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Questions, comments, and criticism are all welcome.

Gmail: benjamin×dickman (remove the ×)

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2024 Update:

The MESE answers that I've provided represent my thinking at the time of posting. Over time, my views have evolved – around best practices, quality of certain research/ers, etcetera – and I (generally) do not intend to update all of my answers to represent my current thinking. So, please take any/all answers with a grain of salt, and definitely feel free to push back in case/s where you believe my thinking is incorrect, incomplete, or misguided.

Where I am and where I was:

Upper & Middle School Teacher; Teacher-Coach. Mathematics, The Hewitt School. 2016 - present.

Postdoc. Mathematics Education, Boston University School of Education. 2014 - 2016.

Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Columbia University Teachers College. 2014. NSF GRFP.

Dissertation: Conceptions of Creativity in Elementary School Mathematical Problem Posing.

(Advisor: HP Ginsburg.)

Relevant MESE post here.

Fulbright. Mathematics/Mathematics Education, Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学). 2008 - 2009.

Topic: High School Mathematics Teacher Training in China.

B.A. Mathematics, Amherst College. 2008. Honors Program.

Undergraduate Thesis: On a Theorem of Dwork.

(Expository thesis on the rationality part of the Weil Conjectures; advisor: RL Benedetto.)

Relevant MSE post here; plus, a couple of MO examples and another answer.

Have you solved any of my puzzles?

If so, send me an email!