Section NExT
Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program of the MAA. This program is designed to support new college faculty in their teaching, scholarly, and professional activities and to help these new faculty members to get involved in the mathematical community beyond their own institutions. The success of Project NExT on the national level has prompted some MAA sections, including the Illinois section, to organize their own local versions of this program, called Section NExT.
The annual ISMAA Section NExT Program will be held in conjunction with the ISMAA Annual Meeting, this year held at DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago, IL on March 19-20, 2027. Anyone within their first four years of teaching mathematics (after finishing a master's or doctoral degree) at any two or four-year college or university in Illinois is eligible, as well as any graduate students at universities in Illinois who are completing their PhD this year and have a position in Illinois for the upcoming academic year. Newly selected ISMAA Section NExT Fellows will have their meeting registration, pre-conference workshop registration, banquet fees, and Friday lunch paid for by the ISMAA for the 2027 and 2028 ISMAA Annual Meetings.
The Section NExT Program will begin on Friday morning, with the pre-conference workshop. The ISMAA Section NExT program will conclude on Saturday preceding the closing address of the ISMAA meeting. The topic for the Saturday morning round table discussion will be determined by interest of the Fellows.
Please send your application to Dr. Kevin Palencia Infante at palencia@niu.edu. Application materials for ISMAA Section NExT Fellows will be posted in advance of the 2027 ISMAA Meeting.
For further information, please contact the Coordinator for the ISMAA Section NExT Program:
Dr. Kevin Infante Palencia
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Email: palencia@niu.edu