Biography:Bharath Sriraman

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Bharath Sriraman
Born
Bangalore, India
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks, Northern Illinois University
Awards2002 NAGC Distinguished Brief of the Year; SSMA 2007 Early Scholar; 2009 NIU Golden Alumni; 2016 UM Distinguished Scholar
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematics education, creativity, alternative education, gifted education
InstitutionsThe University of Montana
Doctoral advisorRobert Wheeler

Bharath Sriraman (born 1971) is an Indian-born Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Montana – Missoula[1] and an academic editor,[2] known for his interdisciplinary contributions at the nexus of math-science-arts,[3] theory development in mathematics education,[4] creativity research,[5] and alternative education.[6]

Education and honors

Bharath Sriraman graduated with a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995[7] and obtained his PhD in mathematical sciences in 2002 from Northern Illinois University under the analyst Robert Wheeler.[8] In 2009, Northern Illinois University named him as one of 50 "Golden alumni" in the last 50 years for his significant contributions to research in mathematics education, gifted education and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mathematics-science-arts.[9] He previously received the School Science and Mathematics Association Early Scholar Award in 2007.[10] In 2016 he was the recipient of the University of Montana Distinguished Scholar Award.[11]

Academic and editorial work

Sriraman is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Mathematics Enthusiast, an independent open access journal hosted by University of Montana.[12] He is the co-founder/co-editor-in-chief of two series with Springer Science+Business Media namely Advances in Mathematics Education[13] and Creativity Theory and Action in Education.[14] In addition to editing he is a prolific scholar with over 300 publications to date in numerous areas of research,[15] and held numerous visiting professorships including those as International Fulbright Specialist[16] at institutions in Nordic countries,[17] Eurasia and South America.[18] He also holds an adjunct appointment in the department of Central and Southwest-Asian Studies at the University of Montana[19][20]

Bibliography of Edited Works (selection)

Interdisciplinary works

International mathematics education

  • Sriraman, B., Bergsten, C., Goodchild, S., Palsdottir, G., et al. (2010): The First Sourcebook on Nordic Research in Mathematics Education: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Contributions from Finland Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC.ISBN:978-1-61735-098-6
  • Sriraman, B., Cai, J., Lee, K., et al. (2015): The First Sourcebook on Asian Research in Mathematics Education: China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and India. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC. ISBN:978-1-681-23277-5

Creativity

  • Sriraman, B., &Lee, K. (2011): The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. Sense Publishers, The Netherlands.ISBN:978-94-6091-439-3
  • Beghetto, R. &Sriraman, B. (2017): Creative Contradictions in Education: Cross disciplinary paradoxes and perspectives, Springer International, Switzerland, ISBN:978-3-319-21924-0

Alternative education

  • Sriraman, B.(2008): International Perspectives on Social Justice in Mathematics Education. Monograph in The Montana Mathematics Monograph Series in Mathematics Education.[21]
  • Ambrose, D., Sriraman, B., Cross, T. (2013): The Roeper School: A Model for Holistic Development of High Ability, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ISBN:978-9-46209417-8

References

  1. "Faculty Profile". University of Montana. http://hs.umt.edu/math/people/faculty-details.php?s=Sriraman. 
  2. "The University of Montana 2008 President's Report". Umt.edu. http://www.umt.edu/urelations/report/2008/BharathSriraman.html. 
  3. "UM Professor Interviewed for Roeper Review". Umt.edu. http://research.blog.umt.edu/post/83745161018/um-professor-interviewed-for-roeper-review. 
  4. "Reviews:Theories of Mathematics Education". University of Montana. http://www.math.umt.edu:80/tmme/TME/. 
  5. "Symposium: Mathematical Creativity- Musings from the Past Decade". Kaputcenter.umass.edu. 9 October 2018. http://kaputcenter.org/2018/10/library-of-2015-2016-kaput-center-colloquium-talks/. 
  6. "Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth 40th Anniversary Symposium". Johns Hopkins University. http://gazette.jhu.edu/2011/03/21/cty-math-minds-and-a-milestone/. 
  7. "Class Notes". Aurora Alumni magazine. http://news.uaf.edu/alumnus-7/2/. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  8. Robert Wheeler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  9. "Bharath R. Sriraman – NIU – LA&S 50th Anniversary". Niu.edu. http://niu.edu/clas50/50alumni/sriraman.shtml. 
  10. "SSMA Past Award Recipients". ssma.org. http://www.ssma.org/past-recipients. 
  11. "2016 UM Employee Day". umt.edu. http://news.umt.edu/2016/04/041916umrd.php. 
  12. "The Mathematics Enthusiast". http://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/. 
  13. Advances in Mathematics Education, Springer Heidelberg. springer.com. https://www.springer.com/series/8392. Retrieved 14 January 2016. 
  14. Creativity Theory and Action in Education, Springer Switzerland. springer.com. https://www.springer.com/series/13904. Retrieved 14 January 2016. 
  15. "Google Scholar Papers". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YnPG9YoAAAAJ&hl=en. 
  16. "Fulbright Scholar Program". https://www.cies.org/grantee/bharath-sriraman. 
  17. "University of Iceland: Bharath Sriraman". https://www.hi.is/search/allt/Sriraman. 
  18. "Conceptualmente la Matemática es más un arte que una ciencia". https://www.agenciacyta.org.ar/2012/06/“conceptualmente-la-matematica-es-mas-un-arte-que-una-ciencia”/. 
  19. "Central and Southwest Asia Program (CAP)". Umt.edu. http://hs.umt.edu/cswa/people/default.php. 
  20. "Central Asian Studies". University of Montana. http://www.math.umt.edu/sriraman/central_asian.html. 
  21. "International Perspectives on Social Justice in Mathematics Education". University of Montana Press. http://www.math.umt.edu/TMME/Monograph1/. 

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