“If you said you’ve always hated music, people would look at you and say, ‘Oh, my God.’” “It’s probably the only subject where you could say, ‘Oh, I’ve always hated math,’ and expect that this will be personable rather than look bad,” she says.

75 percent of middle- and high-school students have heard an adult speak negatively about math.

In a field that is often negatively perceived, Hartmann spends a lot of time thinking about how to ease the way for students at all levels. “I’ve noticed that it’s easier for students to talk if they have something to do with their hands,” says the professor of mathematics. They’re useful in her teaching, but they serve a different function here. Penn FEW workshop Resourceful Women in Math with Kathryn Hess and Malabika Pramanik, April 24-26, 2023.In front of the sofa in Julia Hartmann’s office, math-related toys-a two-by-two Rubik’s cube and plastic pieces formed into three-dimensional shapes called Platonic solids-cover the table. UP GRADe: Workshop for undergraduates from underrepresented groups who are thinking about applying to math grad school, UPenn, October 30, 2021. WOMAN UP!: Workshop on math advice and networking at UPenn, September 28, 2019. Math Women with a Mission, September 11, 2019.

Related articles here and here, and a video here. Other Recent Events: AMS MRC Explicit methods in arithmetic geometry in characteristic p. Upcoming Events: AGNES at Penn, October 13-15, 2023.

You can also read about me and my outreach here. ( Penn Current Express article about the predecessor, Women in Math). Together with Maxine Calle and Marielle Ong, I organize the GeMs in Math, group group of grad students, postdocs, faculty, and visitors in the Mathematics Department at the University of Pennsylvania who identify as gender minorities - and everyone who is an ally. I serve as the faculty sponsor of the Penn AWM student chapter. Teaching (Fall 2023): Math5020 (Abstract Algebra)and Math7020 (Topics in Algebra: Algebraic Function Fields).

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