Graduate Student Assosciation (2016-2020)
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is a graduate student run organization at Bryn Mawr College with the purpose of disseminating relevant information and concerns between the college and graduate student body.
- Co-chair: together with Elena Gittleman (History of Art), I served as the co-chair of the GSA throughout 2017-2019.
- Departmental representative: I served as the Department of Mathematics representative to the GSA from 2019-2020.
- Chair: I served as the chair of the GSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee from 2017-2019.
For my service in the GSA, I received two honors: I was awarded the McPherson Graduate Award for Excellence in spring 2018 and was nominated to be the Bryn Mawr Convocation Speaker Representing the GSA in fall 2018.
Graduate Council (2017-2019)
The Graduate Council at Bryn Mawr College is an elected group of professors and students representing all departments within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Bryn Mawr College. This group meets monthly to address concerns within the GSAS by enacting policy changes.
I served on Graduate Council as an elected representative from the GSA. While on graduate council, I served on two work groups to make policy changes adressing concernes of graduate students:
- Together with Audrey Wallace (Classics), I advocated for the creation of a Parental Leave Policy to ensure that all graduate students anticipating the birth or adoption of a child are guaranteed continued funding and health care for an extended period of time. The policy we authored was implemented in 2018 and covers graduate students for a minimum of 8 weeks.
- Together with Clare Rasmussen (Archaeology), I advocated for the implementation of a diversity statement in the graduate application process at Bryn Mawr College. Our work group was terminated between meetings of the Graduate Council.
Directed Reading Program (2019-2020)
The Directed Reading Program (DRP) is an initiative that matches undergraduate students with graduate student mentors to work on independent study projects. The pair work together to read through a mathematical resource (e.g. part of a book or paper). At the end of the semester, the mentee prepares a presentation, given at the DRP Symposium. A DRP project provides undergraduates with the opportunity to develop independent learning skills, improve communication and presentation skills, experience working one-on-one with a mentor, explore topics that are not part of the standard curriculum, and prepare for research experiences while in a low-pressure environment. Any student interested in learning a mathematical topic outside of their current coursework can work on a DRP project, no background prerequisite.
I co-founded and co-organized the DRP at Bryn Mawr College with Aisha Mechery in the fall of 2019. The program included four research pairs, covering topics such as hyperbolic geometry, the Riemann zeta function, linear algebra, and geometric group theory.
Departmental Service
I served on a departmental working group aiming to reformat the prelim process in the Department of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College.
I served as the president of the AMS Graduate Student Chapter at Bryn Mawr College from 2018-2020. I submitted annual financial reports.
I served as the president of the Mathematics & Statistics Club at UW La Crosse from 2015-2016. I organized events and monthly talks.
I was a teaching assistant for the Girls in Science Camp at UW La Crosse in 2015.
I was a tutor and staff member for the 2015 FastTrack Remedial Mathematics Camp at UW La Crosse.
Math Club 2015