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Editors

Editors: Mark Huber, Claremont McKenna College
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
 
Welcome to the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Claremont Colleges Library and based at the Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences. Please feel free to browse our website and add your email to our database if you would like to receive a Table of Contents announcement for each issue in your email.

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. All articles are licensed with a Creative Commons license.

The journal is archived by LOCKSS and indexed by MathSciNet and EBSCO.

We would love to hear from you! Please email the editors (Mark Huber at mhuber@cmc.edu and Gizem Karaali at gizem.karaali@pomona.edu), or submit a response directly to any of the published articles or essays (you can use the Submit A Response link on the relevant page). Alternatively, if you prefer snail mail, you can use the following address:

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences
610 North College Avenue
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JHM is an online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Claremont Colleges Library. Our emphasis is on the aesthetic, cultural, historical, literary, pedagogical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological aspects of mathematics as a human endeavor. More broadly, we aim to provide a forum for both academic and informal discussions about matters mathematical.

Current Issue:
Volume 16 Issue 2 (July 2026)

Front Matter

Editorial

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Manipulating Mathematics
Mark Huber and Gizem Karaali

Articles

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Cultivating Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Hearts, Critical Consciousness, and Professional Praxis through Book Study
Mary Raygoza, Missy D. Cosby, Sheila Orr, Barbara King, Justin T. Burris, and Siddhi Soni

Math in the Time of COVID

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mathematics Achievement and Problem-Solving Ability: Insights from Secondary Schools in India
Laishram Nirtish Singh, Anand Jyoti Sanasam, Jocyline Thokchom, Ningombam Cha Cogent, and Laisom Sharmeswar Singh

Exposition

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An Exploration of Mathematical and Musical Connections
Jeffrey Pair, Egypt Pannell, Dani Rodriguez, and Jerico Sarmiento

The World of Mathematics

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The Dynamics of Vincent Van Gogh
Monica Morales Hernandez

Communities

Interview

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Graduate Student Reflections on Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers in Mathematics
Melissa Beerbower, Jillian Cervantes, Pamela E. Harris, Kimberly J. Harry, Matt McClinton, and Gabriella Pinter

Perspectives

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College Algebra: A Key Element to Degree Completion
Christopher Charlie Jett and Gregory Downing

Book Review

Poetry Folder

Poetry

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A Lament for Linear Algebra
Jasmine A. Elmrabti

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My Journey to Mathematics
Thao Thuan Vu Ho

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Count
Robin Young

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Group Theory for Poets
Holley Friedlander

Fiction

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The Pi-Royal Tire
Erik Talvila

Artwork

Announcement

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