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Special Sessions Schedule

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February 28

02:00 PM: Special Sessions I
- Promoting Data Literacy Session I in Couch 331
  - 02:00 PM: Promoting Data Literacy Session I #1 in Couch 331
    Statistics Start-Up — Nicole Panza
  - 02:20 PM: Promoting Data Literacy Session I #2 in Couch 331
    Consumer Statistics Unit for 100-Level Quantitative Literacy Mathematics Courses — Laura Lembeck
  - 02:40 PM: Promoting Data Literacy Session I #3 in Couch 331
    MAA’s StatPREP Project: Using Data-Centric Methods to Teach Introductory Statistics — Jenna Carpenter
  - 03:00 PM: Promoting Data Literacy Session I #4 in Couch 331
    From small steps to giant leaps toward data literacy — Laurie Heyer
  - 03:20 PM: Promoting Data Literacy Session I #5 in Couch 331
    Building and Supporting a Data Science Degree Program at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution — Zach Abernathy
- Recreational Mathematics Session I in Couch 325
  - 02:00 PM: Recreational Mathematics Session I #1 in Couch 325
    Math Engagement: Math is Fun! — Laura Steil
  - 02:20 PM: Recreational Mathematics Session I #2 in Couch 325
    How Many Dice Do You Need for a Bell Curve? — Jeffrey Clark
  - 02:40 PM: Recreational Mathematics Session I #3 in Couch 325
    Temari Projections on Assorted Surfaces — Shemsi Alhaddad
  - 03:00 PM: Recreational Mathematics Session I #4 in Couch 325
    The Gauss-Bonnet theorem and triangular Tangles — Doug Torrance
- Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I in Couch 335
  - 02:00 PM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I #1 in Couch 335
    Lessons learned from 30+ years of undergraduate research direction — Anant Godbole
  - 02:20 PM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I #2 in Couch 335
    Modeling Bromeliads: An Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaboration with Multiple Undergraduate Research Projects — Erin Bodine
  - 02:40 PM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I #3 in Couch 335
    Undergraduate Research: Recruitment, Retention, Mentoring — Shalmali Bandyopadhyay
  - 03:00 PM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I #4 in Couch 335
    Engaging Students in Math Research Through Games: Quads, Spot It!, and Beyond — Lauren Rose
  - 03:20 PM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session I #5 in Couch 335
    Finding Projects and Managing Expectations — Zih-Syun FU
- Unspoken History of Mathematics Session I in Couch 209
  - 02:00 PM: The Life and Work of Shing-Tung Yau in Couch 209
    The Life and Work of Shing-Tung Yau — Zachery Keisler
  - 02:20 PM: Ancient Algebra and Contemporary Conflict in Couch 209
    Ancient Algebra and Contemporary Conflict — Jared Kettinger
  - 02:40 PM: A Forgotten History: How Chinese Mathematics have Contributed to Modern Methods of Problem Solving in Couch 209
    A Forgotten History: How Chinese Mathematics have Contributed to Modern Methods of Problem Solving — Kari Mays
  - 03:00 PM: Celebrating the Achievements of Women in Mathematics in Couch 209
    Celebrating the Achievements of Women in Mathematics — Denise Rangel Tracy

March 01

10:00 AM: Special Sessions II
- My Favorite Contest Problems in Couch 223
  - 10:00 AM: My Favorite Contest Problems #1 in Couch 223
    Using High School Competition Problems to Create Rich Mathematical Tasks for Undergraduate Mathematics Students — Doug Ensley
  - 10:20 AM: My Favorite Contest Problems #2 in Couch 223
    AMC Problems from the Co-Editor-in-Chief's Perspective — Carl Yerger
  - 10:40 AM: My Favorite Contest Problems #3 in Couch 223
    Crafting Challenges: Writing Competition Problems and Tests — Risto Atanasov
  - 11:00 AM: My Favorite Contest Problems #4 in Couch 223
    Dandelin Spheres: the Unintended Benefits of Being Stumped — Stephen Davis
- Promoting Data Literacy Session II in Couch 331
  - 10:00 AM: Promoting Data Literacy Session II #1 in Couch 331
    A Data Competency Quality Enhancement Plan — Crista Arangala
  - 10:20 AM: Promoting Data Literacy Session II #2 in Couch 331
    A Second Wind of Mathematics Departments due to Data Ubiquity: A Proof of Concept — Ivan Dungan
  - 10:40 AM: Promoting Data Literacy Session II #3 in Couch 331
    New Courses and Programs to Promote Data Literacy — Ellen Breazel
  - 11:00 AM: Promoting Data Literacy Session II #4 in Couch 331
    Data Literacy Course and Initiatives at Converse University — Amanda Mangum
- Recreational Mathematics Session II in Couch 325
  - 10:00 AM: Recreational Mathematics Session II #1 in Couch 325
    Phun with “Phractals” and Phi for 100-Level Quantitative Literacy Mathematics Courses — Laura Lembeck
  - 10:20 AM: Recreational Mathematics Session II #2 in Couch 325
    Some aspects of combinatorial game theory — Tolulope Oke
  - 10:40 AM: Recreational Mathematics Session II #3 in Couch 325
    Playing with Proof: Combinatorial Game Theory in Liberal Arts Mathematics — Bill Shillito
  - 11:00 AM: Recreational Mathematics Session II #4 in Couch 325
    Characterizing quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads — Timothy Goldberg
  - 11:20 AM: Recreational Mathematics Session II #5 in Couch 325
    Quad-free sets in the card game Quad-128 — Lauren Rose
- Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session II in Couch 335
  - 10:00 AM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session II #1 in Couch 335
    Guiding High School and Undergraduate Students into the World of Mathematical Research — Rigo Florez
  - 10:20 AM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session II #2 in Couch 335
    Beyond the Classroom: Guiding Student Research and Career Development — Laurie Zack
  - 10:40 AM: Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective Session II #3 in Couch 335
    Balancing Structure and Flexibility: Implementing Course-Based Undergraduate Research — Kelly Buch
- Unspoken History of Mathematics Session II in Couch 209
  - 10:00 AM: A Brief Story of the Chinese Mathematician Liu Hui in Couch 209
    A Brief Story of the Chinese Mathematician Liu Hui — Charlie Liu
  - 10:20 AM: Developing an Interdisciplinary Course on the History of Women in Mathematics in Couch 209
    Developing an Interdisciplinary Course on the History of Women in Mathematics — Brittany Riggs
  - 10:40 AM: Primes and Pyramids in Couch 209
    Primes and Pyramids — Satish C. Bhatnagar

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