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Alexander Moore

Biography

Dr. Alexander Moore teaches a wide range of courses in mathematics, statistics, and mathematics education. He serves as the Coordinator of Elementary Mathematics Education at Westfield State, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Theoretical & Marginal Mathematics Education, and the Director of The Critical Philosophical and Psychoanalytic Institute for Mathematics Education—an international research collaborative. He is a scholar of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. His research focuses on sexuality, gender, ideological criticism, and other philosophical and theoretical development in the field of mathematics education—such as the relationship between mathematics, technology, society, and education. His theoretical contributions include the concepts of masculine-quilted-speech, feminine-quilted-speech, and psychoanalytic ethics of mathematics education.

Education

  • Ph.D., Mathematics Education, Virginia Tech

  • M.S., Mathematics Education, Radford University

  • B.S., Physics, Roanoke College

Courses Taught

  • MATH 0104 Precalculus

  • MATH 0108 Elementary Statistics

  • MATH 0111 Mathematical Applications

  • MATH 0254 Foundations: Geometry and Data Analysis

  • MATH 0361 Technology and Teaching Mathematics

Areas of Research

Mathematics Education

Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Ideology

Criticism

Sexuality

Gender

Mathematics and Society

Publications

Moore, A. S. (2024). The pathology of mathematics education. In P. Ernest (Ed.), Ethics and mathematics education: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58683-5_13 (To be published June ’24)

Moore, A. S. (2023). A Lacanian ideology critique of gender in mathematics education [Doctoral dissertation]. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/116286

Manizade, A. G., Moore, A. S., & Beswick, K. (2023). The research on mathematics teaching and planning: Theoretical perspectives and implications of teachers’ pre-post classroom activities. In A. G. Manizade, N. Buchholz & K. Beswick (Eds.), The evolution of research on teaching mathematics: International perspectives in the digital era (pp. 91–134). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31193-2_4

Moore, A. S. (2021). Queer identity and theory intersections in mathematics education: A theoretical literature review. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 33(4), 651–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00354-7

Campus Engagement

  • Program Coordinator, Elementary Mathematics Education

  • Iota Chapter Advisor, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society

Professional Service

  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Theoretical & Marginal Mathematics Education (ISSN 2996-1645)
  • Director, The Critical Philosophical and Psychoanalytic Institute for Mathematics Education
  • Peer Reviewer for Several Mathematics Education Journals
Dr. Alexander Moore smiling wearing a plaid shirt.