2020 IMPACT REPORT About Us 2 Contents Board of Directors 4 Letter from Executive Director 4 Supporting Our Community 6 in the Midst of a Pandemic

Community 8 Our Members 10 Sections 12 SIGMAAs 13 MAA Connect 14

Shaping the Future 16 MAA Competitions 17 M-Powered 18 Mathematics on the Global Stage 21 International Mathematical Olympiad 21 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad 22 Romanian Masters of Mathematics 23 Cyberspace Mathematical Competition 24 MAA AMC Awards and Certificate Program 26 Edyth May Sliffe Award 26 Putnam Competition 30 Programs 31 MAA Project NExT 33 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 37 MAA 2020 Award Recipients 42

Communication 43 MAA Press & Publications 44 Communications Highlights 50 Math Values 54 Newsroom 55

Financials 56 Financial Snapshot 57 Why Your Gift Matters 58

Message from the MAA President 61 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2020 IMPACT REPORT

COMMUNICATION About Us The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students, and enthusiasts. We accelerate the understanding of our world through mathematics because mathematics drives society and shapes our lives.

OUR VISION We envision a society that values the INCLUSIVITY power and beauty of mathematics OUR and fully realizes its potential to CORE VALUES promote human flourishing.

COMMUNITY

OUR MISSION The mission of the MAA is to advance the understanding of mathematics and its impact on our world.

TEACHING & LEARNING

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versus understanding, and what authentic assessment supports our goals for our students might look like. While these questions were Letter From lurking in the background pre-pandemic, I fully anticipate that we will 2020 Board continue these discussions to accelerate the work already underway, which is represented by the Committee on the Undergraduate of Directors Leadership Program in Mathematics (CUPM). MAA’s historical emphasis on communication, another of our core values, continued without interruption in 2020, with our journals and Michael Dorff magazines appearing as usual. Through our partnership with Taylor President Even as many of us are vaccinated and beginning a slow, & Francis, MAA members now have access to a number of additional cautious return to more normal routines, we are still in the journals. With AMS, MAA Press continues to offer high quality, high middle of a pandemic, a health crisis that upended the global value texts and other books that celebrate our discipline while Jim Daniel economy and the lives of everyone on the planet. We all face attaining to the highest standards of mathematical exposition. Treasurer uncertainty about what our post-pandemic world will look like. As I write this, we are well into 2021, and I’m excited to see the As you read the report, you will see how the MAA community efforts of the past year continue to develop and grow. While I had Jennifer Quinn rapidly responded to the challenges of remote instruction and the hoped that we would be able to meet in person for MAA MathFest President-Elect upending of our professional lives across almost all dimensions. I 2021, holding the meeting virtually offers us the opportunity to hope you’ll also be proud of the ways in which MAA has adjusted focus on how our meetings can be more inclusive for those who April Ström to support our community and continues to champion change. would be unable to attend. In fact, reflection over the past year has Vice President led us to conclude that, to live into our values, we must continue The MAA will continue to focus on our mission, core values, and to offer mechanisms for in-person virtual engagement at all of our vision. During the last year, we have all been called to reckon meetings. That’s a challenge we embrace and hope to hear from James Sellers with historical barriers affecting participation in mathematics. you as we experiment and learn. Secretary One of our core values is inclusivity. Progress can only come through community engagement and action. Our virtual The strength of the MAA comes from the voices and expertise of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming represents members. I am always excited to see your energy and enthusiasm. James Alvarez early efforts on this front. The future offers many opportunities for us to grow together. Officer-at-Large There is much room to improve. We must all engage honestly with our past to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion within the Tim Chartier MAA and in our community. Chair of Congress Although it was a year filled with pain and uncertainty, it gave Thank you for being a us space to come together, sharing our insights and learning Lisa E. Marano together, gaining strength and resiliency through community. The part of our community. Chair Committee discussions I followed on MAA Connect reminded me that MAA on Sections is our members, and it is through our collective efforts that we advance our mission, values, and vision.

Hortensia Soto One of those core values is teaching & learning. As classroom Sincerely, Associate Secretary instruction moved online, the MAA community moved rapidly to consider how to meet educational objectives in spite of the technological challenges. I watched as questions shifted from how Michael Pearson to use technology to wrestle with deep questions around content MAA Executive Director

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Supporting Our Community in the Midst of a Pandemic

HIGHLIGHTS:

Created a compilation resources page on Conducted outreach programs that hosted Building Community and whole, leaving teachers and professors only MAA Connect, a new member community 25 webinars, with 2,022 total attendees one path forward, to adapt and overcome. portal, with over 400 downloads. and 6,206 recorded views. Providing Support in a 2020 had a profound impact on public health as Launched M-Powered, an AMC community On March 16, launched the “Talk Shop” Global Health Crisis well as how people work and live. Our community website dedicated to enhancing student’s series to help faculty transition to online responded by sharing their mathematical knowledge In March 2020, the World Health Organization mathematical journey through community teaching and remote learning, which in new ways. We leveraged our new online outreach, learning activities, and garnered over 1,200 views on YouTube. declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This was uncharted community platform, MAA Connect, to unify our engaging events. Started in June - territory, affecting nearly every facet of education, community and share resources. In a matter of days, 20,500 views and 7,428 visitors. from the way students learn to how educators teach. On June 10, the MAA participated we had dozens of resources available and hundreds in #ShutDownSTEM to reinforce our Overnight, classrooms became computer screens. of downloads from educators. Launched the MAA Newsroom, a central commitment to eradicate anti-Black However, instruction for in-person learning does hub for all MAA news and stories, with racism in academia and STEM, driving not always seamlessly transfer to a remote learning In the days after, we were vigilant in putting over 16,000 page views. 250 people to shutdownstem.com. environment. Educators were now faced with two together downloadable resources and free online crises—the pandemic and its aftermath. The ripple training to help teachers navigate the transition to effects from the pandemic disrupted education as a remote learning.

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Membership Category Breakdown

MAA Student Departmental Members COMMUNITY Members Members 7,755 15,344 287

I have found my membership in the MAA to be a high-leverage investment in my career. Through the MAA, and the benefits of membership, I have been able to improve the learning experience for my students, continue growing intellectually and professionally, and generally stay engaged with my field, something which I value highly.

Nathan Warkentin High School Mathematics Teacher Seoul International School

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MAA Members 23,099 members

“I joined the Mathematical Association of America when I joined Ivy Tech We have Community College as a full-time Pacific Northwest instructor. It was an easy way for North Central me to satisfy my need for continuing 29 Northeastern professional development for my job. Wisconsin Michigan Metro New York I teach a wide range of mathematics Regional Rocky Mountain Seaway Iowa New Jersey courses (from basic math through Sections advanced calculus), physics, and Ohio Maryland/DC/Virginia Golden Illinois EPaDel astronomy. My experience with the Indiana Allegheny Mountain Mathematical Association goes back to Nebraska/SE South Dakota Intermountain my college days where I participated “I currently teach Mathematics for IBDP Kentucky in the Putnam exam every year. It was and American curriculum courses at Southeastern a great experience and made it easy SoCal/Nevada Kansas Missouri Abu Dhabi International Private School. when it came time to join a professional I have found my membership in the MAA organization.“ Southwestern Oklahoma/Arkansas to be a valuable investment in my career Cyrus Screwvala and in my professional development, Louisiana/Mississippi Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Sciences and especially have enjoyed the Texas and Education/ Mathematics & Physics Professor Classroom Capsules where project based Ivy Tech Community College learning is readily available for use. The Florida of Indiana – Columbus Campusw professional development courses are also highly beneficial.

Through the MAA, and the benefits of membership, I have been able to enrich “I currently teach the equivalent of middle and high my teaching process and apply hands-on school math. Through the MAA and the benefits of membership, I have rediscovered the joy I have in activities to my classroom teaching Each section thereby leading me to be a guide by the engaging and re-joining a community that shares the side rather than a sage on a stage in the love and passion I have for math. I especially have holds at least classroom.” MAA Members enjoyed joining conversations about math at a higher one local level than I teach.” Julius Jose Kurian come from 70 annual meeting Abu Dhabi International Private School Donna Singleton each year. United Arab Emirates different countries King James Academy Royston on six of seven Royston, Hertfordshire, U.K. continents.

