Advisory Council

The Math Factory Working Group is in the process of identifying a strong group of mathematics professionals in research, education, and industry to serve as an Advisory Council.  The Advisory Council will suggest, evaluate, and select museum content and programs, and more generally, steer the museum intellectually.  Serving on the Advisory Council provides an opportunity to have a substantial impact on public understanding of mathematics and draw people into the field.

The Working Group is pleased to announce that many outstanding individuals have agreed to serve on the Advisory Council, including:

• Dr. David Bynum, Director, Center for Science and Math Education, Stony Brook University
• Prof. Sylvain Cappell, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• Prof. Tim Chartier, Davidson College
• Prof. Sean Cleary, CUNY Graduate Center (City College of New York)
• Prof. Keith Devlin, Stanford University
• Prof. Gillian Elston, Hofstra University
• Dr. Kenneth Fan, Director, Girls' Angle: A Math Club for Girls
• Dr. Nat Friedman, Director, International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture
• Dr. Carole Greenes, Assoc. Vice Provost, Arizona State University
• Prof. Joel Hamkins, CUNY Graduate Center (College of Staten Island)
• Prof. George Hart, Stony Brook University
• Paul Hoffman, author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
• Art Kalish, Vice President, Nassau County Interscholastic Math League
• Prof. Margaret Kenney, Boston College
• Prof. J. P. Lee, SUNY Old Westbury
• Mary Ann Mansfield, President, Nassau County Math Teachers Association
• Prof. Michael Mitzenmacher, Harvard University
• Prof. Nitsa Movshovitz-Hadar, Technion - IIT, Emeritus Director of the Israel National Museum of Science and Technology
• Ed Pegg Jr., Editor, mathpuzzle.com
• Prof. Peter Petersen, University of California, Los Angeles
• Prof. Tony Phillips, Stony Brook University
• Prof. Bjorn Poonen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Prof. Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College
• Prof. Steven Strogatz, Cornell University
• Prof. Christoph Thiele, University of California, Los Angeles
• Dr. Michael Trott, Wolfram Research
• Prof. Moshe Vardi, Rice University
• Bruce Waldner, President, New York State Assn. of Math Supervisors
• Dr. Eric Weisstein, Author, World of Mathematics

In addition, the Board of Trustees has approved a rotating Student Member of the Advisory Council, intended for a mathematically-inclined high school student to provide his or her perspective on the exhibits and programs operated or planned by the math museum. The term of a Student Member shall expire when he or she begins college, and a new student member shall be selected and approved by the Board of Trustees. The current Student member is

• David Lawrence, Comsewogue High School

There remain openings available on the Advisory Council. If you would like to nominate someone as a candidate for inclusion on the Advisory Council, please contact us.

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