Join us at RUME 2026 for the next Fire Circles on Undergraduate Mathematics Education Research with Indigenous Communities Working Group

[Vilma Mesa]

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to once again be bringing together our Fire Circle at RUME 2026!

The FIRE Circle on Undergraduate Mathematics Education Research with Indigenous Communities Working Group is a dedicated space to understand and expand the scope of research related to mathematics teaching, learning, curriculum, and professional development in partnership with Indigenous communities. We aim to build a robust network of scholars committed to advancing projects that highlight Indigenous educational settings in the United States, the Americas, and globally. This year’s meeting will again include representatives from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and an exploration of integrating TCU contexts in research on mathematics education.

Please join us February 26, 2026 from 8am–noon ET for a rich discussion and connection with other educators and researchers invested in this work. Participation is welcome in-person or virtually. To register for the Working Group please fill this Registration Form. 

If you would like to share your work with and for Indigenous communities in mathematics education during this session, please fill out this Speaker Form by February 16th.

For more information, please contact Belin or Vilma Mesa.

We look forward to continued conversation and knowledge building!

Warm regards,

Belin and Vilma

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Vilma Mesa
Professor, Marsal Family School of Education and Mathematics, College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts

 Faculty Associate, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education

.coEditor-in-Chief, Educational Studies in Mathematics610 East University, SEB 3119; Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1259
Tel: (734) 647 0628 - Fax: (734) 936 1606 - Email:vm...@umich.edu. Visit my website.

The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people.  In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan. This was offered ceremonially as a gift through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids so that their children could be educated. Through these words of acknowledgment, their contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to the University are renewed and reaffirmed.