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Sections SIGMAAs We have 5,200+

Sections and SIGMAAs are the heart of the MAA. They connect people using their geographic members who location and special interests. Also, they help members identify themselves within the MAA Mathematics In Business, and as a result they are able to connect with other people with shared interests. This is one participate in of the many reasons members stay at the MAA for an average of 23 years. Industry, and Government

My name is Greg Coxson and I teach in the 17 SIGMAAs Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the United States Naval Academy. I teach Mathematics and the Arts courses in Circuit Theory, Cyber Security, and George Pólya Principles of Radar. Business Industry Government Involvement in the MAA has enriched my life Lecturer Series Mathematical and greatly. It started with section meeting attendance, Computational Biology The George Pólya Lecturer is a popular and grew to involvement in MAA’s Special Interest program for Section meetings, offering each Group for Mathematics in Business, Industry, and Environmental Mathematics Section an opportunity to schedule a lecture, Government, or BIG SIGMAA. At the beginning, it fully funded by the MAA. Beginning in 2022, seemed a bit strange to be an engineer attending History of Mathematics the MAA is accelerating the rotation schedule Math events. However, those feelings soon faded. for appointing a new Pólya Lecturer from I found that I had some viewpoints that others Inquiry-Based Learning five to three years. The series is also adding wanted to hear. I could never have predicted the Math Circles for Students two new speaker programs on three-year many friendships and memorable experiences I and Teachers rotations, to provide all Sections with a Charles Hadlock spoke about the mathematics would have along the way. funded invited lecture every year! behind various types of auctions. He recounted We live in a golden age for Mathematics. Part of Mathematical Knowledge his experience in teaching, using live auctions for Teaching that is a growth in the number of opportunities and real money in his classes. Hadlock said to get involved as a math student or young 2020 SPEAKERS: “Oftentimes, a five dollar breakfast sandwich Philosophy of Mathematics professional mathematician. These involve summer would bring the student auctioneer over $50,” Talithia Wiliams Research Experiences for Undergraduates, career Quantitative Literacy and his class analyzed how preferred bidding Harvey Mudd College workshops, Undergraduate Math Conferences, strategies depend on auction design. He goes on Math Circles, PIC Math projects, and so much more. Recreational Mathematics to explain “A famous result with wide applicability When I was a student, I was not aware of all these Charles Hadlock in economics is the Revenue Equivalence opportunities. I encourage you to look around at all Research in Undergraduate Bentley University Theorem, which I proved with simple calculus and the possibilities, get involved, and enjoy. Mathematics Education used as a basis for much of the presentation.” Mathematics and Sports

Greg Coxson Statistics Education PEO IWS Research Engineer George Pólya embodied the high quality of exposition which the Mathematical Teaching Advanced United States Naval Academy High School Mathematics Association of America seeks to encourage. To further this goal, the Board of Governors of the Association established the George Pólya Lectureship. Undergraduate Research Individuals representing the high expository standards set by George Pólya Mathematics Instruction will hold this Lectureship. Using the Web

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HIGHLIGHTS:

MAA Connect is a new member benefit introduced in January 2020. It is a community hub promoting member engagement and “Online Teaching and discussion through organic conversations Distance Learning” with other members and non-members in community started the mathematical community. The MAA is one big community—a combination of smaller with approximately intersecting communities—all of whom benefit 60 members and now Staying Connected in 2020 from being able to connect with each other. has more than 600, MAA Connect was an instrumental community resource during the COVID-19 pandemic. with 300+ discussions The planning behind the community began in 2019—16 months before the first lockdown. and a library of resources. When the world was turned upside down in March 2020, the MAA was equipped to offer the community alternative ways to communicate and connect. When many in the mathematics community needed a way to get input about online pedagogy or instructional technology, Diversity is our greatest MAA Connect filled that need and so much more. Began with strength and also our 5 communities and greatest challenge. MAA at the end of 2020 had more than 120. Connect has demonstrated TOP FEATURED DISCUSSIONS: “I’m grateful for MAA Connect. With so that we are all concerned much newness in the term, questions would arise, and several times I simply posted to a More than 1,500 new MOST with improving math discussion threads COMMENTS community in MAA Connect. Soon enough, I “What is the name of your ‘Math had responses and my question was answered. education and offering and nearly 5,000 posts for Liberal Arts’ course Before long, I was often thinking of options students the best across all communities far beyond the scope of my question! So, I’m in 2020. thankful for MAA Connect—for us being MAA educational experience ‘Connect-ed’ via our posts and discussions. MAA Connect is a bit of MathFest in my day when I read the daily digest! And for that, I’m that is possible. Position Statement? very, very thankful! More than 100 Social Justice Movement MOST events including ENGAGEMENTS virtual programming, Peter Arvanites conferences, social Professor of Mathematics Tim Chartier Rockland Community College hours, etc. Chair, Congress “Seeking Practical Advice on Zoom Scheduling for Autumn” MOST LIKES

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MAA Competitions The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster SHAPING a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program develops the analytical skills needed for future STEM THE FUTURE careers in an innovative society. In its 70+ history, the AMC goes virtual!

In its 70+ year history, the AMC has been solely an More than 100,000 students and competition in-person, pencil and paper competition. Due to the managers hosted the AMC cycle online, proving pandemic in 2020, AMC had very little notice, but high the online option to be a resounding need. The demand, to shift operations online. Within 2 months, MAA AMC will continue to offer a hybrid model students and competitions managers had a new path for future years, advancing its competition series forward with the virtual AMC as well as the option to with industry-forward technology while providing still participate in-person. convenience, safety, and ease for its community.

HIGHLIGHTS: AMC launched the Young Women in Mathematics program in 2019, awarded the first young women in March 2020, and increased donor funding by 5x to support more young women in 2021.

Launch M-Powered: The AMC launched a new community website, M M-Powered, featuring engaging programming and resources for students, educators, and community members.

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M-Powered M-Powered offers featured events, TOP EVENTS downloadable resources, and In June 2020, MAA AMC launched M-Powered, community spotlights to: a community website dedicated to AMC K-12 Weekly Math Wednesdays outreach and connection to include students, Build students’ capabilities Attendees were encouraged to explore the big picture teachers, and community enthusiasts. 350+ concepts of the universe every Wednesday in the summer. and confidence participants The sessions allowed attendees to brainstorm and wonder about higher mathematical constructs. Tackle math myths such as “talent vs. skill” Rubik’s Cube Reframe negative This event was debuted on M-Powered on the website’s 300+ launch date. It included an approachable introduction to math connotations participants recreational mathematics to explore puzzle history, math applications, and solving techniques. Campers learned skills Increase transparency and techniques from a record-breaking speed-cuber. in math and math competitions Exploding Dots MAA Mathematician-at-Large, James Tanton, presented Heighten inclusivity 500+ 30-minute virtual problem-solving sessions delving into the participants powerful story of place-value in arithmetic, algebra, college through partnerships and mathematics, and beyond. community outreach

The Mindset, The Innovation, and The Math: A Post-AMC 8 Discussion Exclusively for CMs 125+ This event was for AMC 8 educators, supporting them participants on dynamic problem-solving with AMC problems and thought exercises. Competition Managers explored AMC 8 strategies, support, and guidance for building an approachable space for student learning post-competition.

Fireside Chat Students from the AMC Olympiad program co-hosted an event to support and get to know other AMC students. This 590+ M-Powered visitors are encouraged to participants event was an informal, interactive hangout, and explored all things math competitions: experiences, myths, and advice. support each other's personal learning This was a student-led, student-only event. journey and collaborate along the way.

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MAA American Mathematical Competition Mathematics on a Global Stage Number of Students for AMC 8 and 10/12 (2019–2020 Cycle) International Mathematical Olympiad 2020 U.S. IMO TEAM The U.S. team earned third place in the virtual 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) AMC had a held on September 21-22, 2020. The six high presence in 44 school U.S. team members also won medals for their individual top scores. countries across the globe, China The IMO, the preeminent high school being our biggest 494 27,615 math competition, brings together the top partner Kyrgyzstan China mathematics students from across the world 1,216 to compete in the world championship of math. Azerbaijan 1,264 3,278 South Korea For the first time in its history, the IMO was GOLD MEDAL SILVER MEDAL 635 Southeast Asia held virtually with each country setting up Quanlin Chen Jeffrey Kwan Iraq 2,917 24,284 their own exam centers and live streaming the India Taiwan participants as they took the competition. Over SILVER MEDAL GOLD MEDAL 4,667 600 students from 105 countries and territories Gopal Goel Luke Robitaille Vietnam 999 Philippines competed. The U.S. team scored 183 points out 3,077 of a possible 252 points. SILVER MEDAL GOLD MEDAL Nigeria Tianze Jiang William Wang The Olympiad distills the robust problem-solving 661 and critical thinking components, required Brazil later for research, with identifying young talent for further enrichment. The Olympiads elevate the level of mathematical awareness worldwide; the worldwide competitions have 5 New Countries 73,859 Total Students provided a concrete target for interested young The IMO is probably the mathematicians to pursue. biggest, if not the only point LEADER: in time, when people who love The most humbling examples are in Afghanistan and Iraq because Po-Shen Loh thinking processes above all these countries are well known to be in armed conflicts...we can DEPUTY LEADER: Oleksandr Rudenko come together. see the endurance of humans, in spite of seemingly insurmountable struggle, trying to raise their young minds above wars and terrorism. Oleksandr “Sasha” Rudenko Marcio Vargas Sejas

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Romanian Master of Mathematics The U.S. team earned third place at the Romanian Master On behalf of MAA, of Mathematics (RMM) held in Bucharest, Romania from 2020 U.S. EGMO TEAM: February 26 - March 2, 2020. The RMM is a challenging we extend our international high school mathematics competition that allows students to exchange mathematical ideas congratulations to the and engage in cross-cultural communication with other students from around the world. students and leaders

A total of 20 teams from around the world competed of Team USA who at the 12th Romanian Master of Mathematics. Over the course of two days, students work through six problems; competed at RMM. Every the team score is based on the combined highest three individual scores. year, we are amazed by the talent showcased LEADER: DEPUTY LEADER: Po-Shen Loh Ankan Bhattachary by our students, and we are proud to foster their SILVER MEDAL SILVER MEDAL Quanlin Chen Jeffrey Kwan interest in mathematics.

