Carrie Diaz Eaton Explained

Carrie Diaz Eaton
Fields:
Workplaces:Bates College
Alma Mater:
Doctoral Advisor:Sergey Gavrilets
Known For:QUBES (Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis)
Math Mamas
Awards:2020 John Jungck Prize for Excellence in Education of the Society for Mathematical Biology

Carrie Diaz Eaton is an associate professor of digital and computational studies at Bates College, a co-founder of QUBES (Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis), and project director for Math Mamas. Diaz Eaton is a 1st generation Latina of Peruvian descent and is also known for her work in social justice in STEM higher education.

Diaz Eaton currently serves as the chair for the committee for minority participation in mathematics for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), on the editorial boards of PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies and CourseSource, and is an MAA Values Leader. She has also served as the past program chair and electronic communications chair of BIO SIGMAA, as Education Subgroup Chair for the Society for Mathematical Biology, and for the Editorial Board for Letters in Biomathematics.

Education

Diaz Eaton received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with honors and a minor in zoology in 2002 from the University of Maine, Orono. In 2004, she earned a Master of Arts in mathematics with concentration in interdisciplinary mathematics from the same institution.[1] [2] [3] She received her Ph.D. in mathematics with a concentration in mathematical ecology and evolutionary theory at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2013, with advisor Sergey Gavrilets.

Career

While working towards her Ph.D. and shortly thereafter, Diaz Eaton held several positions at the University of Tennessee, and at Eastern Maine Community College, the College of the Atlantic, and Unity College in Maine.[4] [5]

Diaz Eaton has been an associate professor of digital and computational studies at Bates College in Lewiston, MA since 2018. She is the director of Partnerships and Communications and one of the co-founders of National Science Foundation-funded QUBES,[6] [7] [8] a community of mathematics and biology educators aimed at teaching students how to use quantitative tools to tackle real, complex, biological problems.[9] She is the current chair of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics and ex officio member of the Council on the Profession.[10] [11] For the year 2019-2020 she is the Past Chair of the Education Subgroup of the Society for Mathematical Biology.[12]

Diaz Eaton is also the project director for Math Mamas, a digital narrative project which lead to a special issue of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics in 2018 (of which she was one of the editors).[13] [14] She is also the project director for SCORE, a network which promotes an open and inclusive biology education.[15] Her undergraduate course “Calling Bull with R,” teaches students to identify and call out misinformation[16] and has been chosen as one of the 2020 Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) Model Course.

Diaz Eaton was formerly associate professor of Mathematics in the Center for Biodiversity at Unity College. There she worked on network perspectives of coevolution and consequences for sustainability. Since then, she has developed a research program in undergraduate interdisciplinary mathematics education, with an emphasis on networks, and is the QUBES Director of Partnerships (Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis). Diaz Eaton is also the project director for Math Mamas, a digital narrative project and SCORE, a network which promotes an open and inclusive biology education.

After Abigail Thompson published op-eds concerning diversity statements in The Wall Street Journal and the Notices of the American Mathematical Society in 2019,[17] [18] Diaz Eaton participated in the widespread responses.Thompson argued that high achievement in fostering diversity should not be a strict requirement for all newly-hired mathematics professors, as appeared to be happening at some universities; Diaz Eaton was a coauthor and signatory to a response arguing that Thompson's letter should have been barred from publication and telling students that their diversity is valued, one of many published response letters.[19] She was interviewed for an article on the controversy,[20] and published an analysis of the demographics of signatories of the response letters.[21]

Funding

Diaz Eaton has received numerous large grants to fund her work on equity and sustainability in mathematical biology education, including:

Awards, fellowships, and honors

Editorial work

Diaz Eaton was part of the editorial board of Letters in Biomathematics between 2013 and 2017. She has been part of the PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies editorial board since 2017.[34] Since 2019, Diaz Eaton has been one of the Course Editors for CourseSource.[35]

Personal life

Diaz Eaton identifies as a first generation Latinx mathematician; her father is from Peru.[36] [37] She has two children, both born while she was a graduate student at the University of Tennessee.

