KENAN İNCE
I conduct teaching, research, and service using Federico Ardila's axioms:
Axiom 1. Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
Current location: Eastern Shoshone, Ute, and Goshute lands (so-called Salt Lake City, Utah)
Donate to local Indigenous-led orgs: PANDOS | SLC Air Protectors | Diné Bikeyah
Donate to local Indigenous-led orgs: PANDOS | SLC Air Protectors | Diné Bikeyah
Why insist on education and mathematics education, and on doing mathematics itself, if we do not perceive how our practice can help to achieve a new organization of society, a planetary civilization anchored in respect, solidarity, and cooperation?
—Ubiratàn D’Ambrosio, 2006
Research Interests
Here is a listing of some of my recent talks, abstracts, and projects.
Knot theory
3- and 4-manifold topology
Statistics & data science
Mathematics of mechanical games
Equity, inclusion, & social justice in teaching & learning
Recent Publications:
Unknotting via null-homologous twists and multi-twists (joint w/ Samantha Allen, Seungwon Kim, Benjamin Matthias Ruppik, and Hannah Turner; arXiv link; supported by 2022 MSRI SRiM, AIM 4-D Topology Research Community, & 2022 Gore Individual Summer Grant)
Teaching postsecondary math for social justice: resource folder of publicly available materials (2021 TMWYF talk, resource folder, recommend resources)
From Puzzles to Proof-writing: Exploring Rich Mathematical Ideas through Mechanical Puzzles (joint w/ Tara Davis, Lauren Grimley, Gizem Karaali, Boyan Kostadinov, and Roberto Soto; in Teaching Mathematics through Games, MAA Press, 2021; supported by AIM REUF & follow-up grant)
Comparing demographics of signatories to public letters on diversity in the mathematical sciences (joint w/ Chad M. Topaz, James Cart, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Anelise Hanson Shrout, Jude A. Higdon, Brian Katz, Drew Lewis, Jessica Libertini, Christian Michael Smith)
Analysis of Racial and Gender Bias in SLCPD Use of Force and Street Checks (draft RPublication; AMS Southeastern Sectional presentation slides; work in progress joint w/ Aria Cederlof, Kip Otuafi, and Addison Scanlon; supported by 2017 & 2021 Westminster Summer Undergraduate Research grants)
Westminster College Resources:
Contact
Email: my first initial, followed by my last name, at westminstercollege.edu.
Office: Foster Hall 311