Jessamyn (rhymes with specimen) is a mathematician with a non-traditional background. After a ten-year career in knitting and textiles, they returned to school in summer 2018 to pursue an interest in mathematics and graduated from Rutgers University in August 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts and a minor in education. They are now at the University of Denver, pursuing a PhD.
Jessamyn can leap small ottomans in a single bound. Contact them at [firstname dot lastname at du.edu]
I ascribe to these four axioms of mathematics, from Federico Ardila:
Mathematical potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
sock knitting during a lecture at Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory
It's fall quarter! You can find me:
Studying for prelim exams
Trying to learn cat theory with cats in my lap
TAing for Linear Algebra and Multivariate Calculus
getting some help on my Polymath Jr. Â summer project in solvable lattice models