2019 IMPACT REPORT Contents INTRODUCTION Letter from Leadership 02 Mission and Vision 04 Impact 06 COMMUNITY 08 MAA MathFest 10 MAA Members 14 Member Spotlight 16 INCLUSIVITY 18 MAA Awards 20 MAA Inclusivity Award 20 MAA 2019 Award Recipients 21 Programs and Grants 22 COMMUNICATION 26 Communications Highlights 28 MAA’s Publications 34 TEACHING & LEARNING 40 MAA Project NExT 42 MAA Competitions 46 Instructional Practices Guide 57 FINANCIALS 58 Why Your Gift Matters 58 Thank You Donors 58 Financial Snapshot 62 MESSAGE FROM MAA PRESIDENT 64 for improving the alignment between undergraduate training and careers. By focusing 2019 our work on pressing issues — mathematics for societal relevance — we can collectively Letter From help our students understand the importance of mathematics, not only in their Board of professions but across their lives. Directors MAA believes that collaboration through community is crucial to support this evolution Leadership which is why we invested in an online platform called MAA Connect. The platform is for our 28,000+ members to build communities around common interests such as our SIGMAAs (special interest groups) or Sections (geographic area), post discussions, and share resources. Our community has a critical role to play in this progression. Community support and collaboration is essential as we see more professional niches emerge from Michael Dorff Dear Friends, mathematical sciences such as fields of data science — yes, the plural is intentional. President As we learned through our engagement with the National Academies’ Roundtable on When the MAA was founded in 1915, what constituted Postsecondary Data Science Education, there are diverse incarnations of data science mathematical literacy and mathematical readiness was much across all sectors of the science, business, and government. Regardless of where and Deanna Haunsperger different than now. We live in a mathematics-enriched world Past-President in what form we encounter data science, mathematics has critical tools and insights to where we have hundreds of interactions, if not thousands, on offer. To address the strong need for faculty professional development, we have organized a daily basis. Moments we take for granted such as waking data science workshops that will be held this summer at two NSF-funded mathematics Carol Schumacher up to an alarm, navigating with GPS, or asking a smart device institutes. The workshops give faculty the opportunity to learn and build proficiency in Vice President to play a song — mathematics pervades our world. Do you a rapidly growing area that touches everyone’s lives. Additionally, the MAA StatPREP watch HD television? That’s math. Using a computer, tablet, or program brings data science tools and methods to introductory statistics courses. This Jim Daniel smartphone to do your work or keep in touch? That’s math. program helps educators prepare students to utilize mathematical sciences to engage in Treasurer Are you using credit or debit cards, or managing your finances today’s data-centric world. online? That’s math. Math is all around us, continuously James Sellers shaping our society, and creating new opportunities for critical MAA maintains a complex network of operations, involving staff, members, and Secretary thinking and problem solving. Instead of saying “that’s math,” volunteers who all are committed to advancing mathematics. We provide world- maybe we should say “thanks math,” to celebrate its universal class mathematical exposition, organize community initiatives and meetings, and proficiency to be adopted and its ability to evolve, for its engage over 300,000 students in competitions each year. We take approximately 900 Hortensia Soto excitement and beauty, and for allowing each one of us to love Associate Secretary customer service calls per month, review 500+ abstract applications for MAA MathFest, what we do every day. and support over 5,000 AMC site administrators each year. These represent only a portion of what we do at the Mathematical Association of America. I am proud to work Lisa Marano Over the past decade, there has been an explosion in the alongside such amazing people in the mathematical community. As we reflect on the Chair of the number of ways mathematical sciences are applied and achievements from this past year and look forward to the future, I hope we can join Committee on Sections leveraged across disciplines. Data analytics, financial together to proudly say, “thanks math!” engineering, healthcare management, and computational Su Dorée science are examples of disciplines that are inherently built Sincerely, Chair of Congress using mathematical sciences. For instance, privacy and data security issues are becoming more urgent. As a result, James Alvarez the opportunities for our students are expanding as well. Michael Pearson Officer-at-Large Through MAA programs such as PIC Math, we offer models MAA Executive Director 2 3 COMMUNICATION OUR VISION We envision a society that values the power and beauty of mathematics and fully realizes its potential to promote human flourishing. INCLUSIVITY OUR CORE VALUES OUR MISSION COMMUNITY The mission