. Way, Michael JD Hoefer, Daniel B. Larremore, Mirta Galesic, and Aaron Clauset. "The unequal impact of parenthood in academia." Science Advances 7, no. 9 (2021): eabd1996. The Establishment. “The ‘flexibility Myth’ about Female Academics Is Wrong.” Medium, May 7, 2017.	Olivia Pomerenk	op554@nyu.edu
10/7/2022	Stereotype Threat	Tine, Michele, and Rebecca Gotlieb. "Gender-, race-, and income-based stereotype threat: the effects of multiple stigmatized aspects of identity on math performance and working memory function." Social Psychology of Education 16 (2013): 353-376. Smith, Jessi L. "Understanding the process of stereotype threat: A review of mediational variables and new performance goal directions." Educational Psychology Review 16 (2004): 177-206. Spencer, Steven J., Christine Logel, and Paul G. Davies. "Stereotype threat." Annual review of psychology 67 (2016): 415-437.	Marguerite Brown	mlb542@nyu.edu
10/21/2022	Queer mathematicians: creating better mathematics through inclusive practices	Bonato, Anthony. "Queer inclusion equals better mathematics." Nature 609, no. 7928 (2022): 861-862. Bonato, Anthony. “On Being a Gay Mathematician.” The Intrepid Mathematician, June 21, 2017. Bonato, Anthony, Juliette Bruce, and Ron Buckmire. "Spaces for All: The Rise of LGBTQ+ Mathematics Conferences." NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 68, no. 6 (2021).	Luke Peilen	lkp279@nyu.edu
11/4/2022	Trans identity and pronouns in academia	Beemyn, Genny, ed. Trans people in higher education. Suny Press, 2019. (Chapter 14; Pages 138-139 and 146-149 of Chapter 10)	Mariya Savinov Aurora Basinski	mariyasavinov@nyu.edu abf376@nyu.edu
11/18/2022	What does DEI look like at the graduate level?	Gevertz, Jana L., and Joanna R. Wares. "Fostering Diversity in Top-Rated Pure Mathematics Graduate Programs." Notices of the American Mathematical Society 67, no. 2 (2020). URGE Deliverables NYU CAOS Hiring / Admissions policies	Claire Valva	clairev@nyu.edu
12/2/2022	Racial politics of math education in the US	Moses, Robert, and Charles E. Cobb. Radical equations: Civil rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project. Beacon Press, 2002. (Chapter 1) Vakil, Sepehr, and Rick Ayers. "The racial politics of STEM education in the USA: Interrogations and explorations." Race ethnicity and education 22, no. 4 (2019): 449-458.	Paul Beckman	pgb8409@nyu.edu
12/16/2022	Summary of semester and discussion on what to do next semester	N/A	N/A	N/A

Fall 2021 and Spring 2022:

Date	Topic	Reference(s)	Discussion Leader(s)	Email Address(es)
10/22/2021	White mentors in academia	Martinez-Cola, Marisela. "Collectors, nightlights, and allies, oh my." Understanding and Dismantling Privilege 10, no. 1 (2020): 61-82.	Marguerite Brown	mlb542@nyu.edu
11/05/2021	Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM	Estrada, Mica, Myra Burnett, Andrew G. Campbell, Patricia B. Campbell, Wilfred F. Denetclaw, Carlos G. Gutiérrez, Sylvia Hurtado et al. "Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM." CBE—Life Sciences Education 15, no. 3 (2016): es5.	Olivia Pomerenk	op554@nyu.edu
11/19/2021	Queer identity in math	Voigt, Matthew, and Daniel L. Reinholz. "Calculating queer acceptance and visibility: A literature synthesis on queer identity in mathematics." (2020).	Mariya Savinov	mariyasavinov@nyu.edu
12/3/2021	Ableism in math	Nieminen, Juuso Henrik, and Henri Valtteri Pesonen. "Politicising inclusive learning environments: how to foster belonging and challenge ableism?." Higher Education Research & Development 41, no. 6 (2022): 2020-2033.	Olivia Pomerenk	op554@nyu.edu
2/11/2022	Coping methods for doctoral students	Truong, Kimberly, and Samuel Museus. "Responding to racism and racial trauma in doctoral study: An inventory for coping and mediating relationships." Harvard Educational Review 82, no. 2 (2012): 226-254.	Claire Valva	clairev@nyu.edu
4/8/2022	Race in mathematics teaching	Martin, Danny Bernard. "E (race) ing race from a national conversation on mathematics teaching and learning: The national mathematics advisory panel as white institutional space." The Mathematics Enthusiast 5, no. 2 (2008): 387-398.	Paul Beckman	pgb8409@nyu.edu
4/22/2022	The evolving status of women in STEM	“Nancy Hopkins, ‘the Changing Status of Women in Science at MIT: 1999-2011.’” Video.	Brennan Sprinkle	bs162@nyu.edu
5/6/2022	Queer and transgender graduate student experiences	Kersey, Elizabeth, and Matthew Voigt. "Finding community and overcoming barriers: experiences of queer and transgender postsecondary students in mathematics and other STEM fields." Mathematics Education Research Journal 33, no. 4 (2021): 733-756.	Mariya Savinov	mariyasavinov@nyu.edu

Organizer(s): Olivia Pomerenk, Mariya Savinov