Sarah-Marie Belcastro

Sarah-Marie Belcastro (aka sarah-marie belcastro, born 1970 in San Diego) is an American mathematician and book author. She is an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School[1] and is the director of Bryn Mawr's residential summer program MathILy.[2] Although her doctoral research was in algebraic geometry, she has also worked extensively in topological graph theory.[3] She is known for and has written extensively about mathematical knitting, and has co-edited three books on fiber mathematics.[4] She herself exclusively uses the form "sarah-marie belcastro".[5][6]

Biography

Belcastro was born in San Diego, CA in 1970, and grew up mostly in Andover, MA, and in Dubuque, IA.[6] She earned a B.S. (1991) in Mathematics and Astronomy from Haverford College, an M.S. (1993) from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. (1997) there for a thesis on “Picard Lattices of Families of K3 Surfaces” done with Igor Dolgachev.[7]

Since 2012, she has also been an instructor at the Art of Problem Solving Online School.[1] Since 2013, she has been the director of Bryn Mawr College's residential summer program MathILy (serious Mathematics Infused with Levity).[2] She is also a guest faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College.

She was Associate Editor for The College Mathematics Journal (2003—2019). She has also lectured frequently at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst since 2012.[8][9]

Selected publications

Books
  • Discrete Mathematics with Ducks (AK Peters, 2012; 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-315-16767-1).[10]
  • Figuring Fibers, edited by belcastro and Carolyn Yackel, Providence, RI: American Mathematics Society, 2018.[11]
  • Crafting by Concepts: fiber arts and mathematics, edited by belcastro and Yackel. AK Peters, 2011.[12]
  • Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects, edited by belcastro and Yackel. Wellesley, MA: AK Peters, 2007.[13]

Journal papers

References
  1. AoPS Online Art of Problem Solving School
  2. MathILy Bryn Mawr College
  3. MathILy people MathILy.org
  4. Adventures in Mathematical Knitting by Sarah-Marie Belcastro, American Scientist, 2021
  5. website of dr. sarah-marie belcastro
  6. dr. sarah-marie belcastro toroidalsnark.net
  7. Sarah-Marie Belcastro at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  8. Curriculum Vitae September 2021
  9. Faculty News Briefs University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 2012
  10. Reviews of Discrete Mathematics with Ducks:
    • Ashbacher, Charles (August 2012). "Review". MAA Reviews.
    • Székely, László A. zbMATH. Zbl 1250.05001.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  11. Reviews of Figuring Fibers:
  12. Reviews of Crafting by Concepts:
  13. Reviews of Making Mathematics with Needlework:
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