University of Southern California
Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD), room 116 (campus map)
September 14-15, 2019
Agenda (PDF)
Participant list (PDF)
Meeting Highlights (blog post)
Resources
- First findings from INCLUDES grant (for WATCH US): Best Practices for Graduate Programs (from Ruth Haas)
- WATCH US Evaluation Report, 2018 (from Ami Radunskaya & Ruth Haas)
- Accountability: Federal Research Grants Should Be Tied to Diversity Outcomes, by W.Y. Vélez
- Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century, National Academies, 2018
- Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping, by Julie Posselt, 2016
- MAA Project NExT flyer, 2019
- Mathematics Graduates in the Labor Force - with links to resources & opportunities (from Nirmala Kannankutty)
- 3 MT (Three Minute Thesis) - a technique to train advanced graduate students
Agenda
Saturday, September 14
8:00-9:00: Registration, breakfast and informal mingling
9:00-9:45: Introduction to TPSE Math and Its Graduate Education Focus
Eric Friedlander, TPSE Math & USC (PowerPoint)
Tara Holm, TPSE Math & Cornell University (PowerPoint)
9:45-11:00: Administrators' Perspective
Brit Kirwan, TPSE Math & University of Maryland - Moderator
Sheldon Axler, San Francisco State University
Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Jenny McNulty, University of Montana
Scott Wolpert, University of Maryland
11:00-11:30: Break
11:30-1:00: Recruitment, Retention, Mentorship (PowerPoint)
Tara Holm, TPSE Math & Cornell University - Moderator
Matthew Ando, University of Illinois
Ruth Haas, University of Hawaii
Shelly Harvey, Rice University
Shandy Hauk, San Francisco State University & WestEd
Doug Ulmer, University of Arizona
1:00-2:00: Lunch
2:00-3:30: Career Paths
Mark Green, TPSE Math & UCLA - Moderator
Wilfrid Gangbo, UCLA
Skip Garibaldi, IDA Center for Communications Research - La Jolla
Nirmala Kannankutty, National Science Foundation
Katherine Stevenson, CSU Northridge
3:30-4:00: Break
4:00-5:30: Diversity and Inclusion
Karen Saxe, TPSE Math & AMS - Moderator
David Goldberg, Math Alliance & Purdue University
William Massey, Princeton University
Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College
William Velez, University of Arizona
6:30: Reception (co-sponsored by the California State University System)
Sunday, September 15
8:00-8:30: Breakfast and informal mingling
8:30-9:45: Evolution of Graduate Programs
Eric Friedlander, TPSE Math & USC - Moderator
Sunčica Čanić, University of California, Berkeley
Michael O'Sullivan, San Diego State University
Don Saari, University of California, Irvine
Ravi Vakil, Stanford University
9:45-10:00: Break
10:00-?: Synthesis and Next Steps: Discussion
Phillip Griffiths, TPSE Math, Institute for Advanced Study & University of Miami - Co-Moderator
Brit Kirwan, TPSE Math & University of Maryland - Co-Moderator