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Towards an Insurgent Science for Palestine
Guest post by Tarik Aougab Editorial note from MKL: This article was originally published in the Vol 26, No 3: Palestine issue of Science for the People Magazine. You can view it in its original form here. I am grateful to Alex Adams, the Managing Editor of SftP, for granting us permission to republish this…
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Testimonios! Lathisms: Latinx and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences
[Editorial note: This final monthly Testimonios post is the Preface of Testimonios as well as the short biographies of the book editors.] It is often the case that mathematical proofs and theorems seem to magically appear out of thin air—as if in that magical moment of epiphany, the proof wrote itself in its beautiful form.…
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“X” in the time of Genocide
Guest post by Tarik Aougab Editorial note from MKL: The “X” in the title refers to a variable whose precise value changes as in a mathematical equation. This is made clear in the body of the piece itself. It does not refer to the new name of the website formerly known as Twitter. Gathering (some…
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Testimonios: Dr. María Cristina Villalobos
In this chapter I recount my personal journey from K–12 schooling to my present position as faculty teaching at a university, I detail an important principle instilled in me by my mother—to take the initiative. Growing up, my mother would inform my two siblings and me to speak up and inquire about opportunities. By taking…
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Testimonios: Dr. William Yslas Vélez
Marriage and Partnership Bernice and I met when we were 18 years old. We were children, naïve. Our backgrounds were surprisingly similar. We both had families in Magdelena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico, and as children, we both spent part of the summers in that town. On our first date, we went to a wedding shower…
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