• Geometric issues including fractal geometry
• Math and the Arts, including the mathematics of the Alhambra
• Ethnomathematics
• Information Technology

Professor Robertson's work involves her pursuit of connections between classical and contemporary mathematics particularly in geometric issues. She is interested in the fractional dimensionality of Jackson Pollock’s drip period, the symmetries present at the Alhambra, ethnomathematics and middle-school math education.

Robertson teaches college-level mathematics courses with a focus on general education (GE). She has particular success with real-life contexts and collaborative learning projects in her teaching. For example, she worked with colleagues in the math department to design a “Mathematics from a Cultural Perspective” course based on a modular approach. The project was awarded a 2004 grant from the Connecticut College Center for Teaching & Learning. This ethnomath course led to the development of her first year seminar, “Fractals, Chaos and Culture,” in 2006.

In March 2005 and 2006, Robertson also received a MAA/Tensor grant for the project proposal, Fractal Geometry For Girls [(FG)2]. The goal of the project was to design and implement a series of workshops for middle-grades educators and “at-risk” middle-school girls from Bridgeport and New London, CT. In June 2008, Robertson launched a fractal math Web site for the teachers and students at http://www.fractalmath.conncoll.edu . Additionally, she has participated in the CTW (Connecticut College, Trinity College, and Wesleyan University) Mellon Project for Information Literacy.

Some recent presentations and papers by Ann Robertson:

• January 2008, “Teaching an Ethnomath Course Through the Lens of Geometry.” MAA (Mathematical Association of America) Session, San Diego, CA
• October 2007, “Self-Similarity, IFS, Fractal Dimensions—What’s Jackson Pollock’s ‘Drip Period’ got to do with it?” Senior Math Seminar, Connecticut College
• July 2007, “Revisiting the Geometry of the Sala de Dos Hermanas.” Proceedings, Bridges Donostia—Presentation: School of Architecture,University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian (Donostia), Spain.
• June 2004, "The Alhambra and the Grammar of Ornament, Preliminary Results," Proceedings of ISAMA (International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture), DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
• November 2003, “A Web-based (WebCT) Introductory Course in Differential and Integral Calculus”, Proceedings of ICTCM (International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics), Chicago, IL.
• October 2002, "Partnerships in Mathematics: Connecticut College and BDJMS --Introduction to Fractal Geometry and Its Applications," Fractal Geometry Workshop, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
• April 2001, Presentiments of Fractal Geometry in the Arts, Fractal Geometry Workshop, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
• January 2000,"Teaching Liberal Arts Mathematics Courses with an Interdisciplinary Paper / Project Requirement," American Mathematics Society's History of Mathematics and Education Contributed Paper Session, Joint Meeting, Washington, DC.
• November 1999, "Geometric Issues and Multimedia," ICTCM, Boston, MA.
• August 1999, "Is Geometry Subconscious?",  General Contributed Paper Session, MathFest 99, Providence, RI.
• January 1999, Robertson and Wertheimer; Geometry and the Arts; MAA Special Session on Geometry in the Classroom in the Next Millennium, I; Joint Meeting of AMS and MAA, San Antonio, TX.

Recent academic activities outside of the College include:

• Taught workshops for Math/Science (LEARN) Grant participants, April 2008 and Dec. 2006.
• 2001-June 2006: Working Member of Fractal Geometry NSF Grant of Michael Frame, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Nial Neger, Yale University.
• September 2000–June 2007: Presenting workshops on fractal geometry for elementary and middle school educators and for CAMPY (The Connecticut Association of Mathematically Precocious Youth).
• January 2004, Co-organized and Chaired “Math and the Arts” sessions for the joint meeting of MAAand AMS, Phoenix, AZ.
• Spring 2001: Designed two week fractal geometry curriculum unit with middle school teachers under a Lucent grant.
• January 2000: Chaired session of AMS's History of Mathematics and Education Contributed Paper Session, Joint Meetings, AMS and MAA, Washington DC.

Ann Robertson is a member of the American Mathematical Society; International Society for Art, Mathematics and Architecture; the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics; Mathematics Association of America; Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honorary Society; the Northeast Consortium on Quantitative Literacy; Lyman Allyn Art Museum; Newport Art Museum and the Wadsworth Atheneum.

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