Eva Thanheiser
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to share a call for manuscripts for a 2028 special issue of Investigations in Mathematics Learning:
Humanizing Mathematical Modeling: Culture, Identity, and Civic Transformation
Guest edited by Eva Thanheiser (Portland State University) and Daniel C. Orey (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto), this special issue invites manuscripts that examine mathematical modeling as a cultural, relational, civic, and humanizing practice.
We welcome empirical, theoretical, methodological, design-based, participatory, and conceptual manuscripts that move beyond treating modeling solely as a technical competency and instead explore how modeling can support rigorous mathematics while attending to belonging, recognition, community knowledge, ethical reasoning, culture, identity, power, and public consequence.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Socio-critical, decolonial, or humanizing perspectives on mathematical modeling
- Ethnomodeling and cultural or community-based mathematical knowledge
- Belonging, recognition, identity, participation, and positioning in modeling activity
- Data, representation, visualization, omission, bias, and power in modeling
- Modeling for civic engagement, public reasoning, social justice, or community action
- Teacher education and professional learning for equitable and culturally grounded modeling
- Modeling in multilingual, transnational, cross-cultural, or community-based contexts
- Connections among modeling, data science education, critical statistical literacy, and community-engaged mathematics
Extended abstracts are due October 1, 2026. Abstracts should be submitted as PDFs to IMLHumaniz...@gmail.com with the subject line “IML Extended Abstract.”
Extended abstracts are limited to five double-spaced pages, including references, and should follow APA 7 guidelines. Guest editors will provide feedback and decisions on extended abstracts by November 1, 2026. Invited full manuscripts will be due January 2, 2027.
Please see the attached call for full details, including the timeline, submission guidelines, and description of the special issue.
We would be grateful if you would share this call with colleagues, graduate students, research groups, and professional networks whose work connects to mathematical modeling, humanizing mathematics, ethnomodeling, data science education, civic reasoning, or justice-oriented mathematics education.
Warmly,
Eva Thanheiser
Portland State University
Daniel C. Orey
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Eva Thanheiser
She/Her/Hers
Dept. Chair and Professor of Mathematics Education
Fariborz Maseeh Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97201