BRONZE MEDAL SILVER MEDAL Eric Gan Kevin Cong Jennifer Barton, Director, Competition Operations

BRONZE MEDAL GOLD MEDAL Gopal Goel Sanjana Das European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad SILVER MEDAL Ashley Ke The U.S. team earned fourth place in the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO), a challenging high school 2020 RMM TEAM SILVER MEDAL competition hosted annually to honor girls across the world. This Elizabeth Ke year, the competition originally scheduled in the Netherlands was held virtually on April 15-21, 2020. During the EGMO, 53 countries SILVER MEDAL competed in the competition with 204 total student participants. Christine Yang

LEADER: Meghal Gupta

DEPUTY LEADER: Rachel Zhang

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ANALYTICAL SILVER MEDAL PROBLEM-SOLVING Quanlin Chen

GOLD MEDAL Sanjana Das AMC 8 (Nov 2020- online) TRAINING AND SKILL BUILDING 2020 U.S. CMC TEAM: GOLD MEDAL STUDENT PARTICIPATION SITE ADMINISTRATORS Gopal Goel 11,055 paper 1,564 domestic schools online GOLD MEDAL 45,023 33 countries 56,078 total domestic TSTSTs Tianze Jiang 44,115 international

GOLD MEDAL STUDENT PARTICIPATION Jeffrey Kwan 42 national AMC 10/12 (Feb 2020- print) GOLD MEDAL Luke Robitialle STUDENT PARTICIPATION SITE ADMINISTRATORS TSTs 3,324 domestic schools GOLD MEDAL 111,910 domestic 44 countries STUDENT PARTICIPATION William Wang 23,891 international 31 national SILVER MEDAL AIME AOIME Christine Yang (March 2020- print) (June 2020- online)

STUDENT PARTICIPATION SITE ADMINISTRATORS UNDERGRADUATE 5,634 domestic 1,073 schools I’m delighted to have MAA The Cyberspace 489 international 12 countries 81ST WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM Originally scheduled for Mathematical MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION Dec 2020; rescheduled work with AoPS to support this for Feb. 2021 online for effort. The success of the CMC Competition USA(J)MO (June 2020- online) PUTNAM the first time in 80+ years In the midst of the pandemic, the traditional STUDENT PARTICIPATION SITE ADMINISTRATORS USAMO 223 1594 participants is a testament to the energy, IMO (planned for St. Petersburg, Russia) was USAJMO 159 194 schools 361 institutions postponed. MAA American Mathematics enthusiasm, and commitment Competitions (AMC) wanted to offer of our community to give back something in its place. As a result, the For the AMC 8 in AMC launched the first-ever Cyberspace 2020, the MAA and provide extraordinary Mathematical Competition (CMC). The CMC's mission is to provide a fun opportunity for Olympiad students AMC added 535 opportunities for talented students the world's top young math students to volunteered to organize new competition engage with challenging and interesting events on M-Powered, managers and 412 around the world during this time problems, and virtually meet peers from like the Fireside Chat, new schools 70+ other countries. The U.S. team placed when so much of our ordinary second with six gold medals and two silver a student-only event medals. Every member of the US team which built transparency plans have been disrupted. placed on the podium. approachability around math competitions as well LEADER: as added to the resources Michael Pearson, available for AMC students. For the AMC 10/12 Executive Director of MAA Po-Shen Loh in 2020, The MAA AMC added 838 new competition managers and 421 new schools 24 25 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2020 IMPACT REPORT SHAPING THE FUTURE

“As a girl competing in a male- “Growing up, my family put a hard emphasis on dominated activity, I do not let my education and more importantly an emphasis on MAA AMC Awards and gender define my limit.” education that you have a passion for. My first exposure to math, much like Mrs. Mirzakhani was Certificate Program from my brother. As peculiar as it sounds, I copied Annie Ye everything that he would do. So, when he joined Last year, the AMC introduced the Maryam Mirzakhani AMC 10 A Prize & Certificates 2020 Maryam Kumon, I joined too. However, unlike everything else Mirzakhani I found my own interest in mathematics. Throughout to celebrate young womens’ achievements in math by recognizing top-scoring Certificate Winner students on the MAA AMC. the progression of school, I would love helping people and tutoring people in math and I found out that In 2020, Jessica Wan received a monetary prize of $5,000 for achieving a perfect my mathematical ability surpassed my peers when I score on the AMC 10 A! An additional 149 students received Certificates of Excellence would skip my 6th and 8th-grade math classes. I soon for being top-scorers in their MAA Section. enrolled in a math excellence academy (ICAE) which has given me opportunities to further mathematical This was made possible by the generous initial donation from AwesomeMathGirls.org “All of these achievements were beyond my understanding and achieve feats such as receiving the wildest dreams when I was first introduced Maryam Mirzakhani AMC 10A award.” to competitive math and could not solve even half of the weekly homework problems! Edyth May Sliffe Award My experience as a mathlete has taught me problem-solving skills that will be very Niveditha Murali Over the last 32 years, MAA has awarded teachers 2020 Maryam Mirzakhani useful to me in my career someday.” Certificate Winner The Edyth May Sliffe Awards for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching in Middle and High School. The award honors teachers who host the MAA AMC Karen Culley and who have done outstanding work to motivate 2020 Maryam students in mathematics. In 2020, 20 teachers were Mirzakhani honored. Since the program’s inception, 614 teachers Certificate Winner have been awarded over $300,000 in awards. “It’s an honor to be one of the Maryam Mirzakhani AMC 10 A Certificate Winners. I’m glad that my effort in math paid off because SLIFFE WINNERS it’s always been my favorite subject since I was very young. This is the third time that I participated in AMC and I can actually see Matthew Donnelly Bettina Berton Richard Agin “I’m glad that the AMC provides my improvement in the three years, which an opportunity for me to continue encourages me to continue and be more challenging myself and participating in passionate about math.” Joshua Rosenthal Paul Poiesz Christopher Tillman math competitions. I owe so much to all the math teachers I’ve had throughout Patrick Keegan William Skerbitz Terry King the years that have guided me and Jenny Tang pushed me out of my comfort zone.” 2020 Maryam Mirzakhani Ingrid Lu Steve Maxey Matthew Caputo Certificate Winner Hannah Wang 2020 Maryam William Speer Steve Gadbois Daniel Lowe Mirzakhani Certificate Winner William Hawkins Luis Valdes

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Mathematical Pre-MOP

Olympiad Program MAA created the pre-MOP program in 2019 as a way to close the gender gap in mathematics. The program was established to give girls participating in MOP an opportunity to acclimate Since its inception in 1974, the Mathematical Due to the pandemic, to the environment, meet instructors, practice problem-solving skills, and ultimately build on Olympiad Program (MOP) is a mathematically their abilities before the beginning of the summer camp. The students participated in problem- stimulating experience designed to broaden MOP quickly shifted solving exercises, games, and meals with MOP staff, giving them an opportunity to connect and the participants’ view of mathematics while bond together. This alternative environment allows girls to safely practice mathematics, eases fostering their excitement toward further study. its operations online the competitive tension, and fosters self-confidence in a collaborative and supportive learning The Mathematical Olympiad Program is free to environment. within a month. With the attend for invited students. Sergey Levin, co-Editor-in-Chief for the AIME Editorial Board, MAA member of the Metro New cooperation of students York Section, has generously pledged $10,000 a year for 3 years to fund the pre-MOP program. and staff, this year’s THE PROGRAM: MOP allowed for more Challenges their mind with advanced mathematical “I thought it was amazing and really fun... programming flexibility, “Thanks for arranging theorems and techniques in general, I learned a lot and had a great guest speakers, and time. I also met some new people and games and stuff for the made new friends.” camp, they were a blast! centralized curriculum Tests their problem-solving skills Overall, it was a really management. Students’ worthwhile experience testimonials positively and Gives them opportunities to and I learned a lot.” explore their futures while “It’s been fun! Thanks for powerfully spoke to the enjoying a taste of the college organizing everything new, dynamic format” environment. because virtual life is intrinsically harder.”

