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The annual Mathematics Education Research Sharing Session (and brunch!) for 2026 was held on October 20th in the STEM Building from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Since Fall 2022, the Math Ed Research Sharing Session has provided an informal sharing of new or ongoing research work and projects, or ideas for future proposals with perhaps some constructive input and suggestions from peers and faculty members.

Please join us at the upcoming Mathematics Education Colloquium on Monday, November 9, 2026 from 3:30pm - 5:00pm in B243 Wells Hall and on Zoom. Dr. Heather Johnson, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Colorado Denver, will be presenting Digital graphing tasks: What’s theory got to do with it?

Several PRIME members will be presenting at this year’s NCSM conference and the NCTM 2026 Annual Meeting & Expositionboth hosted in Denver, Colorado, during the week of October 26th. 

PME-NA is hosting the 48th edition of their annual conference PME-NA 2026 in Provo, Utah, at Brigham Young University from October 11th to October 14th.  

Many PRIME community members presented at or participated in conferences across the globe this past summer. We invite our readers to peek into the amazing work MSU mathematics education research scholars are undertaking. 

Dr. Jinfa Cai will be presenting at the upcoming Mathematics Education Colloquium on Monday, September 28, 2026 from 3:30pm - 5:00pm in B243 Wells Hall and on Zoom. Dr. Cai will be presenting "Mathematical Problem-Posing Based Learning (P-PBL): Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Research."

The Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME) at Michigan State University is proud to announce the 2026 recipients of the Dr. Marilyn Zweng Endowed Graduate Student Award:  Ahmad Kohar, Andre Payadnya, and Samantha Wald.

2026 PRIME Hosts Math Ed Fall Gathering

PRIME students and faculty attend the 2026 CREATE for STEM mini conference at MSU.

Sabrina Zarza will be defending her dissertation titled "Flying Above the Cloaks of Whiteness: A Bruja's Examination of Latine Servingness in Post Secondary Mathematics" on Friday, June 12, 2026 at 2pm at the MSU Main Library (360 room, 2nd floor) and Zoom.

PRIME PhD students Claire Lambert and Sabrina Zarza were recognized at graduation and a PRIME luncheon celebration.

PRIME PhD student C. Davis received a MSU College of Education Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Justice and Equity Pedagogy.

Congratulations to PRIME doctoral students, Ashley Fabry and I Putu Ade “Andre” Payadnya, who are the 2025-2026 recipients of the Tracy A. Hammer Graduate Student Award for Professional Development. 

Dr. Jocelyn Rios, Assistant Professor at the University of Northern Colorado, will be presenting at the Mathematics Education Colloquium on Monday, April 13th.

Read about the MSU mathematics education group at the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 8-12.

Congratulations to Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Director of PRIME and the Mathematics Education Doctoral Program, who has received the MSU Graduate School's Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award for 2025-2026.

MSU Math Ed faculty and students will be presenting at the 2026 MI-AMTE CAC (Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conversations Among Colleagues) conference on Saturday, March 14th at Wayne State University in Detroit.