RUME 26
2024
Omaha, Nebraska
“Dear Math…” Letters: Insights Into Mathematics Graduate Students’ Mathematics Identities
Page: 677
Understanding mathematics identity development has yielded insights for undergraduate mathematics education. In this work, we build on existing conceptualizations of mathematics identity to explore this construct in the context of mathematics graduate students with academic career aspirations through analyses of “Dear Math…” letters. We identify and detail four dimensions of graduate students’ mathematics identity: Doer of mathematics, Sharer of mathematics, Feeler of mathematics, and Believer of mathematics. We conclude by discussing implications of these dimensions, as well as the unique opportunities of “Dear Math…” letters to provide valuable insight into graduate students’ mathematics identities.