MAA  Mathematical Association of America

Seaway Section

Location: ECJS BUL 209 (Building #2 on Campus Map)

1. Time:

   2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

   Title:

   Executive and Extended Executive Committee Meeting

Location: ECJS BUL 210 (Building #2 on Campus Map)

1. Time:

   3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

   Title:

   Seaway NExT Workshop: Three Pillars of Student Engagement: Autonomy, Relatedness, and Competency in Your Classroom

   Speaker:

   Marie MacDonald (Cornell University) & Zoë Misiewicz (SUNY Oswego)

   Abstract

   Intrinsic motivation increases when students have a voice in their learning, feel connected and valued in the classroom, and feel capable and effective when facing academic challenges. This workshop invites participants to share specific techniques for building each of these pillars of engagement in the classroom. What do you do to give students meaningful choices and help them see the relevance of their work? How do you build connections with and between students? How do you help students develop a sense of competence so that they persist when things get hard? Come prepared to share your successes and your struggles, and expect to leave this session with multiple concrete ideas that you can implement in your classroom next semester or next week!

Location: Library Concourse (Lower Level of Building #12 on Campus Map)

Note: Special registration required for the Friday Evening Banquet Dinner (via the online registration form).

1. Time:

   5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

   Title:

   Registration

2. Time:

   5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

   Title:

   A Magical Social Hour (with Cash Bar)

   Speaker:

   Jim Lutz

   Abstract

   During the social hour, we'll have local magician Jim Lutz in attendance to perform some magic for us! Jim Lutz has been a professional magician for nearly three decades. He has performed hundreds of shows at all sorts of venues and events over the years, entertaining people both young and old. His shows rely on active audience participation, incorporate some well-timed comedy, and involve magic with cards, ropes, rings, sponge balls, coins/money, etc. Jim, who earned his bachelor’s in psychology from Ithaca College and master’s in counselor education from SUNY Oneonta, is also a full-time school counselor.

3. Time:

   6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

   Title:

   Banquet Dinner

Location: Library Concourse (Lower Level of Building #12 on Campus Map)

1. Time:

   7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

   Title:

   Banquet Invited Lecture: An Algebraist Tries to Teach Geometry

   Speaker:

   David Clark (SUNY New Paltz)

   Abstract

   Geometry is a vast and beautiful topic that is particularly important for students interested in becoming mathematics teachers. It offers instructors many options for what might be included in a course for those students. In this talk the speaker, an algebraist, will relate his career-long efforts to weigh established best practices against his perceived views of the needs of his students in the teaching of geometry. The final outcome in this talk will lead to a recent development in geometry that is of broad public interest and will be discussed during a subsequent contributed talk on Saturday afternoon.

2. Time:

   8:15 pm – 9:30 pm

   Title:

   Math Jeopardy!

   Speaker:

   Host: Blair Madore (SUNY Potsdam)

   Abstract

   All are welcome. Students are especially encouraged to participate and join the fun!

Location: Library Concourse (Lower Level of Building #12 on Campus Map)

1. Time:

   8:00 am – 9:00 am

   Title:

   Registration and Continental Breakfast

2. Time:

   9:00 am – 9:10 am

   Title:

   Welcome Address

   Speaker:

   Ann Damiano, Provost of Utica University

3. Time:

   9:10 am – 10:00 am

   Title:

   Opening Lecture: When Calculus Meets Art

   Speaker:

   Amanda Lipnicki (Alfred Univesity)

   Abstract

   In college, we often learn new math without a picture of how we will use it in the future. Indeed, the jobs we will work and problems we will solve after graduation may not even exist yet. In this talk, we focus on such an example—how calculus inspired art, math, research, and automation. Our journey will go from initial inspiration and concept, to math which proved useful, to results like crochet patterns for surfaces, math approximation techniques, a free and open-source computer program called Crochet Calculus, student sculptures using that program, and future directions for research.

