Faculty

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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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

Dean's Honor Symposium (Spring 2019)

Ind Senior Work

Ind Senior Work (Spring 2019)

Independent Study

Independent Study (Spring 2019)

Math Models in Nature