Evenings contained optional enrichment activities, “I wish it could be year-long. including talks on advanced mathematical concepts The connection and bond from visiting speakers, as well as staff office hours, and recreational panel activities. The program within the community is expects to further enhance our training of the precious. I really enjoy it!” next generation of leading mathematicians and “I really enjoyed being here - scientists. I only wish it could have been In 2020, 62 students were invited to this longer! I cannot express my selective program from a pool of over 132,000 gratitude enough for the AMC 10/12 participants. MOP instructors teach generosity of the staff here.” Jennifer Barton dynamic introductory courses in Number Theory, “You all did an amazing Director of Competitions Combinatorics, Euclidean Geometry, and other Operations job of making online specialty topics. MOP enjoyable!”

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Putnam Competition Programs 81st William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition The MAA has 14 grant-funded programs, falling into three categories: Due to COVID-19, the 81st annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, originally scheduled for Fall 2020, was postponed until Feb. 20, 2021. The competition proceeded in an unofficial mode, with no proctors, no prizes, no awards, and no national recognition of high-scoring individuals or teams. Students self-administered the exam themselves via an online platform. The solution papers were uploaded by participants for grading. Scores Curriculum Outreach Professional were reported back privately to the individual participants and the Resources Initiatives Development local supervisors of each institution. There were 1,593 students from 360 institutions who participated in the Putnam. Aid faculty for teaching Enable faculty to fund Programs are focused on increasing pre-service teachers. projects that are aimed at the skills of current college and reaching underrepresented university faculty, supporting early groups in mathematics. career mathematicians, and providing resources to teachers at various levels.

We strive to provide HIGHLIGHTS the best resources, 35 people attended the virtual CoMInDs 5th annual workshop. information, and 2020 PIC Math cohort did not convene due to the pandemic. In lieu opportunities to of presenting in-person, MAA offered stipends to students to produce short videos of their work, solving real-world problems, with their the mathematics respective industry partners. 11 student groups submitted videos. community, and are committed The Fall 2020 VITAL workshop was attended by 30 participants. Each received a $300 stipend, totaling $9,000. to creating

and facilitating $295,000* were awarded to 117 people from 48 institutions to high quality support outreach initiatives. programming that In 2020, MAA held 25 webinars (including collaborations with TPSE, enriches their lives. NMS, MMHub), which were attended by over 2,000 people live, with 6,210 views of the recordings afterwards.

*includes outreach grants, subawards, and stipends

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GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS

Founded in 1994, over 2,000 faculty fellows have completed the program. Project NExT Professional Outreach Curriculum (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program for early career Development Initiatives Resources Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences that improves the learning experiences of thousands of students taught by the program’s fellows. College Mathematics Dolciani Mathematics The Mathematical Instructor Development Enrichment Grants (DMEG) Education Building a Better Future For Everyone Source (CoMInDS) of Teachers as Preparation for Industrial National Research an Application of In a year of crisis, NExT’ers rallied together using their entrepreneurial flexibility to successfully Careers in Mathematics Experience for Undergraduate Math pivot their in-person meeting, which typically takes place at MAA MathFest, to a virtual meeting. Undergraduates Program (PIC Math) (META Math) (NREUP) The meeting took place on July 27 - July 31, 2020 and had over 200 attendees from around the VITAL Faculty nation. Each day started in homerooms which were geographically given to people in similar Progress through Development Program Tensor-SUMMA Grants areas to foster future teamwork and collaboration with NExT’ers. From there, NExT’ers had Calculus (PtC) StatPREP the opportunity to select and personalize their schedule to include professional development Tensor Women & sessions as well as social events ranging from Yoga for a little zen, to fueling their brain with Mathematics Grants Tondeur BIG Career Trivia, and sharing stories over Happy Hour. Initiatives Since this meeting, Project NExT has continued operating virtually, offering monthly workshops, Student Travel Grant which are open to the public. Project NExT

Top 3 Top 3 Attended Live: Viewed After:

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3 Build a Syllabus 3 Teaching Online An Introduction to Upper Level Mastery Grading Mathematics Courses

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“Project Next provides you with a unique MAA Project NExT opportunity of exposure to multiple 2020 topics and techniques that are impactful Keeps on Growing to our everyday jobs in education. An Brown ’20 48% invaluable complement to our graduate The Story Behind Cohort Colors 134 Applicants school education, a four-season offering 119 Accepted of knowledge and connections that Creating colors for cohorts began in “Project NExT has supported my growth 52% would usually take years to develop.” the first year of the program by Jim as a leader in the math community and Leitzel. He wanted NExT’ers to be equipped me with a strong network of Alvaro Ortiz Lugo (2020 Brown dot) able to easily identify each other at peers who have positively influenced Assistant Professor of Mathematics, events and conferences. Being from my development as a tenure-track Georgia Gwinnett College professor. I have benefitted immensely Nebraska, he chose “red” for the 2019 from my time in Project NExT! inaugural cohort color, which paved Silver ’19 a colorful path for the following 49% Julianne Vega (2020 Brown dot) Assistant Professor of Mathematics cohorts as it is still continues today. 165 Applicants at Kennesaw State University 99 Accepted 51% HIGHLIGHTS

Grown the program to include over 2,100 faculty. 2018 Poppin’ Peaches 49% Dr. Trish Hammer, associate 137 Applicants dean at Virginia Tech, joined the 87 Accepted What Project NExT leadership team 51% NExT’ers as associate director, beginning with MathFest 2020. Say Dr. Alicia Prieto Langarica, 2017 Project NExT associate director, Beautiful Blues was a keynote speaker at the 53% 144 Applicants Society for Mathematical Biology 90 Accepted “Shortly after I became a full-time faculty member, I applied for and was 2020 conference. 47% selected for the 2010-2011 cohort of Project NExT Fellows. I learned so much during that Fellowship year about how to balance teaching, research, and service; how to organize a panel session; and how to deepen Four recipients of the 2020 my connections in the professional mathematics community. Since Alder and Meritorious Service then, I have been active in the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section by taking awards mentioned NExT undergraduate students to Section meetings, judging undergraduate involvement and/or credited 2016 research presentations, attending professional development workshops, Project NExT with launching Green ’16 and helping to select invited speakers for Section meetings.” their careers: Dr. Selenne 56% 164 Applicants Nicholas Zoller (2010 Blue dot) Banuelos, Dr. Brandy Wiegers, 77 Accepted Associate Professor of Mathematics at Southern Nazarene University Dr. Tamara Lakins, and Dr. Ezra 44% (Bud) Brown.

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My name is Kira Hamman, and although it’s hard for Life After me to believe, I have been a member of the MAA for 19 years. I first joined as a Project NExT fellow while at Diversity, Equity, Hood College in Maryland. My department chair at Hood Project NExT was Betty Mayfield, who was (and is) a devoted MAA and Inclusion member herself. Betty took me along to section meetings, helped me find funding to attend national meetings, and encouraged me to contribute talks whenever I could. Breaking Down Barriers The MAA became my professional community, and I MAA is dedicated to moving the needle on diversity, equity, and stayed involved after my time with Project NExT ended, inclusion (DEI) throughout the organization and in the math eventually joining and then chairing an MAA committee. community. In August 2020, MAA was proud to be the recipient of These days I value the MAA both for its role in my own a renewal grant in the amount of $1.2 million from NSF to continue career and for what I now understand is its larger role its long standing National Research Experience for Undergraduates in supporting the entire profession. I am constantly Program (NREUP). MAA’s NREUP focuses on offering research impressed by how hard the organization works to opportunities to minority undergraduates and in doing so, targets its provide resources for all mathematicians – not just full- outreach to HSIs, HBCUs and tribal colleges. During the next three time academics but also students, VITAL faculty, and years, MAA will partner with institutions to create, evaluate, and mathematicians in business, industry, and government. disseminate the outcomes of working with underrepresented students And I appreciate the tremendous efforts the MAA has in research and math sciences. made in recent years to address underrepresentation in mathematics, and to grapple with those issues in its own membership and organizational structure.

When I think about what my career would be like without the MAA, the word that comes to mind is “lonely.” My membership in the MAA gives me access to high-quality books and journals, in-person meetings, online events, and myriad other invaluable professional materials and opportunities. But much more importantly, it gives me a community. The MAA is, first and foremost, about people, and I can say with confidence that much of who I am as a mathematician is because of those people and my connection with them through the MAA.”

