Do you know who your advisor’s advisor was? Do you know who else your advisor’s advisor advised and who they have advised?

Similar to how ancestry websites help people trace their family trees, the Math Genealogy Project helps mathematicians, mathematics educators, and mathematics teacher educators trace their academic family trees. If you do not see yourself or a colleague on the website, you can submit a request form to add a profile.

Who cares? For me, my academic family tree is part of my identity as a mathematician. When I meet a scholar whose advisor or advisor’s advisor was Thomas Carpenter, I am eager to talk to them about how we are academically related. I also like to lookup scholars to learn about their academic roots. Overall, I think the project helps foster identity and build community amongst mathematicians, mathematics educators, and mathematics teacher educators.

Liza Bondurant, Delta State University