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Jennifer A. Wolfe
Jennifer A. Wolfe (she/her), PhD, is a biracial Asian American cisgender woman, daughter of a Thai immigrant, first generation college graduate, and has been in mathematics teacher education for over 20 years.
Jennifer A. Wolfe
Jennifer A. Wolfe (she/her), PhD, is a biracial Asian American cisgender woman, daughter of a Thai immigrant, first generation college graduate, and has been in mathematics teacher education for over 20 years. While her primary focus is on grades 6–12 mathematics teacher preparation, she has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate mathematics and mathematics education courses, mentored grades 6–12 student teachers, and facilitated professional development workshops for teachers in rural Appalachia and across the country. She also has extensive experience in working with K–16 students.
As an associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Arizona, her work focuses on the use of equitable teaching practices through Complex Instruction. She supports preservice and in-service secondary mathematics teachers in learning to co-create identity-affirming spaces that center student voice, collaboration, community, equity, radical love, and joy.
She is a recipient of the 2015 UArizona AAU Undergraduate STEM Teaching Excellence Award, the 2022 College of Science Innovation in Teaching Award, and the 2022 Department of Mathematics David Lovelock Innovation in Education Award. She was awarded the Leicester & Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award.
She has served in leadership roles for the Association for Mathematics Teachers Educators (AMTE), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the Psychology of Mathematics Education. She was co-editor for Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School and Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12. She is a former Fellow of The Center for Inquiry and Equity in Mathematics, The Teaching Well, and the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice. She currently co-hosts Teaching Math Teaching and is a mentor for AMTE’s Service, Teaching, & Research fellowship program.
Dr. Wolfe holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics and a doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Kentucky.
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Presentations by Jennifer A. Wolfe
- Emphasizing the “Group” in Group Work: Empowering Students Through Equitable Teaching Practices
- Learning to Facilitate Group Work Through Complex Instruction
- Dismantling Hierarchies of Competence: Building Student Agency Through Equitable and Inclusive Teaching Practices
- Becoming, Belonging, & Building Community in Math Classrooms
- Five Equity-Based Practices: Focusing on Intentional Teacher Actions & Valuing Student Identity
- Building Caring Communities in Mathematics Teacher Preparation: Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn
- Teaching Tensions When Scaffolding Students’ Work in a Problem-Based Lesson
