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Rebecca Durfee is a math professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She is also a self-published author of 15 books. In this interview we discuss how she managed that and how media impacted her success.

Christian is a high school student who frequents the Tacony Arts Lab classes and open studios. Christian was really excited by the interview and cyanotype process, so much so he quickly downloaded the StoryCorps app. Upon encouraging Christian to start...

Andover Stories of American Identity: Alex Wu sits down to interview his exceptional math tutor, Tao Tu, about his childhood as a math prodigy in China, immigrating to the United States, and raising his family, including his two daughters.

Ted Lane (67) tells his son David Lane (47) about taking care of his siblings when he was young and making toys from things he found in the trash. He talks about meeting his wife and lying to his parents...

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How amber got the job

Maggie interviews her grandmother about how she uses math and about growing up

Odelia Krasner Friedman interviewed Kati Steiner about her bat mitzvah and growing up Jewish

I love my son more than anything in the world and he can certainly talk my ear off when he wants to. This StoryCorp interview definitely made him more shy and caught him off guard. I asked him a number...

Mrs. Rogers life as math teacher and other questions about memories and rememberance

This interview involved questions about the overall life of the interviewee and mathematical related experiences.

We talked about my dad’s work life, and how he ended up there.

In this interview my Grandmother and I talk about how she grew up in Philadelphia, memories of being a math teacher and her "favorite" students. We also talk about her favorite memories of my mother and step children in a...

A brief interview on mathematics and economics.

Spouses Alden Wright [no age given] and Sally Wright (78), speak to their two sons, Eric Wright (49) and Kevin Wright (47), about their grandparents, vacationing in Montana, and a commitment to curiosity, science, and the outdoors.

Hai-Ting Allison Chinn(AC), 37, interviews her mother Phyllis Chinn(PC), 69. They discuss Phyllis’ childhood, her career in math and husband Darryl.

This interview is about Joe Czupryn.

Asking my Nonna (Grandma) interview questions for A3 Algebra 2

Josephine Cole (15) interviews her computer scientist father (Billy Cole, 50) on growing up in West Virginia, the events of September 11, 2001, religion and family. While he plays video games in the background, and her sister yells advise.

Dad Daniele and daughters Arianna and Athena talk about his life as a president and mathematician, and their life as a family

Danielle Knox (40) talks with her colleague Krystal Sullivan (38) about their approaches to education, their love of math, and what has gotten them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

We talked about her past. She told me about her family and what she enjoyed as a child.

Second part

Interview about childhood and life problems.

Discussion about her experiences being a math teacher for over 34 years, how she is prepping for retirement, and how she balances her responsibilities in and out of the classroom.