The student chapter of the AMS will host and moderate a Q&A with Dr. Pamela Harris on Thursday, May 20th, 10-11am Pacific. Dr. Harris is an associate professor at Williams College who works in algebraic combinatorics. According to her website, Dr. Harris’ “professional mission is to develop learning communities that reinforce students’ self-identity as scientists, in particular for women and underrepresented minorities.”

Last term, several graduate students read Dr. Harris’ recently-published book “Asked and Answered: Dialogues on Advocating for Students of Color in Mathematics,” co-authored with Dr. Aris Winger of Georgia Gwinnett College. In the spirit of the book’s format, our chapter of the AMS will host Dr. Pamela Harris for a moderated hour-long question and answer session to dive deeper into some questions from our conversations. We will collect questions ahead of time to send to Dr. Harris and encourage participants to ask follow-up questions and engage in an honest (unrecorded) conversation on supporting students of color.

To participate most fully in this event, we recommend reading “Asked and Answered” and/or listening to a few episodes of Drs. Harris and Winger’s podcast “Mathematically Uncensored.”