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Christina Eubanks-Turner | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Xavier University of Louisiana, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Commutative algebra, graph theory, mathematics education |
Institutions | Loyola Marymount University |
Doctoral advisor | Sylvia Wiegand |
Christina Eubanks-Turner is a professor of mathematics in the Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Her academic areas of interest include graph theory, commutative algebra, mathematics education, and mathematical sciences diversification. She is also the Director of the Master's Program in Teaching Mathematics at LMU. [1]
Eubanks-Turner was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and enjoyed logic puzzles and creative thinking as a child. [2] [3] She received her B.S. cum laude from Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically black college, in 2002; she received her M.S. in 2004 and her Ph.D. in 2008—both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. [2] Eubanks-Turner was one of the first two African Americans to receive a doctorate degree in mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. [4] [5] Her dissertation explored the topic of "Prime ideals in low-dimensional mixed polynomial/power series rings." [6] Eubanks-Turner's doctoral advisor was Sylvia Wiegand. [7]
Eubanks-Turner was the first African American to receive tenure at LMU's College of Science and Engineering. [4]
Her research areas include specialized mathematical training that teachers need to teach math at the undergraduate and secondary levels. [1] [8] [9] Her pedagogy also includes the integration of equity issues [10] into teaching and an approach to mathematics education that addresses the whole student. [3] Her research in mathematics includes topics in graph theory and commutative algebra. [11]
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) named Eubanks-Turner a Project NExT Fellow in June 2008. [18] In 2009, Eubanks-Turner was again honored by the MAA as a LA/MS Section Next Fellow. [19] In 2012, she received a $2 million National Science Foundation research grant for a pilot program for the mentorship of undergraduates from underrepresented groups in mathematics. [9] Eubanks-Turner was also recognized by Mathematically Gifted & Black as a Black History Month 2019 Honoree. [2]
Eubanks-Turner's 2018 [9] paper, "Smooth Transition for Advancement to Graduation Education (STAGE) for Underrepresented Groups in the Mathematical Sciences Pilot Project: Broadening Participation through Mentoring", was honored as the PRIMUS 2018 Editor's Choice top paper. [20]
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