Nicole M. Joseph

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Nicole Michelle Joseph is an American mathematician and scholar of mathematics education whose research particularly focuses on the experiences of African-American girls and women in mathematics, on the effects of white supremacist reactions to their work in mathematics, and on the "intersectional nature of educational inequity". [1] She is an associate professor of mathematics education, in the Department of Teaching and Learning of the Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development. [2]

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Education and career

Joseph is African American, and is originally from Seattle. After a fall-out with a racist teacher in her elementary school, she was moved to the only open class, an advanced and self-paced classroom in which she first developed a love for mathematics. [3]

She majored in economics, with a minor in mathematics, at Seattle University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1993. [4] After "a few years in the business world", [3] she began working in the Seattle area as a middle school and elementary school mathematics teacher, and as a mathematics coach, from 1999 to 2011. During this period she also studied at Pacific Oaks College Northwest, a former Seattle satellite campus of Pacific Oaks College, a private Quaker college in California. Through Pacific Oaks, she earned a teaching certification for Washington in 2000, and a master's degree in human development in 2003. [4]

In 2011, Joseph completed a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Washington. Her dissertation, Black Students and Mathematics Achievement: A Mixed-Method Analysis of In-School and Out-of-School Factors Shaping Student Success, was supervised by James A. Banks. In the same year, she earned a national certification in adolescent mathematics teaching through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. [4]

After completing her doctorate, Joseph joined the University of Denver in 2011 as an assistant professor, focusing on educating future mathematics teachers. She moved to Vanderbilt University in 2016, and was tenured there as an associate professor in 2021. [4]

Books

Joseph is the author or editor of books including:

Recognition

Joseph was the winner of the 2023 Louise Hay Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics, "recognized for her contributions to mathematics education that reflect the values of taking risks and nurturing students’ academic talent". [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2023 Winner: Nicole Joseph", Louise Hay Award, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2023-04-05
  2. "Nicole M. Joseph", Faculty profile, Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development, retrieved 2023-04-05
  3. 1 2 "Nicole Michelle Joseph", Black History Month 2021 Honoree, Mathematically Gifted & Black, retrieved 2023-04-05
  4. 1 2 3 4 Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2023-04-05
  5. "Nicole Joseph Honored for Her Work to Increase Opportunities for Black Girls in Mathematics", The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 23 December 2022, retrieved 2023-04-05