Cultivating Rehumanized Embodied Approaches To Education, or CREATE Math, is led by Dr. Liza Bondurant, a professor of secondary mathematics education at MSU. It is funded by the Mathematical Association of America and the Tensor Foundation.
CREATE Math aims to:
- Introduce aspiring and current mathematics educators to using embodied cognition approaches for mathematics teaching and learning, fostering practices that can rehumanize mathematics education.
- Facilitate mentoring relationships among mathematics educators.
- Amplify the work of women mathematics education researchers by promoting their research and teaching practices.
The program kicked off in fall 2025 and will continue through spring 2027. It includes a speaker series and collaborative activities aimed at helping current and future math educators implement embodied cognition activities in their own classrooms.
2026-2027 Meeting Dates
August 31, 2026 - Guest speakers: MSU mathematics instructor Julie Pitts and PMS mathematics teacher Ashley Dauzat.
September 28, 2026, November 23, 2026 - Facilitated by mathematics education professor Liza Bondurant.
February 22, 2027 - Guest speakers: MSU assistant special education teaching professor Breana Jamison and assistant science education professor Lacey Fitts.
March 22, 2027, April 26, 2027 - Facilitated by mathematics education professor Liza Bondurant.
2025-2026 Meeting Dates
August 31, 2026 - Guest speaker: Hortensia Soto, professor and graduate director in the Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University at PMS.
October 20, 2025, November 17, 2025 - Facilitated by mathematics education associate professor Liza Bondurant.
February 16, 2026 - Guest speaker: Maisha Moses, executive director of The Young People's Project. Teacher training for Flagway at PMS. "Counted Out" film screening at Needmore Community Center.
March 23, 2026 - Facilitated by mathematics education associate professor Liza Bondurant.
April 20, 2026 - Guest speaker: Jennifer Light, professor at MIT.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Liza Bondurant at lbondurant@colled.msstate.edu.
A video of educators participating in the YPP Flagway training.