Linda Keen Professor of Mathematics, Graduate Center and Lehman College of the City University of New York Linda Keen is Professor of Mathematics at the Graduate Center and Lehman College of the City University of New York. She is currently Executive Officer of the Doctoral Program in Mathematics. Her research spans various parts of complex analysis including complex dynamics, hyperbolic manifolds and Teichmuller theory. She is the co-author of Hyperbolic Geometry from a Local Viewpoint and has edited five books. She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a recipient of the Edwin. S. Webster-Abby Mauze Rockefeller Award from MIT. She is a former President of the Association for Women in Mathematics and a former Vice President of the American Mathematical Society where she served as a Trustee for twelve years. Participant In: The Topology of Fear Saturday, March 9th 1:30 - 3:30PM Past Event Watch the video » How do emotions color and shape our actions? How do we decide to take action in the midst of fear for our own lives–go to war, fight an intruder, save a person falling on subway tracks–or to ward off catastrophes such as global climate change and the irreversible loss of species that could lead to… read more »
The Topology of Fear Saturday, March 9th 1:30 - 3:30PM Past Event Watch the video » How do emotions color and shape our actions? How do we decide to take action in the midst of fear for our own lives–go to war, fight an intruder, save a person falling on subway tracks–or to ward off catastrophes such as global climate change and the irreversible loss of species that could lead to… read more »