Pamela E. Harris, PhD

My identities include being a Latinx woman, mother and wife, member of the LGBTQ+ community, educator, advocate, and a mathematician. The journey to adding “mathematician” to my list of identities was not an easy one and it involved finding and creating mathematical spaces and communities in which I could be my authentic self. In this talk, I share how I have found and helped create welcoming mathematical spaces and the lessons I learned along the way that have helped me in comfortably saying “I am a mathematician!”

The NSS lecture series is made possible by generous contributions from Con Edison.