MAA Press, an imprint of the American Mathematical Society,
[2019]
vii, 277 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm.
Classroom resource materials ;
vol 60
Includes bibliographical references.
An invitation to mathematics for social justice / Gizem Karaali and Lily S. Khadjavi -- Mathematics in service to democracy / Kira Hamman -- Preparing for student resistance: rules of engagement for sensitive topics / Lisa Marano -- Social justice and sustainability: two perspectives on the same system / Jason Hamilton and Thomas J. Pfaff -- Quantitative ethics / Victor Piercey -- Math for social justice: a last math class for responsible citizens / Dave Kung -- Sea level change and function composition / Dawn Archey -- Exploring the problem of human trafficking / Julie Beier -- Evaluating fairness in electoral districting / Geoffrey Buhl and Sean Q. Kelly -- Modeling the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill / Steve Cohen and Melanie Pivarski -- Voting with partially-ordered preferences / John Cullinan and Samuel Hsiao -- Implementing social security: a historical role-playing game / John Curran and Andrew Ross -- Matching kids to schools: the school choice problem / Julie Glass and Gizem Karaali -- Modeling the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis in the United States / Bárbara González-Arévalo and Wilfredo Urbina-Romero -- What does fair mean? / Kira Hamman -- Social and environmental justice impacts of industrial agriculture / Amy Henderson and Emek Köse -- Student loans: fulfilling the American dream or surviving a financial nightmare? / Reem Jaafar -- Modeling social change: the rise in acceptance of same-sex relationships / Angela Vierling-Claassen -- Sustainability analysis of a rural Nicaraguan coffee cooperative / John Zobitz, Tracy Bibelnieks, and Mark Lester.