Kseniya Garaschuk
Kseniya Garaschuk (born 1982)[1] is a Soviet-born Canadian mathematician and mathematics educator. She is an associate professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of the Fraser Valley,[2] and the editor-in-chief of the mathematics journal Crux Mathematicorum.[2][3]
Education and career[edit]
Garaschuk was born to a family of mathematicians [4] in Minsk, Belarus, at a time when it was part of the Soviet Union. She began studying mathematics and computer science at the Belarusian State University but after a year, when she was 18, moved with her parents to Canada. She took a gap year to improve her English and then completed her undergraduate studies at Simon Fraser University, staying at Simon Fraser for an additional year to earn a master's degree for work in exponential sums in 2008.[5]
Next, she went to the University of Victoria for doctoral research in mathematics, in combinatorial design theory.[6] She completed her PhD in 2014; her dissertation, Linear methods for rational triangle decompositions, was supervised by Peter Dukes.[7] Finding herself isolated in her research work and more energized by teaching, Garaschuk took a postdoctoral fellowship in science education at the University of British Columbia, under the university's Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative, before joining the faculty at the University of the Fraser Valley,[6] in 2016. Her current research interests include examining effectiveness of various classroom and assessment practices in undergraduate mathematics. [2]
As well as her editorial work with Crux Mathematicorum, Garaschuk has been active in service to the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) since 2008, as student committee chair, a member of the board of directors, in running mathematics camps and community mathematics events. She is a member of the CMS Education Committee and is a contributing editor of the CMS Education Notes. [5]
Book[edit]
With Andy Liu, Garaschuk is coauthor of the book Grade Five Competition from the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, 1979–1992 (Springer, 2020).
Recognition[edit]
In 2021, the Canadian Mathematical Society gave Garaschuk their Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service,[5] and named her as a fellow of the society.[8]
In 2018, Garaschuk won University of the Fraser Valley Faculty of Science Teaching Award. [9] In 2020, she was awarded University of the Fraser Valley Faculty of Science Achievement Award for overall excellence in academic endeavours. [10]
References[edit]
- ^ Birth year from VIAF authority control record, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ a b c "Kseniya Garaschuk, PhD", Faculty, UFV Mathematics and Statistics, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ "Crux Mathematicorum Editorial Board", Committees and Editorial Boards, Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ Mikhail Stepanovich Garaschuk, Belarusian State University
- ^ a b c Dr. Kseniya Garaschuk to receive the 2021 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service, Canadian Mathematical Society, 18 May 2021
- ^ a b "Interview with Kseniya Garaschuk", Mathematics with a Human Face, University of Regina, September 2017, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ Kseniya Garaschuk at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Canadian Mathematical Society’s 2021 Class of Fellows Announced, Canadian Mathematical Society, 14 June 2021
- ^ UFV 2018 Faculty of Science Award Recipients, retrieved 2022-01-15
- ^ UFV 2020 Faculty of Science Award Recipients, retrieved 2022-01-15
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