of the MAA is to advance the understanding of mathematics and its impact on our world. TEACHING & LEARNING 4 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2019 IMPACT REPORT 5 MAA BY THE NUMBERS $ $ $ 144,500 28,600 members $1,458,405 304,200 awards through program initiatives students followers competed in AMC/Putnam on Twitter & Facebook 525 donors new membership 400 email 5 categories 4,200 PUTNAM 300,000 AMC campaigns with a 42% open rate grant-funded 14 programs 5,030 6 publications 1,730 4,040 AMC site administrators and 17,800 MathFest engagements attendees on social media subscriptions 70+ awards given 39 countries 42,200 participated Math Values visitors COMMUNITY INCLUSIVITY in AMC membership 5,520 1,370 sections 29 COMMUNICATION JMM attendees engagements 1,757,680 on social media total website visitors special interest groups abstracts 17 IP & LEARNING TEACHING 2,130 submitted at 3,050 video views IP Guide downloads GUIDE 550 MathFest SIGMAA 6 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2019 IMPACT REPORT 7 COMMUNITY 8 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2019 IMPACT REPORT 9 The MAA Pavilion was a success during MAA MathFest in COMMUNITY Cincinnati, OH. It focused on community to allow a space for our members to network, attend informal sessions, and participate in activities. There were 8 member engagement events including a presentation by Art Benjamin, PosterFest, and a long-term member reception. The MAA Pavilion uniquely supports those events that may not fit the category of “Invited Address” or “Contributed Paper Session” to provide an informal space for member gatherings. MAA MathFest NPR Interview“ Mathematical Association of America President Michael Dorff and Deputy Executive Director Rachel Levy discuss careers in mathematics, math education, and how math is used in the real-world with NPR host, Michael Monks. A STUDENT’S People I aspire to be like professionally, I assume, have always been PERSPECTIVE as confident and mathematically savvy as they appear from a MAA MathFest distance. But this is not true, and it leads me to feel like any mistake MAA MathFest 2019 focused on recreational mathematics and included I make, and any proof I don’t understand, is an indication that I a variety of programs including the Martin Gardner Lecture, Invited cannot hack it as a mathematician. I will stare at a problem on my Paper Sessions, Minicourses, Contributed Paper Sessions, and more! assignments for an hour, afraid to write something down because it might be wrong. As I listened to Laura Taalman talk about how it is okay to fail, and that she does it all the time (and so does any other Location: successful person) it felt as though she was talking to me personally. To get anything accomplished, a person has to give themselves the Cincinnati, OH 1,730 attendees permission to fail. Since this talk, I have begun programming myself Duke Energy Convention Center to have a healthy relationship with failure. – Aria Beaupre 10 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2019 IMPACT REPORT “ 11 COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS FROM #MAAthFest tracking Total mentions: 202 Social media reach: 571,000 Interactions: 3,132 2019 Likes: 2,562 1.5 million Shares: 570 impressions Total impressions during MAA MathFest were 1.5 2018 million, 7 times higher than MAA’s 225,00 weekly average of 225,000 and 19% impressions Facebook higher than MAA MathFest in 2018. Total impressions: 402,576 Celebrating the 50th Total reach: 275,572 anniversary of the Total engagements: 3,496 National Association of Mathematicians after the NAM David Harold Reach increased Blackwell Lecture. by over 450% Michael Dorff and PJ from the weekly average Couch, recipient of one of the Alder Awards, of 49,000. posing for a picture at the MAA’s prize session. Twitter Impressions: 642,000 Impressions increased Engagement rate: 0.7% Students who participated in PIC Math had the Link clicks: 394 by almost four times opportunity to showcase Retweets: 474 their research which were Likes: 1,800 the weekly average real world problems from business and industry. Replies: 52 Followers gained: 106 impressions. 12 13 COMMUNITY MAA Members 28,600 members New 17 Membership SIGMAAs Pacific Northwest Categories North Central Life Member Northeastern Mathematics and the Arts Wisconsin Michigan Metro New York Business Industry Rocky Mountain Seaway Retired Member Government Iowa New Jersey Ohio Maryland/DC/Virginia VITAL Member Mathematical and Golden Illinois EPaDel Computational Biology Indiana Allegheny Mountain Nebraska/SE South Dakota Transitional Member Environmental Intermountain Mathematics Kentucky “ 2-Year College History of Mathematics SoCal/Nevada Southeastern Kansas Missouri Departmental Member Inquiry-Based Learning Math Circles for Students Southwestern Oklahoma/Arkansas and Teachers I have been an MAA Mathematical Knowledge Louisiana/Mississippi for Teaching Texas member for ten 29 years. Since I am still Philosophy of Mathematics Sections Florida early in my career, Quantitative Literacy the investment into a Recreational lifetime membership Mathematics is a no-brainer.