“Gender in Math, Science, and Beyond” Talk, Texas Christian University
April 3 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
from the event website:
Dr. Eugenia Cheng, Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will be visiting the TCU Department of Mathematics as a Green Honors Chair. Dr. Cheng has a Ph.D. from the Cambridge University. She is a mathematician, educator, author, public speaker, columnist, concert pianist, composer, and artist who has been interviewed on NPR, BBC, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” She will be giving the following lectures:
- Thursday, April 3rd, 4:00-5:00pm Sid Richardson Hall, Lecture Hall 1, 2955 South University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Gender in Math, Science and Beyond
The question of why women and minorities are under-represented in mathematics is complex and there are no simple answers, only many contributing factors. I will focus on character traits, and argue that if we focus on this rather than gender we can have a more productive and less divisive conversation. To try and focus on characters rather than genders I will introduce gender-neutral character adjectives “ingressive” and “congressive” as a new dimension to shift our focus away from masculine and feminine. I will share my experience of teaching congressive abstract mathematics to art students, in a congressive way, and the possible benefits this could have for everyone in mathematics, not just women.