References

  1. Web site: Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences – Carrie Diaz Eaton. 2017-09-20. Lathisms. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200322100814/http://lathisms.org/tuesday-september-20th-2017.html. 2020-03-22. 2020-05-29.
  2. Web site: Carrie Diaz Eaton. Women Do Math. 2020-05-29.
  3. Web site: SUMMIT-P. Summit-P at Unity College. en-US. 2020-05-29.
  4. Web site: VITAL Faculty: A Growing Workforce in Colleges and Universities. Levy. Rachel. 2019-01-14. MAA MathValues. en-US. 2020-06-01.
  5. Web site: I was VITAL faculty. Diaz Eaton. Carrie. 2020-01-06. MAA MathValues. en-US. 2020-06-01.
  6. Web site: QUBES – About Us – Team. 2020-06-01. qubeshub.org.
  7. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1446258 – Collaborative Research: BIO IUSE Ideas Lab: Supporting Faculty in Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES). www.nsf.gov. 2020-06-01.
  8. Web site: Cracking the (bio)code: Profile of Prof. Carrie Diaz Eaton. Cracking the (bio)code. 2020-06-01.
  9. Web site: QUBES – About Us. 2020-06-02. qubeshub.org.
  10. Web site: Council and Committees List Mathematical Association of America. www.maa.org. 2020-06-01.
  11. Web site: QUBES – Members: View: Carrie Diaz Eaton. qubeshub.org. 2020-06-01.
  12. Web site: Group: Society for Mathematical Biology. qubeshub.org. 2020-06-01.
  13. Harris. Pamela. Hall. Becky. Lawrence. Emille. Diaz Eaton. Carrie. July 2018. Math Mamas: Changing the Narrative. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. 8. 2. 2–4. 10.5642/jhummath.201802.03. 188376353 . free.
  14. Web site: Crowell . Rachel J. . Babies, math class and parents with STEM careers . Blog on Math Blogs . 5 March 2019 . American Mathematical Society . 29 June 2020.
  15. Web site: Bates College Website. Bates College Website. 2020-06-27.
  16. News: Guarino. Ben. 2019-06-24. Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.. 2020-06-29. Washington Post. en.
  17. News: Thompson. Abigail. 2019-12-19. Opinion: The University's New Loyalty Oath. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2020-06-29. 0099-9660.
  18. Thompson. Abigail. December 2019. A word from... Abigail Thompson. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66. 11. 1778–1779.
  19. January 2020. Letters to the Editor - The math community values a commitment to diversity. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 1. 2–9.
  20. Web site: 'Diversity statements' divide mathematicians. 2020-06-29. www.sciencemagazinedigital.org. en.
  21. Topaz. Chad M.. Cart. James. Diaz Eaton. Carrie. Hanson Shrout. Anelise. Higdon. Jude A.. İnce. Kenan. Katz. Brian. Lewis. Drew. Libertini. Jessica. Smith. Christian Michael. 2020-04-28. Danforth. Christopher M.. Comparing demographics of signatories to public letters on diversity in the mathematical sciences. PLOS ONE. en. 15. 4. e0232075. 10.1371/journal.pone.0232075. 1932-6203. 7188238. 32343722. 1912.13334. 2020PLoSO..1532075T. free.
  22. Web site: Pershell. Karoline. Grant from the Hewlett Foundation to Expand Inclusion and Diversity Focus for Open Educational Resources in Undergraduate Quantitative Biology. 2020-06-29. qubeshub.org. en-gb.
  23. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1446258 - Collaborative Research: BIO IUSE Ideas Lab: Supporting Faculty in Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES). 2020-06-29. www.nsf.gov.
  24. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1346584 - RCN-UBE Incubator: An online networking hub for collaboration, discovery, and synthesis in quantitative biology curricula. 2020-06-29. www.nsf.gov.
  25. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1812997 - DCL NSF INCLUDES: Bringing Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in Data Science to the Ecological and Environmental Sciences. 2020-06-29. nsf.gov.
  26. Web site: John Jungck Prize for Excellence in Education. en-US. 2020-06-01.
  27. Web site: Welcome to Math Values from the Mathematical Association of America. 2020-06-29. MATH VALUES. en-US.
  28. Web site: BLOGGERS. 2020-06-29. MATH VALUES. en-US.
  29. Web site: LPSLI Cohorts – SACNAS. en-US. 2020-06-01.
  30. Web site: Carrie Diaz Eaton. MAA MathValues. en-US. 2020-06-01.
  31. Web site: Fellow Search Form Mathematical Association of America. www.maa.org. 2020-06-01.
  32. Web site: 2004-12-10. ARML Standings 1998. 2020-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20041210062524/http://www.arml.com/Dotorg/Standings/standings98.html. 2004-12-10.
  33. Web site: On Marty Badoian and Being a Canton Mathlete. 2020-06-29. MATH VALUES. en-US.
  34. Web site: PRIMUS Editorial Board. www.tandfonline.com. 2020-06-01.
  35. Web site: CourseSource Evidence-based teaching resources for undergraduate biology education. 2020-06-29. www.coursesource.org.
  36. Web site: Curriculum Vitae – Carrie Diaz Eaton. CV. 2020-06-27.
  37. Web site: Personal Website. Personal Website. 2020-06-27.

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