Amy Shell-Gellasch is a mathematician,

historian of mathematics The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments ...

, and book author. She has written or edited the books *''Algebra in Context: Introductory Algebra from Origins to Applications'' (with J. B. Thoo, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015) *''In Service to Mathematics: The Life and Work of Mina Rees'' (Docent Press, 2011) *''Mathematical Time Capsules: Historical Modules for the Mathematics Classroom'' (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 77, Mathematical Association of America, 2010) *''Hands on History: A Resource for Teaching Mathematics'' (ed., MAA Notes 72, Mathematical Association of America, 2007) *''From Calculus to Computers: Using the Last 200 Years of Mathematics History in the Classroom'' (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 68, Mathematical Association of America, 2005) Her article "The Spirograph & mathematical models from 19th-century Germany" (''Math. Horizons'' 2015) was selected for inclusion in ''The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016''. Shell-Gellasch earned a doctorate (D.A.) from the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a Public university, public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus esta ...

in 2000, with a dissertation that became her book on

Mina Rees Mina Spiegel Rees (August 2, 1902 – October 25, 1997) was an American mathematician. She was the first female President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1971) and head of the mathematics department of the Office of Na ...

. She is an associate professor of mathematics at

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. She has also served as the archivist for the

Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics The Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM) is dedicated to the study of the history and philosophy of mathematics in Canada. It was proposed by Kenneth O. May, in conjunction with the journal '' Historia Mathematica'' ...

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