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{{Short description|American mathematician and book author}}
{{Short description|American mathematician and book author}}
'''Sarah-Marie Belcastro''' (''aka'' sarah-marie belcastro,<ref name=":0" /> born 1970 in San Diego) is an American mathematician and book author. She is an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School<ref name=AoPS/> and is the director of Bryn Mawr's residential summer program '''MathILy'''.<ref name=levity/> Although her doctoral research was in [[algebraic geometry]], she has also worked extensively in [[topological graph theory]].<ref>[http://www.mathily.org/dramper.html MathILy people] MathILy.org</ref> She is known for and has written extensively about [[mathematical knitting]], and has co-edited three books on fiber mathematics.<ref name=knitting>[https://www.americanscientist.org/article/adventures-in-mathematical-knitting Adventures in Mathematical Knitting] by Sarah-Marie Belcastro, [[American Scientist]], 2021</ref> She herself exclusively uses the form "sarah-marie belcastro".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sections.maa.org/northeastern/newsletter/Fall2001.pdf|magazine=Newsletter of the Northeastern Section of the MAA|date=Fall 2001|volume=23|issue=2|title=From the colleges|pages=16–18|quote=sarah-marie belcastro (she prefers the lower case spelling of her name) joined the Bowdoin Math Department this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/mathematics-prize-goes-university-chicagos-hannah-alpert|title=Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago’s Hannah Alpert|work=UChicago News|access-date=2023-11-03|date=November 18, 2009|quote=advisers include sarah-marie belcastro (lowercase is the proper spelling of her name)}}</ref>
'''Sarah-Marie Belcastro''' (''aka'' sarah-marie belcastro,<ref name=":0" /> born 1970) is an American mathematician and book author. She is an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School<ref name=AoPS/> and is the director of '''MathILy''',<ref name=levity/> a residential math summer program hosted at Bryn Mawr. Although her doctoral research was in [[algebraic geometry]], she has also worked extensively in [[topological graph theory]].<ref>[http://www.mathily.org/dramper.html MathILy people] MathILy.org</ref> She is known for and has written extensively about [[mathematical knitting]], and has co-edited three books on fiber mathematics.<ref name=knitting>[https://www.americanscientist.org/article/adventures-in-mathematical-knitting Adventures in Mathematical Knitting] by Sarah-Marie Belcastro, [[American Scientist]], 2021</ref> She herself exclusively uses the form "sarah-marie belcastro".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sections.maa.org/northeastern/newsletter/Fall2001.pdf|magazine=Newsletter of the Northeastern Section of the MAA|date=Fall 2001|volume=23|issue=2|title=From the colleges|pages=16–18|quote=sarah-marie belcastro (she prefers the lower case spelling of her name) joined the Bowdoin Math Department this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/mathematics-prize-goes-university-chicagos-hannah-alpert|title=Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert|work=UChicago News|access-date=2023-11-03|date=November 18, 2009|quote=advisers include sarah-marie belcastro (lowercase is the proper spelling of her name)}}</ref>


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Sarah-Marie Belcastro (aka sarah-marie belcastro,[1] born 1970) is an American mathematician and book author. She is an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School[2] and is the director of MathILy,[3] a residential math summer program hosted at Bryn Mawr. Although her doctoral research was in algebraic geometry, she has also worked extensively in topological graph theory.[4] She is known for and has written extensively about mathematical knitting, and has co-edited three books on fiber mathematics.[5] She herself exclusively uses the form "sarah-marie belcastro".[6][1]

Biography

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Belcastro was born in San Diego, CA in 1970, and grew up mostly in Andover, MA, and in Dubuque, IA.[7] She earned a B.S. (1991) in Mathematics and Astronomy from Haverford College, an M.S. (1993) from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. (1997) there for a thesis on “Picard Lattices of Families of K3 Surfaces” done with Igor Dolgachev.[8]

Since 2012, she has also been an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School.[2] Since 2013, she has been the director of Bryn Mawr College's residential summer program MathILy (serious Mathematics Infused with Levity).[3] She is also a guest faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College.

She was Associate Editor for The College Mathematics Journal (2003—2019). She has also lectured frequently at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst since 2012.[9][10]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Discrete Mathematics with Ducks (AK Peters, 2012; 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-315-16767-1).[11]
  • Figuring Fibers, edited by belcastro and Carolyn Yackel, Providence, RI: American Mathematics Society, 2018.[12]
  • Crafting by Concepts: fiber arts and mathematics, edited by belcastro and Yackel. AK Peters, 2011.[13]
  • Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects, edited by belcastro and Yackel. Wellesley, MA: AK Peters, 2007.[14]

Journal papers

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert". UChicago News. November 18, 2009. Retrieved 2023-11-03. advisers include sarah-marie belcastro (lowercase is the proper spelling of her name)
  2. ^ a b AoPS Online Art of Problem Solving School
  3. ^ a b MathILy Bryn Mawr College
  4. ^ MathILy people MathILy.org
  5. ^ Adventures in Mathematical Knitting by Sarah-Marie Belcastro, American Scientist, 2021
  6. ^ "From the colleges" (PDF). Newsletter of the Northeastern Section of the MAA. Vol. 23, no. 2. Fall 2001. pp. 16–18. sarah-marie belcastro (she prefers the lower case spelling of her name) joined the Bowdoin Math Department this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  7. ^ dr. sarah-marie belcastro toroidalsnark.net
  8. ^ Sarah-Marie Belcastro at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  9. ^ Curriculum Vitae September 2021
  10. ^ Faculty News Briefs University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 2012
  11. ^ Reviews of Discrete Mathematics with Ducks:
  12. ^ Reviews of Figuring Fibers:
  13. ^ Reviews of Crafting by Concepts:
  14. ^ Reviews of Making Mathematics with Needlework:
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