Primary Source Projects and Reading Apprenticeship in Mathematics History: Acknowledgements and About the Author

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank the TRIUMPHS team for their support, including Janet Heine Barnett, Danny Otero, and Ken Monks, who authored the three PSPs described in this article. She also thanks Nelson Graff and Rebecca Kersnar in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment at California State University, Monterey Bay, for their mentoring and instruction in Reading Apprenticeship. Finally, she would like to acknowledge her father, Martin Bonsangue, who is the “primary source” of her interest in mathematics history.

About the Author

Jennifer Clinkenbeard is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at California State University, Monterey Bay. For her, mathematics history is at the intersection of teaching, learning, research, and hobby. Her research includes work on teaching strategies that promote equity and inclusion as well as applying quantitative methods to evaluate their effectiveness. She is excited to work more with primary sources in the classroom and with the new TRIUMPHS Society.