Luis Antonio Leyva
@luisleyvaedu.bsky.social
[él/he] Associate Prof. of Math Ed. & STEM Higher Ed., Vanderbilt Univ.-Peabody College. Director of PRISM Research Lab. Critical race scholar. Advancing intersectional justice in undergraduate STEM. 90’s alternative rock and R&B lover. 🇨🇺🏳️🌈. Posts = my own.
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spongebob squarepants is holding his hands up in the air and says published
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Our research team's new journal article in AERA Open reports findings from a study of 27 Latin* undergraduate Ss' experiences of servingness [i.e., racially-affirming support at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)], particularly focusing on gateway math instruction. doi.org/10.1177/2332... (1/5)
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Grateful for this beautiful review of our book, "Teacher Learning of Ambitious and Equitable Mathematics Teaching: A Sociocultural Approach"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How can teachers learn to teach effectively and equitably? - Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education -
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January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Grateful for this beautiful review of our book, "Teacher Learning of Ambitious and Equitable Mathematics Teaching: A Sociocultural Approach"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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You’re looking at your 2026 Cecil Memorial Lecture speaker at Smith College!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
You’re looking at your 2026 Cecil Memorial Lecture speaker at Smith College!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
Excellent perspective from @thejosevilson.com pushing back on community-building as a ‘soft skill’ in math learning:
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
José Vilson: Good Math Education Is a ‘Civil Right’
The middle school math teacher, author, and lecturer, on holding high expectations for every child and prioritizing mathematics in the same way we do literacy.
www.edutopia.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Excellent perspective from @thejosevilson.com pushing back on community-building as a ‘soft skill’ in math learning:
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
Durand Bernarr’s GRAMMY distinction includes all ingredients to my happiness:
—Celebrating Black queer/queer of color representation & excellence ✅
—Elevating the power of neo-soul music into the 2000s & beyond ✅
—Bringing your proud mother to share special moments of life/career achievement ✅
—Celebrating Black queer/queer of color representation & excellence ✅
—Elevating the power of neo-soul music into the 2000s & beyond ✅
—Bringing your proud mother to share special moments of life/career achievement ✅
DURAND BERNARR Wins BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM | 2026 GRAMMYs Acceptance Speech
YouTube video by Recording Academy / GRAMMYs
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February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Durand Bernarr’s GRAMMY distinction includes all ingredients to my happiness:
—Celebrating Black queer/queer of color representation & excellence ✅
—Elevating the power of neo-soul music into the 2000s & beyond ✅
—Bringing your proud mother to share special moments of life/career achievement ✅
—Celebrating Black queer/queer of color representation & excellence ✅
—Elevating the power of neo-soul music into the 2000s & beyond ✅
—Bringing your proud mother to share special moments of life/career achievement ✅
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How do signals in professional settings shape confidence for Black women from #HBCUs in #computing? This segment of #Ed_PERCInsights: BIG ideas. Small bites shares a key finding from Proving Our Worth on how industry environments can reinforce #impostersyndrome. #ScholarGrind
#Ed_PERC #cSERT
#Ed_PERC #cSERT
December 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How do signals in professional settings shape confidence for Black women from #HBCUs in #computing? This segment of #Ed_PERCInsights: BIG ideas. Small bites shares a key finding from Proving Our Worth on how industry environments can reinforce #impostersyndrome. #ScholarGrind
#Ed_PERC #cSERT
#Ed_PERC #cSERT
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In this segment of #Ed_PERCInsights: BIG ideas. Small bites, we examine the double-bind—how #racism & #sexism intersect to shape how #Black women from #HBCUs experience #computing in industry & university partnerships.
Read the full paper here: muse.jhu.edu/article/9563...
#ScholarGrind #STEM
Read the full paper here: muse.jhu.edu/article/9563...
#ScholarGrind #STEM
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
In this segment of #Ed_PERCInsights: BIG ideas. Small bites, we examine the double-bind—how #racism & #sexism intersect to shape how #Black women from #HBCUs experience #computing in industry & university partnerships.
Read the full paper here: muse.jhu.edu/article/9563...
#ScholarGrind #STEM
Read the full paper here: muse.jhu.edu/article/9563...
#ScholarGrind #STEM
Grateful for the opportunity to read an early draft of
@ilanahorn.bsky.social's first editorial as JRME Editor. She writes about math education research during precarious times near & far in the world. I always value Lani's metaphor use in her writing to make sense of complex ideas. cc: @nctm.org
@ilanahorn.bsky.social's first editorial as JRME Editor. She writes about math education research during precarious times near & far in the world. I always value Lani's metaphor use in her writing to make sense of complex ideas. cc: @nctm.org
My first editorial for @nctm.org's research journal, the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education:
Mathematics Education at the End of the World
pubs.nctm.org/view/journal...
#iteachmath #EduSky
Mathematics Education at the End of the World
pubs.nctm.org/view/journal...
#iteachmath #EduSky
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January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to read an early draft of
@ilanahorn.bsky.social's first editorial as JRME Editor. She writes about math education research during precarious times near & far in the world. I always value Lani's metaphor use in her writing to make sense of complex ideas. cc: @nctm.org
@ilanahorn.bsky.social's first editorial as JRME Editor. She writes about math education research during precarious times near & far in the world. I always value Lani's metaphor use in her writing to make sense of complex ideas. cc: @nctm.org
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future.
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future.
Amplifying a new feature highlighting scholarship from my STEM higher education colleagues — Ebony McGee, Christopher Jett & Devin White.
Views | The future of equitable #STEM education depends not just on who gets degrees, but on who gets credit for helping make them possible. bit.ly/3Jods0u
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Amplifying a new feature highlighting scholarship from my STEM higher education colleagues — Ebony McGee, Christopher Jett & Devin White.
