Amy Shell-Gellasch

Amy Shell-Gellasch is a mathematician, historian of mathematics, and book author. She has written or edited the books

• Algebra in Context: Introductory Algebra from Origins to Applications (with J. B. Thoo, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015) ^[1]
• In Service to Mathematics: The Life and Work of Mina Rees (Docent Press, 2011) ^[2]
• Mathematical Time Capsules: Historical Modules for the Mathematics Classroom (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 77, Mathematical Association of America, 2010) ^[3]
• Hands on History: A Resource for Teaching Mathematics (ed., MAA Notes 72, Mathematical Association of America, 2007) ^[4]
• From Calculus to Computers: Using the Last 200 Years of Mathematics History in the Classroom (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 68, Mathematical Association of America, 2005) ^[5]

Her article "The Spirograph & mathematical models from 19th-century Germany" (Math. Horizons 2015) was selected for inclusion in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016. ^[6]

Shell-Gellasch earned a doctorate (D.A.) from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2000, with a dissertation that became her book on Mina Rees. ^[7] Formerly an associate professor of mathematics at Montgomery College in Maryland, ^[8] she is currently a lecturer in mathematics in the University of Michigan Comprehensive Studies Program. ^[9]

References

1. Reviews of Algebra in Context:
   • Schulte, Tom (January 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews
   • Baylis, John (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 177–179, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.42, S2CID   165091906
   • Stewart, Cindia (January 2018), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 8 (1): 432–440, doi: 10.5642/jhummath.201801.21
2. Reviews of In Service to Mathematics:
   • Gray, Jeremy (2012), Mathematical Reviews, MR   2883650
   • Stenger, Allen (April 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews
   • Keen, Linda (September–October 2012), "Review" (PDF), AWM Newsletter, 42 (5), archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-10, retrieved 2018-09-10
3. Review of Mathematical Time Capsules:
   • Klyve, Dominic (August 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews
4. Reviews of Hands on History:
   • Arney, Chris (Spring 2008), "Review", Mathematics and Computer Education, 42 (2): 167–168
   • Nissen, Phillip (November 2008), The Mathematics Teacher, 102 (4): 319, JSTOR   20876355
   • Allaire, Patricia R. (August 2009), Historia Mathematica, 36 (3): 291–292, doi: 10.1016/j.hm.2009.01.003
5. Reviews of From Calculus to Computers:
   • Posamentier, Alfred S. (September 2006), The Mathematics Teacher, 100 (2): 157–158, JSTOR   27972158
   • Katz, Victor J. (May 2007), Historia Mathematica, 34 (2): 236–238, doi: 10.1016/j.hm.2006.07.002
   • Bultheel, Adhemar (2008), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 15 (3): 569
6. "Contents", The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016, De Gruyter, 2016, ISBN   9781400885602
7. MR   2700978
8. Dr. Amy Shell-Gellasch to Give a Public Lecture at National Museum of Mathematics in New York City, Montgomery College, January 26, 2017, retrieved 2018-09-09
9. "Amy Shell-Gellasch", Instructional staff, University of Michigan Comprehensive Studies Program, retrieved 2026-03-17