Ruthmae Sears
Ruthmae Sears is a Bahamian-American mathematics educator, focusing on systemic inequities that impede student understanding of mathematics. She is an associate professor for secondary mathematics education in the University of South Florida College of Education.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Sears is originally from the Bahamas,[2] and studied mathematics, statistics, and secondary mathematics at the College of the Bahamas, earning associate of arts and bachelor of education degrees there. She has a master's degree in mathematics education from Indiana University Bloomington, and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.[3]
She has taught high school mathematics in the Bahamas, and became an assistant professor at the University of South Florida in 2012, earning tenure as an associate professor in 2018.[3] She is also a member of the board of directors of Pace Bahamas, an educational foundation in the Bahamas.[4]
Recognition
[edit]The Florida Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators named Sears as their 2016 Mathematics Teacher Educator of the Year.[3] Sears was named to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[5] becoming the first Black faculty member at the University of South Florida to win this honor.[6] In 2023, Ruthmae Sears had been honored in Black History Month by Mathematically Gifted & Black[7].
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dr. Ruthmae Sears", Faculty profiles, University of South Florida College of Education, retrieved 2022-01-31
- ↑ "Ruthmae Sears", Boundless Bulls, University of South Florida, 13 January 2022, retrieved 2022-01-31
- 1 2 3 "Ruthmae Sears", Community member profiles, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, retrieved 2022-01-31
- ↑ "Dr. Ruthmae Sears, director", Board of directors, Pace Bahamas, retrieved 2022-01-31
- ↑ 2021 Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science, retrieved 2022-01-31
- ↑ "USF celebrates commitment to Black community throughout Black Heritage Month", University News, University of South Florida, 1 February 2022, retrieved 2022-01-31
- ↑ "Ruthmae Sears". Retrieved 2026-04-10.
External links
[edit]- Ruthmae Sears publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American women mathematicians
- African-American mathematicians
- African-American women mathematicians
- Bahamian schoolteachers
- Bahamian academics
- American mathematics educators
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- University of Missouri alumni
- University of South Florida faculty
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- University of the Bahamas alumni