A Classroom Where Math And Community Intersect

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🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When you think of mathematicians, do you think of lone geniuses scribbling away at complex equations? This myth is one mathematician Ranthony Edmonds actively tries to dispel in her classroom as a post-doc at The Ohio State University. Instead, Ranthony focuses on the community aspects of math — the support systems behind each mathematician and the benefits of a collaborative, inclusive environment for math innovation.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.6	Hey everybody, producer Rebecca Ramirez here with the woman, the myth, the legend, your
0:13.5	host, Maddie Safaya.
0:16.6	Okay, hey, Rebecca.
0:19.2	Maddie, you are in for such a treat today because I want to introduce you to Ramphtheni
0:25.7	Edmonds.
0:26.7	Ramphtheni is a postdoc at Ohio State University.
0:30.2	My primary research area is in the branch of mathematics called Camille the Ring Theory
0:35.3	and there I specialize in what's called factorization theory.
0:38.9	I'm sorry, did she say math?
0:40.3	Rebecca, did you trick me into hosting a math episode?
0:43.6	I mean, yes, but here's the thing.
0:46.4	I really think you're going to relate to Ramphtheni's story a lot because she didn't
0:51.2	always think of herself as a math person.
0:54.4	Ramphtheni's math journey has actually taken quite a few turns.
0:58.8	It begins with an early interest in math, but then when she went to high school, she got
1:05.1	into a magnet program.
1:07.1	And I was dismissed after the first year for getting seas in my math classes.
1:12.4	Seas are passing.
1:13.4	Yeah, not in the MFTC, not if you want to stay a magnet.
1:17.3	It was unacceptable.
1:18.8	When it came time for college, Ramphtheni decided to major in biology, a pre-med track because
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