About Me
Curriculum Vitae:
My name is Aubrey Kemp (pronouns: she/her/hers), and I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at California State University, Bakersfield. I began this position in August 2018.
I earned my PhD in Mathematics in August 2018 within the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Georgia State University. My research focused on Collegiate Mathematics Education, studying under Dr. Draga Vidakovic.
My dissertation project pertained to the generalization and transferal of mathematical definitions from Euclidean to Taxicab geometry. This project investigated the ways students use Geometer's Sketchpad and cooperative learning to generalize definitions. In addition, within the context of APOS Theory, analysis of interviews with students resulted in a model of schema interaction for the circle schema.
I received my undergraduate degree from Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA in Mathematics (with a Concentration in Education).
I continue to educate myself on how I contribute to systemic racism, sexism, ableism, and all other social "isms" that result in injustice, opportunity gaps, and perpetuated oppression against underserved and marginalized groups.
"It is easy to forget that mathematics is primarily a tool for human thought...
The most important thing about mathematics is how it resides in the human brain...
When mathematics loses its connection to your minds, it dissolves into a haze...
In mathematics, what is intriguing, puzzling, interesting, surprising, boring, tedious, exciting is crucial;
they are not incidental, they shape how we think."
-Bill Thurston