Dr. Carolyn Yackel
Professor of Mathematics
Education
- S.B., University of Chicago
- M.S., University of Michigan
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
Scholarly and Professional Interests
Mathematics and Art, Mathematics Education (MR: 97) and Commutative Algebra (MR: 13). Though I was trained as a commutative algebraist, my current interests are mainly in mathematics and art and partially in scholarship of teaching and learning and mathematics education.
Current Projects
- Service: Curriculum Committee
- Conferences: Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (SUMS) Conference at James Madison University, Closing Speaker — “Beautifying Life with Mathematics”, Sept. 28, 2013
- AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Mathematics Education in Fiber Arts, JMM, Baltimore, January 2014, Co-organizer and Speaker — “Truchet Tilings with Templeton Squares”
- Gathering 4 Gardner 11 — Tetraflexagons, March 2013
- Most current research: Algebraic Structure Underlying Flexagons (joint with J. Beier at Earlham); Student Sophistication Levels (joint with J. Beier at Earlham); Truchet Tiling with Templeton Squares
- Ongoing research: Fiber arts and math connections, making mathematical art