Kira Hamman Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics Director, Honors Program Penn State University – Mont Alto

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Outreach Programs and Professional Development Programs Pivot During a Pandemic

In 2020, several of our programs had to pause due to the pandemic. MAA staff Making Strides in Diversity, quickly changed gears to transform in-person programs to online versions. Equity, and Inclusion

The MAA also welcomed two new engaging programs to its DEI portfolio, offering math faculty a chance to be interactive and hands-on with learning DEI best practices in the field.

MAA worked with facilitators, Rosalie Belanger-Rioux and Sara Rezvi to launch “Conversations with the Math Community,” which gathered 25 math faculty to talk about diversity and inclusion in the classroom and in math departments. We kicked this program off with an in-person workshop held at MAA’s Carriage House in February 2020 and invited local faculty to participate in a hands-on workshop that connected actual experiences in the classroom to DEI awareness.

After success with the in-person event, Belanger-Rioux and Rezvi created a three-day virtual workshop with topics including how to be an active bystander, defining microaggressions and how to respond to them, and defining what it means to be a mathematician. 50 people attended the virtual workshop and afterwards shared what they learned at their respective institutions. A DEI Lathisms group, open to non-members and members, was also started on MAA Connect to help facilitate discussion and build community. The group has grown to over Tensor SUMMA 150 members and offers a robust mix of engagement opportunities including With the goal to strengthen underrepresented minorities in mathematics, the Tensor SUMMA program a book club, office hours with the DEI moderators, special events, guest is proud to partner with Williams College for its Lathisms project. Lathisms was founded in 2016 by Dr. speakers, and more. Pamela Harris, Dr. Alexander Diaz-Lopez, Dr. Alicia Prieto-Langarica, and Dr. Gabriel Sosa with the mission MAA launched another new program dedicated to enhancing professional of showcasing the contributions of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians during Hispanic Heritage Month. development opportunities for VITAL (Visiting, Instructors, Teaching Assistant, Its goal is to provide an accessible platform that features the multifaceted and diverse nature of the Lecturers) staff. The VITAL community has been historically underrepresented Latinx and Hispanic mathematics community and inspire the younger generation of Latinx and Hispanic in the math community and needs better accessibility and opportunities for mathematicians. Every year, the website hosts 31 Hispanic or Latinx mathematicians from ages 18 and professional development. Led by Dr. Dave Kung (Project NExT), Paula Talley up who share their stories, their struggles, and their challenges as they navigated their way through the (Dana Center) and Laura Watkins (AMATYC), the first set of workshops had 30 mathematics profession. participants from the Dallas/Fort Worth area and included four virtual sessions Lathisms offers a platform to showcase the work of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians and also creates held every Friday in the month of October. The workshop received positive resources that are specifically geared toward the Latinx and/or Hispanic population. Not only did the feedback from participants with over 50% sharing that these workshops Lathisms group create a database of accomplished Latinx and/or Hispanic mathematicians for people met or exceeded their expectations. The plan is to continue hosting VITAL seeking speakers for scientific sessions, but they have also published a book called Testimonios which workshops in different geographic locations with the next one taking place in showcases the stories of Hispanic and Latinx mathematicians. The book shines a light on their successes spring 2021 in western/central North Carolina. and their struggles and gives others advice on navigating a life in the mathematical sciences as a Hispanic or Latinx mathematician. When asked about how Latishms has been received by the math community, Dr. Harris stated that “Sharing these stories of these wonderful mathematicians has led to not only to overwhelmingly positive feedback from our community, but as a source of inspiration to keep pushing boundaries towards a thriving Latinx/Hispanic community in mathematics.”

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National Science Foundation STEM Showcase

StatPrep

MAA’s StatPREP team, which has worked tirelessly to provide resources to faculty who teach intro to statistics, participated in NSF’s 2020 STEM Showcase. The StatPREP team created a video to highlight their work, provide background and history behind how the The video was viewed project came to fruition, and why the workshops are impactful to faculty. over 2,300 times Virtual Showcase

PIC Math This program allowed

PIC Math also required creative measures to hundreds of people, share the impact of its work. Throughout the year, students and faculty mentors work with industry primarily women, of partners to solve real world problems. Afterwards, they would prepare to present their work during varying ages, races, MAA’s annual conference, MathFest. With MathFest being cancelled, the project team found another and ethnicities to come way for students to showcase their amazing work together, learn from via Zoom.

We hosted the PIC Math Virtual Showcase where one another, and form 21 student teams, joined by their faculty mentors, and introduced by their industry partner, presented personal and professional their problems and solutions. All presentations were relationships, all through capped at 5 minutes and presented virtually on July 31 and August 1. The showcase was also joined by a shared interest in two industry speakers, Raymond T. Perkins (T. Rowe Price) and Gwen Spencer (Stripe) who shared their mathematics. It is experiences working in the industry and offered I would say that StatPREP was one of the best professional tips to students on where to focus their studies. rewarding to be part of With stipend incentives, we also offered students an development experiences that I have engaged in because it opportunity to increase the visibility of their work. such an endeavor!” We helped turn their presentations into two-minute is immediately transferable to what I was doing. videos, which we posted and publicized through MAA’s website and channels. 11 student teams made Temple University two-minute videos, which have received 349 views Megan Breit-Goodwin, and 5,739 Impressions. StatPREP workshop participant.

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MAA 2020 Award Recipients

Henry L. Alder Award Joint Policy Board for Mathematics The Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize Selenne Bañuelos Communications Awards Laura Pierson Kenneth Monks Christopher Budd Qi Qi COMMUNICATION Brandy Wiegers James Tanton Hanzhi Zheng

Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards Meritorious Service Awards The David Robbins Prize Beth Malmskog and Kathryn Haymaker Tamara Lakins Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey Ezra (Bud) Brown Juan Arias De Reyna, David Clark, and Thomas Hagedorn Annie and John Seldon Prize Noam Elkies Lisa Mantini Paul Dawkins Shawnee McMurran Chauvenet Prize Edyth May Sliffe Awards Vladimir Pozdnyakov and J. Michael Steele Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize Bettina Berton for Outstanding Research in Brian Jackson Mary P. Dolciani Award Mathematics by an Undergraduate Christopher Tillman ˘ Henry Pollak Student (AMS-MAA-SIAM) Daniel Lowe Nina Zubrilina Ingrid Lu Euler Book Prize Honorable Mention: Ashwin Sah, Mehtaab Joshua Rosenthal Tim Chartier Sawhney, David Stoner, and Murilo Corato Luis Valdes Zanarella Marisa Reinsch Trevor Evans Award Matthew Caputo Sanaz Aliari Kardehdeh, Bruce Golden, George Pólya Awards Matthew Donnelly and Eric Oden Christopher Catone Patrick Keegan Adam Glesser, Matt Rathbun, Isabel Paul Poiesz Yueh-Gin Gung and Serrano, and Bogdan D. Suceava˘ Richard Agin Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award For Steve Gadbois Distinguished Service to Mathematics George Pólya Lectures Steve Maxey Gerald Porter Talithia Williams Susan Gifford Charles Hadlock Terry King Deborah and Franklin Tepper William Hawkins Haimo Awards for Distinguished The William Lowell Putnam William Skerbitz College of University Teaching of Mathematical Competition: William Speer Mathematics Awards Individual Winners Mark Tomforde Ashwin Sah Daniel Solow Author’s Award Suzanne Weekes Kevin Sun Jim Hefferon Frederico Ardila Yuan Yao Shengtong Zhang MAA’s Inclusivity Award Paul R. Halmos-Lester R. Ford Awards Daniel Zhu William Yslas Vélez Daniel Ullman and Daniel Velleman Colin Adams, Allison Henrich, Kate The William Lowell Putnam Kearney, and Nicholas Scoville Mathematical Competition: Team Winner John B. Little Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Balázs Gerencsér and Viktor Harangi Ashwin Sah, Shengtong Zhang, Daniel Zhu Harvard University: Sehun Kim, Sheldon Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures Kieren Tan, Franklyn Wang Jordan Ellenberg Stanford University: David Kewei Lin, John Mistele, Hanzhi Zheng, Yifan Zhu University of California, Los Angeles: Ciprian Bonciocat, Jacob Zhang, Kaiqi Zhu University of Waterloo: Gian Cordana Sanjaya, Kai Sun, Anzo Zhao Yang Teh

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MAA Press & MAA Publications FOCUS

The MAA books program continues its distinguished history MAA FOCUS has begun of producing inspiring, useful, and enjoyable mathematical alternating traditional issues and pedagogical content in partnership with the American with issues specifically Mathematical Society (AMS). In 2020, MAA Press produced dedicated to MAA Core Values: 10 new volumes. The pandemic slowed production processes as everything shifted online. Nevertheless, MAA published COMMUNICATION some innovative and enticing books. COMMUNITY

TEACHING AND LEARNING

DIVERSITY

The Feb/Mar 2020 issue centered on Teaching and Learning. In Oct/Nov 2020, we celebrated the core value of Diversity by focusing on articles written by and about individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups in our mathematical In 2020, the long-awaited Another highlight includes We produced an insightful and community. We introduced a new column: Focus The Unity of Combinatorics by Interacting with Ordinary research-backed Notes volume, on Diversity, edited by Dandrielle Lewis. This Bud Brown and Richard Guy was Differential Equations by What Could They Possibly Be issue also contained an article by Alicia Prieto- published. The book is, as one Stephen and Max Saperstone. Thinking!?!, Understanding Your Langarica and Bill Yslas Vélez about differences in might expect given that author This book is actually a collection College Math Students by Dave undergraduate mathematics education in the US duo, a masterpiece of expository of interactive Mathematica Kung and Natasha Speer. and Mexico. An article on mathematics education writing brimming with gorgeous notebooks that use cloud in a Hopi community and a graduate student MSED mathematics. computing to illustrate the coalition rounded out the discussion. concepts and allow reader experimentation.

