MAA  Mathematical Association of America

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Thomas Zaslavsky was born in the Autonomous Republic of Brooklyn, attended the City College of New York, flunked out of graduate school but retreated to the then best place on earth, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he got a Ph.D. after his advisor Curtis Greene told him about hyperplane arrangements. This led to one thing and another, which led to the 700-page "A mathematical bibliography of signed and gain graphs and allied areas", Electronic J. Combinatorics, Dynamic Surveys No. DS8.

Ryan Gantner is a Professor of Mathematics and Associate Director of the Honors Program at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY. Professionally, he is interested in working with students on fun and interesting mathematical topics, such as combinatorial games, probability models, and the mathematics surrounding gerrymandering. Outside of work, he can be found riding his bicycle across the USA, hiking, or spending time with his family.

Steve Butler is an award-winning teacher. He has given talks at numerous venues ranging from the AMS-MAA address at Mathfest 2021 to the Iowa State Fair and almost everything in between. Steve particularly enjoys working with young researchers. He regularly participates in the Iowa State REU and maintains a listing of REU sites for students (mathreuprograms.org); he is also a lead organizer of the Graduate Research Workshop in Combinatorics (GRWC). Steve's mathematics was heavily influenced by his mentors, Fan Chung and Ron Graham. His mathematical research includes spectral graph theory, shuffling, juggling, origami, tiling, Apollonian circle packings, parking functions, and more. In 2015, he became the 512th mathematician to have an Erd?s number of 1. Steve Butler has been at Iowa State University since 2011 where he is a Morrill Professor and the Barbara J Janson Professor of Mathematics. More information about him can be found online (stevebutler.org).