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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. mathematics, Rutgers University; Ed.M., mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. He is the director of the PRISM (Power, Resistance & Identity in STEM Education) research lab. Dr. Luis A.