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The College A Closer Look at the Mathematics Compensating Polar Planimeter MAA Publications Journal John Eggers

In 2020 MAA periodicals continued to publish and thrive March 2020 A polar planimeter measures the area of a region by tracing its perimeter. In this paper, we (1) show a simple approach to despite the pandemic. Data analytics tracked a measurable analyzing the operation of a polar planimeter, (2) explain what increase in article downloads and submissions. a neutral circle is and its significance, (3) explain what it is that a compensating polar planimeter compensates for, and (4) provide a glimpse of the fascinating history of this instrument.

HIGHLIGHTS "Planimeters are fascinating The American MAA published three virtual instruments that deserve Mathematical Monthly special editions: Mathematics and to be better known." @ surpassed 1,000 the Arts, Remembering Richard K. 20,296 50,036 21,858 views downloads downloads submissions in a Guy and John Horton Conway, and in 2020 in 2020 in 2019 single year! Approaches to Voting.

MAA FOCUS The Education of Mathematics Majors in Mexico and the U.S. October/November 2020 Alicia Prieto-Langarica and William Yslas Vélez

The mathematical preparation of mathematics majors is The Virtual Special Issues program in which dramatically different in the United States from other countries and editors of five MAA journals select noteworthy this has implications for undergraduate students hoping to study articles on a specified theme remained a abroad and for U.S. graduate school admissions of foreign students. popular feature. These Virtual Special Issues Alicia Prieto Langarica and William Yslas Vélez compare a typical are open access as a means to showcase undergraduate experience in Mexico and in the U.S. MAA Periodicals and are widely read by the international mathematics community. “The liberal arts curriculum allows students to include more mathematics in their undergraduate program of study, even when the student’s interests lie in other subjects. This is one of the benefits of a liberal arts education and mathematics departments should welcome the opportunity to increase the mathematical literacy of its students.“

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Math DIY Flattened Curves The American The Bounded Horizons Tim Chartier Mathematical Convergence Theorem Tim Chartier discusses a viral comic that appeared in Brian S. Thomson September 2020 Monthly numerous venues at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic We revisit the nineteenth-century version of the bounded encouraging social/physical distancing in order to “flatten June/July 2020 convergence theorem formulated by C. Arzelà in 1885 for the curve.” The article explores how adjusting parameters Riemann integrable functions and, independently, by W. F. in a basic SIR model produces graphs showing how social Osgood in 1897 for continuous functions. distancing, which can slow down the rate at which people get infected, allows society to stay within the healthcare system capacity. The article suggests that readers should play with the model themselves, starting with a basic, “The bounded convergence theorem originates with another Italian mathematician linked SageMathCell application.” Cesare Arzelà from 1885. His proof went beyond continuous functions and applied as well to Riemann integrable functions. The American mathematician W. F. Osgood rediscovered the theorem in 1897, but (as here) stating it and proving it only for continuous functions. It is conventional to refer to the continuous version as “Mathematical models help us predict and “Osgood’s theorem,” an accurate description although not an accurate attribution. understand the spread of disease as well as Proofs of the bounded convergence theorem, either the Arzelà version or the understand measures to reduce the spread.” narrower Osgood version, are not commonly deemed suitable for undergraduate 19,456 18,400 3,300 downloads downloads subscriptions students and so most elementary textbooks do not give the theorem a try. The in 2020 in 2019 most natural impression for the novice student, having never seen these versions, 139,248 133,643 3,500 is that uniform convergence works but everything else fails.” downloads downloads subscriptions in 2020 in 2019

Mathematics Fair Sharing of Triangular Pizzas Magazine Hans Humenberger MAA Convergence A Mathematical History How can we slice up a triangular pizza so that two people taking January 2020 Tour: Reflections on a Study June 2020 alternate slices receive the same amount of pizza and the same Abroad Program amount of crust? For equilateral triangles, there is an elegant “proof without words” solution to this problem. We investigate R. Abraham Edwards and Marie Savoie several related questions with regard to non-equilateral triangles. A professor describes a unique study-abroad course combining the history of mathematics and travel, including the logistics of planning and executing the trip as well as suggestions for designing virtual “If a pizza is shared fairly, then everybody should tours that can capture the magic of travel at home. get the same amount of “area” and the same A student participant who had not previously been amount of “crust.” The problem of fair pizza interested in mathematics reflects on her experiences. division has received considerable attention from mathematicians, but the theory and reasoning

behind the solution are more important than the Tour participants visit the monument to illusion of modeling real-life situations.” Fibonacci in Pisa. Photo by Abe Edwards. “The dramatic impact that this program had on my ability 53,605 49,073 3,186 to appreciate the study and practice of mathematics downloads downloads subscriptions was something I didn’t anticipate...Each site visit made in 2020 in 2019 the historical figures come alive, almost as if we were standing in the same room together.” 48 49 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2020 IMPACT REPORT COMMUNICATION

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Annoyed with the previous methods of measurement, Can social unrest and its spread be modeled Implemented new social media Math Values blog had 93,000 Launched MAA Newsroom Johannes Kepler wrote a 1615 book on measuring the using mathematics? volume of wine barrels. See how he used algebra to strategy in January 2020 and site visits in 2020, compared in October 2020 and had anticipate differential calculus solutions for maxima had 63,000 referral sessions to to previous year at 49,000. nearly 16,000 page views and minima problems. #WineBarrels #Volume http:// maa.org via social media. That’s a 90% increase! in 2 months! bit.ly/2C8RBaK

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Math TOP SOURCES BY VISITS Newsroom

40K In 2020, we launched the MAA newsroom, the new home for all Values 37,0 59 organizational news, stories, and media coverage. It serves as a central hub to help others understand MAA’s brand story and makes it easy for MAA is known for providing a variety 30K journalists to find what we do and why it matters. of mechanisms for the mathematical sciences community to share ideas and to learn from each other. That is why 20,855 20K we introduced MathValues.org, a place TOP NEWS POST: where we share perspectives on issues 12,408 11,796 important to the community and discuss 10K 11,060 mathematical related topics. MAA’s core values—community, inclusivity, communication, and teaching & learning— 0 New MAA Funding Enhances Efforts to are the focal points for the content. TOP COUNTRIES VISITED DIRECT FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE OTHERS Support More Women In Mathematics United States Canada China

