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  • Jennifer Wilson

    Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor of Mathematics

    Email
    wilsonj@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    B - Eugene Lang College Building - 65 West 11th Street

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    Jennifer Wilson

    Profile

    As a practicing mathematician in a Liberal Arts College, I am interested in a broad range of mathematics. My research is focused on mathematics applied to the social sciences, particularly game theory, fair division, voting and allocation problems. I am also interested in the visual tools and metaphors used to convey mathematical meaning and am a member of the Parsons’ based Visualizing Finance Lab which looks at the intersection of narrative visualization, financial literacy and behavioral economics.

    Degrees Held

    PhD, Mathematics, Princeton University;
    MA, Mathematics, Princeton University;
    BSc, University of British Columbia

    Professional Affiliation

    • American Mathematical Society
    • Mathematical Association of America
    • Association for Women in Mathematics

    Recent Publications

    • "Rankings over Time," M.A. Jones, A. Webb & J. Wilson, College Math Journal. 46(3), 242-248, 2016.
    • The geometry of adding up votes," M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, Mathematics Horizons, 24(1), 5-9, 2016.
    • "Adjusting Child Support Payments in Michigan," M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, College Math Journal 46(1) 3-9, 2015.
    • "The dynamcis of consistent bankrupcty rules," M.A. Jones and J. Wilson,  in Contemporary Mathematics Volume, AMS Sepcial Session on Decisions, Elections and Games, eds. K. Crisman, & M.A. Jones, American Mathmatial Society, Providence, RI, 2014.
    • "Two-step coalition values for multichoice games," M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, Math Meth Oper Res 77(1), 65-99, 2013.
    • “Designing Financial Literacy: Research x Community," A. Fry, C. Overby & J. Wilson, in Learn x Design: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers Vol 2, eds. R. Vandzande, E. Bohemia & I. Digranes, p. 655-673, 2015.
    • "Teaching the design of narrative visualization: behavioral economics and financial literacy," A. Fry, J. Wilson and C. Overby, Studies in Material Thinking 11, 2014.
    • "Teaching the design of narrative visualization for financial literacy," A. Fry, J. Wilson & C. Overby, Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 12(2) 159-275, 2013.
    • “Multilinear Extensions and Values for Multichoice Games,” M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 72, p.145-169, 2010.
    • “Apportionment in the Democratic Primary Process,” K.A. Geist*, M.A. Jones and J. Wilson. Mathematics Teacher, 104 (3), p. 214-220, 2010.
    • “Evaluation of Thresholds for Power Mean-based and Other Divisor Methods of Apportionment,” M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, Math. Soc. Sci. 59, p. 323-348, 2010.
    • “Cutoffs and Thresholds in the Democratic Primaries,” M.A. Jones and J. Wilson, UMAP Journal, 31(3), p. 197-214, 2010.

    Research Interests

    Cooperative game theory, Social choice theory, Visual representation of mathematics.

    Awards And Honors

    • 2005 Provost Professional Development Grant

    Current Courses

    Admin Assoc Asst Dean

    Admin Assoc Asst Dean (Fall 2019)

    Curric Development (Fall 2019)

    Ind Senior Work

    Ind Senior Work (Fall 2019)

    Independent Study

    Independent Study (Fall 2019)

    Math Models in Nature

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