MICHAEL LAVIGNE, Ph.D
Assistant Director of Communication, Education and Outreach
Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology
Visiting Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
EDUCATION
Ph.D, Applied Mathematics
North Carolina State University, 2020
B.S., Mathematics
B.A., Spanish
Tulane University, 2015
ABOUT
I am currently Instructor of Mathematics at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM)—ranked, by some metrics, the #1 public high school in the US. I teach the gammot—Linear Algebra, Research in Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling, and Calculus (in one or several variables).
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I recruit, convene, and operate the Summer Research and Innovation Program in Mathematics, which spawns several submissions to MAA journals every June.
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I believe that mathematics is a verb. It is not a book of theorems and procedures to be mastered, but a constellation of sensations, practices, and instincts to be developed through immersion and the solving of genuine problems. My goal is to help students take ownership of their mathematics and to model what an unbridled love of math looks like in an adult life.