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$1,000 - $4,999 Joseph Auslander Francis M. Henderson Anonymous Sheldon Axler James Hewitt Why your Edward J. Barbeau Robert M. Baskin Aparna W. Higgins Arthur and Deena Benjamin Jerry P. Becker A. J. Hildebrand Stewart E. Boden Roy Blacksher J. Myron Hood gift matters Ezra (Bud) and Jo Brown Matt Boelkins Joseph A. Hughes Chris Christensen David M. and Jan Bressoud Corbin Johnson and Becky Schultz Amy Cohen C. Allen Butler Jonathan M. Kane The Mathematical Association of America gratefully acknowledges the Joel L. and Trudy Cunningham Karl E. Byleen Victor J. Katz generosity of all donors who made gifts between January 1, 2020 and Jim and Ann Daniel Joan-Carol J. Carrafiello Daniel Kennedy December 31, 2020. Your support helps MAA inspire students, support Robert L. Devaney Ronald J. Chase Allan M. Kirch teachers, and train early-career faculty. Together, we can advance the Michael Dorff Zhong Chen Ellen E. Kirkman understanding of mathematics across all ages and highlight its impacts Helmut P. and Susanna Epp Teresa Cheng Maria M. Klawe and Nick Pippenger on our world. James A. M. Epperson and Lily E. Christ Arron Klein Minverva Cordero Richard J. Cleary and Ann Trenk Richard Komarek Gregory D. Foley Donald L. Cohn John A. Kuchenbrod Andrew Gainer-Dewar Susan Jane Colley David T. Kung Charles Ray Garner Donor list reflects Corporate Partners MAA Section Partners Carl C. Cowen Brigitte Lahme Rick Gillman gifts made between Akamai Foundation MD/DC/VA Section of Mathematical Albert W. Currier Steven Lee Association of America Amanda Harsy January 1, 2020 and AmazonSmile Foundation Manoj Das William J. Lewis North Central Section of Mathematical Barbara J. Janson December 31, 2020. Apple Matching Gift Association of America Guy M. De Primo R. B. Lind Jon L. Johnson Army Educational Outreach Program Scott Dillery *Denotes deceased donor Carl J. Lovett Gulden Karakok Art of Problem Solving Individual Donors Jason Douma Carolyn D. Lucas $50,000 + Herbert E. Kasube Benevity Community Impact Fund Underwood Dudley Thomas J. Marlowe Allan W. Johnson Jr. Estate* David C. Kelly Budapest Semesters in Math Douglas J. Dunham Michael J. McGraw Penn Oberlander Family Foundation, Inc. Jeffrey C. Lagarias Casualty Actuarial Society Penny and Bill Dunham Marie T. McKellar Schot Family Trust* Bangzheng Li D. E. Shaw Group Robert D. Edwards Charles McMichael Jane Street Capital Joan Lucas $5,000 - $24,999 Thomas Ewing J. Lyn Miller MathWorks Henry O. Pollak Thomas F. and Kathleen Banchoff Frank A. Farris Perla L. Myers McDonald’s Restaurants Jennifer J. Quinn Nancy R. Blachman and David William E. Fenton Eric A. Nordgren Corrado D. Quintiliani Network for Good DesJardins James P. Fink Victor T. Norton Ronald C. Rosier Paypal Giving Fund Deanna B. Haunsperger Karrolyne Fogel and Stephen Kennedy Kenneth Pacholke Ken Ross and Jean Bee Chan Two Sigma Investments, LLC Richard A. Gibbs Sergey Levin Paul Zorn and Janet Petri Doris J. Schattschneider Edray Herber Goins J. Michael Pearson Gerald J. and Judith Porter Foundation Partners Hortensia Soto-Johnson Jack E. Graver Marvin Schaefer Jason Redlus Mary P. Dolciani T. Christine Stevens Irene Greif Halloran Foundation Susan S. Wildstrom Robert J. Reynolds Justin Clement Walker Charles B. Grosch John E. Wetzel Barbara S. Rice Jerrold W. Grossman Nonprofit Partners Glen T. Whitney $250 - $999 Kenneth V. Saunders American Mathematical Society Martha L. Abell Steven H. Gunby Jon W. Scott Society for Industrial & Applied Edward F. Aboufadel John L. Hank David L. Shannon Mathematics Anne Agniel William J. Hardell Angela and George Shiflet Charitable Fund Anonymous Bill Hassinger Stuart J. Sidney

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Charilaos Skiadas Joseph R. Armstead Thomas E. Cecil Tom Edgar Lynne Hamrick Mary Katherine Kearney Naomi Spinak Ali Arouzi Charles Cerjan Andon Epp Heiko Harborth Mitchel T. Keller Olaf P. Stackelberg Jean-Christophe Aubert Graham D. Chalmers Henry Enriquez Escuadro Kip Harvuot John F. Kennison Allen L. Stenger Bernice L. Auslander Hillel J. Chiel Malena Espanol Kathryn Haymaker Zackary R. Kenz Andrew Sterrett* David Michael Austin Richard C. Churchill George J. Fabiano Allison Kyla Henrich Edward Kim Lawrence D. Stone Joel L. and Trudy Cunningham Emily Cilli-Turner Rachel Faerber-Ovaska Christopher J. Henrich Gerald W. Kimble David R. and Ann Stone John B. Baillieul Dana Dwight Clahane Graeme Fairweather Jackson N. Henry John F. King Christopher Storm Robert S. Baker Stanley F. Cohen Ruth G. Favro John G. Heuver L. R. King Francis E. Su Breeanne Baker Swart Daniel I. A. Cohen Joseph Fernandez Rebecca Hillman II Andrew T. Kitchen Steve Talbert Thomas J. Bannon Elliott Cohen Marcelo Ferreira Siqueira Sandra N. Hilt Benjamin G. Klein Colin Tang William H. Barker Michael P. Cohen J. Chris Fisher William R. Hintzman John D. Klemm James S. Tanton Janet H. Barnett James B. Collins Richard J. Fleming Theron J. Hitchman Dominic Klyve Maja-Lisa W. Thomson William J. Barnier Jeb Collins Felix F. Flemisch Robert L. Hoburg Robert Knight Gordana Todorov David J. Barsky Matthew T. Comer Robert A. Fontenot Terrell L. Hodge Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides Philippe M. Tondeur Jeremiah Bartz Ric Cowan Susan L. Forman Edwin T. Hoefer Jerzy Kocik Roseanna F. Torretto Ruzanna Basmajyan Gordon Crandall Timothy Francisco Joseph Hoisington Viswanath Kodukula William Traves Kathleen J. Bavelas Amanda Croll Walden Freedman Susan Hollingsworth Michael H. Koehler Daniel H. Ullman Michael Beals Sarah Crook James H. Freeman Alyssa Marie Hoofnagle Deborah A. Konkowski Dirck Uptegrove Sybilla Beckmann Susan Crook Thomas Freeman Christopher Houpt Rick M. Kreminski Linda D. and Cal Van Niewaal Rudranath Beharrysingh James M. Crowley Edgar Fuller V. Dwight House Catherine E. Kriloff Gerard A. Venema Catherine A. Beneteau Jane Ries Cushman Maria Fung David L. Housman John S. Kronholm Frank W. Warner III Alan E. Berger David S. Cyphers Ryan Scott Gantner Mark E. Huibregtse Klay Kruczek John C. Wierman Julia Bergner Barbara D’Ambrosia Thomas Alden Gassert Francesco Iachello Yolanda Krueger Brian J. Winkel David R. Berman Jonas D’Andrea Carol Gwosdz Gee Tasha R. Inniss Michelle Kruger Justin Wright George Berzsenyi Rosalie A. Dance Sommer Elizabeth Gentry Popescu Ionela David E. Kullman N. Convers Wyeth Satish C. Bhatnagar Josh Daniel Courtney R. Gibbons I. Martin Isaacs Richard G. Laatsch Junjie Xiong Steven E. Blasberg Ingrid Daubechies John T. Gill Geoffrey J. Iverson Jeanne Laduke Rebekah Yates Brian Bonhomme Eugene B. Davis Thomas J. Gillespie Mitsuhiko Iyoda Nancy L. Laing Jonaki Bose Liana L. Dawson-Fleming Rebecca Glover William D. Jackson Jennifer Langdon $1 - $249 Donald J. Boyce Colin Day Christopher Dale Goff Glenn K. Jacobs Jennifer Larson William P. Abrams Sylvia and Robert Bozeman Steven M. Deckelman Roy Goldman David Michael James Suzanne L. Larson Sarah Spence Adams Kathryn Brenneman Dominick J. Del Casale Eric J. Gossett George A. Jennings Joe J. Latulippe Robert A. Agnew Gary L. Britton Matthew E. DeLong Judith V. Grabiner Jacqueline A. Jensen Kee-Wai Lau Timur Akhunov David T. Brown Peter Der Thomas M. Green Haojing Jia Matthew Lazar Philip M. Alberton Joe P. Buhler Charles R. Diminnie Meredith Lynn Greer Bryan Jones Arnold Lebow Silvia Aldana Emily Burkhead Suzanne Doree Jo Anne S. Growney H. Price Kagey Robin Lee Gaik Ambartsoumian Ralph S. Butcher Sean Droms Thomas J. Guglielmo Eric Kahn John M. Lee Katie Anders Bronna Butler Lawrence Drooks Denny Gulick Abdul Hafiz M. Kaissi Robert N. Leggett Rick D. Anderson William Cabell Emily B. Dryden John W. Hagood Dan Kalman J. Larry Lehman Joel H. Anderson Rotraut G. Cahill Justin R. Dunmyre Nancy L. Laing Jennifer J. Kaplan Hua Lei Katherine B. Anderson Kristin A. Camenga Lucinda Ebert Thomas Hall Gizem Karaali Gerald M. Leibowitz Howard Anton Jenna P. Carpenter James R. Eby James Hammond Kathleen Kavanagh Donna Leitzel David Appleyard Earl F. Ecklund.

