Volume 16 Issue 2 (July 2026)
Front Matter
Editorial
Manipulating Mathematics
Mark Huber and Gizem Karaali
Articles
Grationality, With a Spoon
L. Jeneva Clark
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 Is Like a Rollercoaster": Exploring Math Similes and Metaphors
Carmen M. Latterell and Janelle L. Wilson
Math in the Time of COVID
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
An Exploration of Mathematical and Musical Connections
Jeffrey Pair, Egypt Pannell, Dani Rodriguez, and Jerico Sarmiento
The World of Mathematics
Waiting for the Magic: A Historical and Mathematical Study of Queues in Disney Theme Parks
Nina E. Becket
The Dynamics of Vincent Van Gogh
Monica Morales Hernandez
Mathematicians Against the Tide
Nicola Ciccoli
Preparing Undergraduates to Philosophize with Children about Mathematics
Lawrence M. Lesser
Numbers, Patterns, and Memories: Early Experiences of Mathematicians and Mathematics Education Researchers
Constantinos Xenofontos
Prime Numbers Are Written on Your Hand: You Simply Have Not Been Counting Correctly
Nona Servais KAMDEM SIMO and Awa Traore
The Urysohn Lemma: Munkres Variation
Irida Altman
Communities
Interview
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
An Essay on Teaching and Learning Mathematics: Through the Lens of Artificial Intelligence, Music, and Sports
James Diederich
College Algebra: A Key Element to Degree Completion
Christopher Charlie Jett and Gregory Downing
Book Review
Mathematics as Creative Structure: A Review of Marcus du Sautoy’s Blueprints
Sangeetha Balakrishnan and Latha R
Poetry Folder
The Logic of Leaves: Mathematical Poems and Graphs
Ksawery Tomczak
Poetry
A Lament for Linear Algebra
Jasmine A. Elmrabti
My Journey to Mathematics
Thao Thuan Vu Ho
Group Theory for Poets
Holley Friedlander
In Praise of Smaller Models
Pedro Poitevin
Fiction
The Pi-Royal Tire
Erik Talvila
Riding the Rails of Reason: A Dialogue on Truth, Logic, and Proof
Surinder Pal Singh Kainth
Artwork
Visualizing Irrationality: Digit Mosaics in Okabe–Ito
Raven Quilestino-Olario
Announcement
WANTED: A Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Mark Huber and Gizem Karaali
