{"id":6037,"date":"2026-06-08T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/?page_id=6037"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:33:21","slug":"shanna-dobson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/faculty-staff\/shanna-dobson\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanna Dobson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1850\" height=\"1618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson.png 1850w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson-1024x896.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson-768x672.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/06\/SDobson-1536x1343.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1850px) 100vw, 1850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shanna Dobson, PhD<\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, received her PhD in Mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of California, Riverside, where she studied fractal geometry, arithmetic geometry, and category theory under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Michel L. Lapidus. Her graduate research was supported by a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Graduate Research Fellowship, and she participated in the Institute for Advanced Study Women and Mathematics Program and Ambassadorship. She also teaches mathematics at Cal State LA and ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. Her teaching emphasizes creativity, inquiry-based learning, and helping students build confidence and curiosity in mathematics. Dobson is the founder of the AWM research network Women, Art, and Mathematics (WAAM), and currently serves as Chair of the Southern California\u2013Nevada Section of the Mathematical Association of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edited Volumes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Local Langlands Conjectures and Noncommutative Geometry<em>. In Contemporary Mathematics. (Proc. of the AMS Special Session on Local Langlands Conjectures and Noncommutative Geometry, JMM2026).\u00a0<\/em>Igor Nikolaev and Shanna Dobson (Eds.) (2026).\u00a0<em>American Mathematical Society. In preparation.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cutting EDGE Mathematics: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Program,<em>\u00a0<\/em>a Special Collection in<em>\u00a0Research in the Mathematical Sciences.\u00a0<\/em>Dobson, Shanna, et al., (Eds.) (2025).\u00a0<em>Springer\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/collections\/fgdhfbhbij\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>https:\/\/link.springer.com\/collections\/fgdhfbhbij<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women in MathArt: Research, Creativity, and Teaching (AWMS Vol. 34). Dobson, Shanna (Ed.) (2024).\u00a0<em>Springer<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-66402-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-66402-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pedagogy and Scholarship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dobson&#8217;s work champions the principles of Universal Design for Learning and multimodal pedagogy to create accessible mathematics instruction that honors and is responsive to the unique life circumstances of all learners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Math Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dobson created the Women, Art, and Mathematics AWM Research Network to amplify variations in mathematical thinking, and highlight research and pedagogy at the intersections of mathematics and the arts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanna Dobson, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, received her PhD in Mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"parent":93,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6037","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6037\/revisions\/6042"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}