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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. It emphasized “social justice” and suggested that students could take data science instead of advanced algebra in high school. In 2022 and 2023, it gave Boaler’s organization more than $560,000. She advocated for change.

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APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University.

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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. His research focuses on mathematical methods, especially bargaining theory, computational social science, machine learning, and mixed methods. This is no easy task. Neustadt Award.