December 1, 2025

Montclair Doctoral Students Have Strong Showing at PME-NA 2025 Meeting

Seven doctoral students and four faculty attended and presented at the meeting

Posted in: Faculty and Student Research, Presentations, Students and Alumni

Several members of the Mathematics Curriculum Recommendations for Elementary Teacher Preparation Working Group. Left to right: Wesam Salem, Bona Kang, Nicole Enzinger, Dana Olanoff, Joseph DiNapoli, Jennifer Ward, Valerie Long, Sara Kirschner, Kristy Litster, Elizabeth Gorton, Kim Johnson, Julien Corven

The 47th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education was held in State College, Pennsylvania. Amanda, Amy, Ariel, Emily, Michael, Toni, Youngjun all professionally exhibited their projects. Keep up the great work, we are so proud!

Doctoral candidate Amanda Provost presented a talk, An investigation of use of gender- and sex-related terminology in the PME-NA 2022 to 2024 Proceedings, with collaborators from her working group: Lynda West (University of Nevada Reno), Jennifer Hall (Monash University), Katrina Platek-Jimenez (Central Michigan University), C. Davis, and Katynn Dubeau (University of Saskatchewan). Amanda also co-led the working group: Gender and Sexuality Working Group: Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences With and Views of Concealable Stigmatized Identities.

Doctoral candidate Amanda Provost with her collaborators after her presentation at PME-NA meeting — From left: C. Davis, Katrina Platek-Jimenez, Lynda West, and Amanda Provost

Youngjun Kim with his title slide for his PME-NA presentation — Youngjun Kim

Doctoral candidate Younjun Kim presented a talk, Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Connections Between Mathematics and Social Justice Standards, with alumnus Dr. Zareen Aga of James Madison University and Su San Lim.

Doctoral candidate Amy Daniel cofounded and co-led a working group, Math Anxiety: Laying Foundation for the Path Forward, with Josh Mannix (Ball State University) and Marjorie Darrah (West Virginia University). Amy also presented a poster, Comparing Data Sources for Assessing Math Anxiety: A Study of Two Preservice Elementary Teachers, with Dr. Nina Bailey.

Amy Daniel and PME-NA attendees — Amy Daniel speaking with PME-NA attendees during her poster session

Doctoral candidate Toni York presented a talk, Supporting Learning with Mathematically Structured Games, with Dr. Eilleen Fernández. Toni also presented a poster, Perspectives on Enactive Design for Students’ Mathematical Knowing, with Dr. Steven Greenstein, and several colleagues across multiple institutions including Dr. Allison Gantt (The College of New Jersey), Jonathan Valero (Indiana University Bloomington), and Walt Stepnowski (The College of Staten Island).

Doctoral candidate Toni York presenting at PME-NA meeting with her mentor, Dr. Eileen Fernandez — From left: Toni York and Dr. Eileen Fernández

Dr. Greenstein with his poster group at the PME-NA meeting — From left: Toni York, Steven Greenstein, Allison Gantt, Jonathan Valero, Walt Stepnowski

Doctoral students Emily Olson, Ariel Bonneau Rodriguez, and Michael Frimpong presented a talk, Situated and Enactive Perspectives on the Formative Potential of Agentive Games in Identity Re/formation, with Dr. Steven Greenstein.

Dr. Greenstein with his presentation group at the PME-NA meeting — From left: Dr. Steven Greenstein, Michael Frimpong, Ariel Bonneau Rodriguez, and Emily Olson

Dr. Joseph DiNapoli facilitated a mini conference within a conference. He led his working group to host a three day research colloquium. Dr. DiNapoli presented a talk on Examining Instructional Time and Perseverance Growth.