4. Time:

   10:05 am – 10:55 am

   Title:

   Randolph Lecture: What is MathemAItics? And how do we teach it?

   Speaker:

   Ryan Gantner (St. John Fisher University)

   Abstract

   The new ubiquity of Large Language Models (LLMs) has fundamentally disrupted traditional paradigms in postsecondary mathematics education. Beyond altering assessment and delivery, generative AI challenges foundational assumptions about the nature of mathematical knowledge and has society questioning the value of technical fluency. In response, educators must reconsider not only how we facilitate learning, but what meaningful learning ultimately entails. This interactive presentation will examine how time-tested pedagogical principles and classical problem-solving frameworks can guide our thinking about the use of generative AI. We will explore practical strategies for moving forward in this uncharted world.

Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS (SEE BELOW)

1. Time:

   11:00 am – 11:50 am

   Title:

   SESSION A: Business Meeting (Location: Library Concourse)

2. Time:

   11:00 am – 11:50 am

   Title:

   SESSION B: Student Event TBD (Location: TBD)

Location: Cafeteria (Ralph F. Strebel Student Center, Building #13 on Campus Map)

Note: Special registration required for the Saturday Lunch (via the online registration form). The lunch will be buffet-style. Dietary restrictions can be communicated via the registration form.

1. Time:

   12:00 pm – 12:10 pm

   Title:

   GROUP PHOTO (Meet Outside of the Cafeteria)

2. Time:

   12:10 pm – 1:10 pm

   Title:

   LUNCH

Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS (HUBBARD HALL, SECOND FLOOR)

Note: Click the "CONTRIBUTED TALKS" and "STUDENT TALKS" links on the top left panel of the webpage to view the schedules for contributed talks and student talks, including any special sessions of contributed talks.

1. Time:

   1:20 pm – 3:15 pm

   Title:

   PARALLEL SESSIONS (Contributed Talks & Student Talks)

   Abstract

   Click "CONTRIBUTED TALKS" and "STUDENT TALKS" on the left panel to see the talk titles and abstracts. Contributed talks will be held in Rooms 205, 207, 208, and 209 of Hubbard Hall. Student talks will be held in Rooms 211, 212, and 213 of Hubbard Hall.

2. Time:

   1:20 pm – 2:20 pm

   Title:

   Seaway NexT Discussion: AI Support Group (LOCATION: Room 210, Hubbard Hall)

   Speaker:

   Marie MacDonald (Cornell University) & Zoë Misiewicz (SUNY Oswego)

   Abstract

   This session will be used to discuss how math educators have been adapting their classrooms to the world of AI. How can we get students to engage with the content? What assessment can still be used and still give student a constructive math experience? We all are facing similar challenges, and this will be a great opportunity to get ideas from other institutions. All are welcome to attend!

Location: Library Concourse

1. Time:

   3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

   Title:

   Refreshments and Student Poster Session

   Abstract

   Click "STUDENT POSTERS" on the left panel to see the poster titles and abstracts.

2. Time:

   4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

   Title:

   NAM Lecture: Revealing Hidden Networks: Mapping Black Mathematicians Across Archival Collections

   Speaker:

   Nathan Alexander (Howard University)

   Abstract

   Archival collections offer important information about the intellectual and social networks of historical actors. Often, however, relationships are “hidden in plain sight” in archival materials due to their fragmented structures. In our individual investigations of Black mathematicians, our team has found important and valuable connections between different actors across time periods that extend and challenge how we think about the development of their lives and work in the mathematical sciences. For this project, we are expanding our existing research using named entity recognition and social network analysis to develop a set of open-source computational records and data tools that can map the network structure of actors across multiple archival collections. In this talk, I will focus on the timelines of two Black mathematicians: Kelly Miller, the first African American to study graduate-level mathematics, and Euphemia Lofton Haynes, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics and founder of the mathematics education program at Howard University’s School of Education.