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Joan R. Leitzel Clint G. McCrory Don O’Brien Daniel M. Rosenblum Alexia A. Sontag Greg M. Watson James I. Lepowsky David McCune Zim M. Olson Jason Rosenhouse Frank Sottile Glenn F. Webb Alan L. Levine James G. McLaughlin Andrea Overbay James Russell Paul Russell Spiker Wendy A. Weber Rachel Levy Peter Roy William McNamara Curtis Pantle David A. Russell Richard P. Spindler Kathryn C. Weld Leonard P. Lewis Janet McShane Michelle I. Paraiso Kathleen Ryan Ross E. Staffeldt Thomas Wellington Heather A. Lewis Laura A. McSweeney Stephen Paris David Ryeburn Colin L. Starr Adam G. Weyhaupt Thomas Lewis Blake Mellor John Parish Stephen Sablack Russ Stead Nina White Jinjiang Li Yashar Memarian Sunwoo Park Milos Savic Charles I. Steinhorn M. Hilary Davies Qian Liang Edith P. Mendez Bozenna J. Pasik-Duncan Karen Saxe Aliza A. Steurer Brandy Wiegers Kien Kwa Lim John R. Mertens Stephen A. Pennell Joyce H. Saxon Ann C. Stewart Thomas A. Williams Joan Lind Richard Messalle John W. Pennisten Amanda Schaeffer Jessica Stewart Kelly Eric J. Wingler Melissa Lindsey Kate Meuth Alldredge Christina Perdikoulias Frank Schiffel Keith Stine Japheth Wood William Lindsey Kristen A. Meyer William G. Pertusi Laura Schildkraut Charles Leslie Strecker Celes Woodruff Laszlo Liptak Joyce Miller Roger D. Peterson Karl R.B. Schmitt Jeffrey L. Stuart Emma Wright Kay P. Litchfield Jennifer Miller Elisha Peterson Charles M. Schneeberger Chris N. Swanson Tsu Wu Richard A. Little Nicholas Miller Victor Piercey Richard M. Schori Bill Swartz Bostwick F. Wyman Aaron Litwak Kenneth C. Millett Eileen L. Poiani Robert J. Schwabauer Laura A. Taalman Alex Xia Andrew C-F Liu Robert Milnikel Raymond P. Polivka Matthew A. Pons Kathryn E. Temple Kaylynn Yankovich Sophie Liu Barry Minemyer Harriet S. Pollatsek Stanley L. Sclove Marian Tetiva Haley Yaple Sergio Loch William J. Mitchell Bonnie Ponce Alison C. Setyadi Biju Thomas Vibhakar Yashaswi Edward Augustus Loeb III Yoichi Miyazaki Kimberly J. Presser Gary J. Sexton Edward L. Thome James A. Yorke John M. Long Austin Mohr Alicia Prieto Langarica Richard J. Shaker Rob Thompson Debbie Yuster David Lonoff Michelle Montgomery Michael F. Quinn Corey Shanbrom Derek Thompson Laurie M. Zack Nicholas J. Lord Hugh L. Montgomery Sealtiel Ramos Katherine R. Sharrow Lola Thompson Joel Zeitlin Peter Lucas James Moore Marepalli B. Rao Amy E. Shell-Gellasch John A. Thorpe Ming Zhang Jeffrey Ludwig Kent E. Morrison Salvatore Rao Brittany Shelton Pat Touhey Pavel Zhardetskiy Leo Lutchansky George W. Moss James M. Rath Qiang Shi Selden Y. Trimble Daniel Zhi Yanping Ma Matthew C. Moynihan Gary M. Rathbone Mika Shikano Helene R. Tyler Zhonghua Zhu Baoling Ma Mr. Rubenstein and Mrs. Karp Christopher L. Reedy Alan H. Shuchat Harriet Ulrich Madeline Zolik Philip H. Mahler Matthew D. Mullin David E. Reese David Shuman Elizabeth B. Uptegrove Paul Zorsky Stefano Marchiafava Douglas Mupasiri James E. Reiland Martha J. Siegel Zalman P. Usiskin Patrick Dylan Zwick Daniel Maroncelli Michael G. Murphy Robert R. Reitano Troy Siemers Robert W. Vallin Jose R. Martinez Catherine M. Murphy Bruce A. Reznick Louise A. Simon Jennifer Franko Vasquez Susan E. Martonosi Darren A. Narayan Henry J. Ricardo Walter S. Sizer Karl Voss Paul T. Matsumoto Carla C. Neaderhouser Purdy James Ricci John R. Smart Kristen Vu Kevin C. Matthews Lori Neuberg Norman J. Richert Deirdre L. Smeltzer Roger A. Waggoner M. Elizabeth Mayfield Nancy A. Neudauer Matthew Richey Celeste Smith Nathan Wakefield Cynthia L. McCabe Jeff Newmeyer Stephen L. Richter Nathan Smith Roger Walker Jon P. McCammond Sedar Ngoma William J. Rickert Elizabeth L. Smith Kyle D. Wallace Tricia McCarthy Lena Nguyen Suzanne M. Riehl Paul T. So Bette L. Warren John W. McConnell Simon Nguyen Dan Roberts James S. Sochacki Ann E. Watkins Michael M. McCrea Jennifer Ni Margaret M. Robinson Mutiara Sondjaja David S. Watkins

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TOTAL REVENUE $8,417,538

20% FINANCIALS Publications 22% Competitions

Global disruption caused by the pandemic pushed the launch of program webinars. MAA to reassess our strategic plan and annual With increased marketing, the competitions, budget. Despite shifts made, we recognized the memberships, programming, and publications value of maintaining the same level of superior led the way in revenue generations, with 21% 0% Development/ programming members and the public need and nominal expenditure increases. Governance/ Fundraising expect, MAA was able to maintain cost effectiveness. Communications/ The 2020 financials reflect MAA’s ability to MAA continues to work towards a financial Public Policy match the reduction in projected revenue with strategic goal of sustainability. We are expenditures, resulting in an overall net gain. The extremely grateful to our donors, sponsors, and volunteers for their increased financial 3% funding traditionally earmarked to support face- General & Administration / to-face meetings was reallocated to provide an support of our mission. It is by this joint effort Other Income 17% that the MAA continues to thrive.The future Grant and Donor unprecedented number of virtual opportunities. Funded Programs offers opportunities for us to continue to 2% 13% In 2020, a significant amount of federally funded pursue our vision of a society that values Meetings/Events Membership activities were postponed until 2021. The work of the power, beauty, and potential of program services shifted to replace funding with mathematics to promote human flourishing. TOTAL EXPENSES $8,017,634

15% 10% Competitions Publications We are grateful to our donors, supporters, sponsors, and volunteers 12% for their financial support of our mission Membership 23% Grant and Donor during a very unusual year. It is because Funded Programs of you that the MAA continues to thrive. 7% Meetings/Events 5% Development/Fundraising 20% General & Administration / 7% Other Income Communications 1% Governance 0% Public Policy

62 63 Message From MAA’s President

We all have a story. I have a lifetime of stories but nothing compares to the story of 2020. I know many of you share the same sentiment which is empowering to know “we were all in it together.”

For me, in the fall semester, I was assigned to teach a virtual Calculus 1 class with 500 students. An administrator thought that it was not a significant increase in work to have a 500-student online class as compared to a normal 40-student in-person class. The difficulty was not teaching during the normal class hours; instead, it was the outside of class activities including the many emails from students who were struggling with the many challenges we all faced as a result of the pandemic. THANK YOU The MAA has been great in how it responded in innovative ways to address some of these issues brought about by the pandemic. Many of these are discussed throughout this 2020 Impact Report, but I want to mention a few of them. Foremost for me is MAA Connect which is an online platform promoting member FOR BEING A engagement and community discussion. MAA Connect has been a wonderful way to stay connected to colleagues in the math community and to learn how they are dealing with new issues that arose in PART OF OUR 2020. The MAA Math Values blog is a great way to explore the diverse voices of mathematics and learn about current ideas that are important to the mathematics community. Also, MAA Virtual Programming COMMUNITY. is a venue to connect with colleagues, learn new skills, and grow professionally. These include webinars, workshops, minicourses, panel discussions, and research seminars. Finally, I am excited about the new MAA Section Lecturer Joint Speaker Series which is a partnership with the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) and will allow MAA Sections to regularly invite early-career mathematicians from these professional organizations to speak at their Section meetings.

I have been a member of the MAA for many years. I have participated in my MAA Section, been involved on MAA projects, and volunteered to serve on MAA committees. By being engaged in many programs that the MAA offers, I have become part of the large MAA math community, and this has led to discussions that promoted positive changes in teaching, mentoring, researching, serving, and being more inclusive. This has also led to meeting many new people who have turned into lifelong friends. I am thankful for the friendships developed through the MAA. This is the strength of the MAA. It is the people.

Michael Dorff

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