RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
How is Gender Discussed? A Textual Analysis of RUME Proceedings
Page: 1426
Gender has long been studied within math education, evolving from deficit and assimilationist models, positioning girls' lower participation as a problem to be fixed, to feminist and sociocultural frameworks that conceptualize gender as relational and interesting with other axes of identity (Leder, 2019). Examining how it has been theorized, operationalized, and represented in RUME proceedings sheds light on the field’s evolving commitments to equity and inclusion. This gap motivates our landscape analysis of RUME proceedings from 2018 to 2024 to map how gender is being operationalized. This paper presents four categories of papers: Core, Peripheral, Non-Focal and Unrelated. Findings and trends of the less than 25% of papers identified as Core or Peripheral will be shared.