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Fans of the TODOS Podcast, come check out Shari Kaku and I reflecting on Season 4: Hypervisible/Invisible: Asian American Math Identity at the CMC-South conference, Sat, Nov 4, 8:30-9:30AM in Renaissance San Jacinto 572.
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fans of the TODOS Podcast, come check out Shari Kaku and I reflecting on Season 4: Hypervisible/Invisible: Asian American Math Identity at the CMC-South conference, Sat, Nov 4, 8:30-9:30AM in Renaissance San Jacinto 572.
✈️ 📚 Honored to be selected as one of 60 mathematics education scholars around the world to deliver an Invited Lecture during the 16th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Grateful for members of the Programme Committee who recognized my scholarship through this special opportunity. ✨ ✉️
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
✈️ 📚 Honored to be selected as one of 60 mathematics education scholars around the world to deliver an Invited Lecture during the 16th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Grateful for members of the Programme Committee who recognized my scholarship through this special opportunity. ✨ ✉️
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep
1. Music videos and MTV programming from the '90s
2. Intersectionality theory & its relevance to STEM education
3. Why Skeeter from "Muppet Bubbies" should be a muppet
1. Music videos and MTV programming from the '90s
2. Intersectionality theory & its relevance to STEM education
3. Why Skeeter from "Muppet Bubbies" should be a muppet
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep
1. The albums (and singles) released by Mariah Carey (1990 to 2006)
2. Numerical methods for solving differential equations
3. The novels of Tana French
4. Roger Federer’s tennis career
5. The fight for marriage equality (1970-2015)
1. The albums (and singles) released by Mariah Carey (1990 to 2006)
2. Numerical methods for solving differential equations
3. The novels of Tana French
4. Roger Federer’s tennis career
5. The fight for marriage equality (1970-2015)
September 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep
1. Music videos and MTV programming from the '90s
2. Intersectionality theory & its relevance to STEM education
3. Why Skeeter from "Muppet Bubbies" should be a muppet
1. Music videos and MTV programming from the '90s
2. Intersectionality theory & its relevance to STEM education
3. Why Skeeter from "Muppet Bubbies" should be a muppet
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My book on rural, poor and working-class college students is now available to purchase! THANK YOU to folks who supported me in this journey, the amazing students who shared their stories with me, and of course my fantastic publisher #RoutledgeBooks!
www.routledge.com/The-Cultural...
www.routledge.com/The-Cultural...
June 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My book on rural, poor and working-class college students is now available to purchase! THANK YOU to folks who supported me in this journey, the amazing students who shared their stories with me, and of course my fantastic publisher #RoutledgeBooks!
www.routledge.com/The-Cultural...
www.routledge.com/The-Cultural...
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Join us at NCTM 2025 Annual Meeting & Exposition.
📢Included & Empowered: BWXME & BMME
📅Oct 17 | 1 PM |Georgia World Congress Center
With Christina Lincoln-Moore, Dr. Kyndall Brown, Dr. Tashana Howse & Dr. John Staley
🔗 www.nctm.org/atlanta2025/...
#NCTM2025 #NCTMATL25 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc
📢Included & Empowered: BWXME & BMME
📅Oct 17 | 1 PM |Georgia World Congress Center
With Christina Lincoln-Moore, Dr. Kyndall Brown, Dr. Tashana Howse & Dr. John Staley
🔗 www.nctm.org/atlanta2025/...
#NCTM2025 #NCTMATL25 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us at NCTM 2025 Annual Meeting & Exposition.
📢Included & Empowered: BWXME & BMME
📅Oct 17 | 1 PM |Georgia World Congress Center
With Christina Lincoln-Moore, Dr. Kyndall Brown, Dr. Tashana Howse & Dr. John Staley
🔗 www.nctm.org/atlanta2025/...
#NCTM2025 #NCTMATL25 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc
📢Included & Empowered: BWXME & BMME
📅Oct 17 | 1 PM |Georgia World Congress Center
With Christina Lincoln-Moore, Dr. Kyndall Brown, Dr. Tashana Howse & Dr. John Staley
🔗 www.nctm.org/atlanta2025/...
#NCTM2025 #NCTMATL25 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc
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📢New Pub Alert📢 Thrilled to share our our new article, "Promoting sociotechnical perspectives of engineering during a summer bridge program," published in Journal of Engineering Education onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
📢New Pub Alert📢 Thrilled to share our our new article, "Promoting sociotechnical perspectives of engineering during a summer bridge program," published in Journal of Engineering Education onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Our research team's new journal article in AERA Open reports findings from a study of 27 Latin* undergraduate Ss' experiences of servingness [i.e., racially-affirming support at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)], particularly focusing on gateway math instruction. doi.org/10.1177/2332... (1/5)
spongebob squarepants is holding his hands up in the air and says published
ALT: spongebob squarepants is holding his hands up in the air and says published
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Our research team's new journal article in AERA Open reports findings from a study of 27 Latin* undergraduate Ss' experiences of servingness [i.e., racially-affirming support at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)], particularly focusing on gateway math instruction. doi.org/10.1177/2332... (1/5)
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Check out our NEW website!
www.todos-math.org
What’s new?
A clean, intuitive design
Powerful search function
Highlighted content for educators, families and leaders
Easier access to TEEM, TODOS Live! and more…
www.todos-math.org
What’s new?
A clean, intuitive design
Powerful search function
Highlighted content for educators, families and leaders
Easier access to TEEM, TODOS Live! and more…
Home - TODOS
At TODOS, we believe every student deserves access to mathematics that reflects their brilliance, culture, language and lived experience.
www.todos-math.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Check out our NEW website!
www.todos-math.org
What’s new?
A clean, intuitive design
Powerful search function
Highlighted content for educators, families and leaders
Easier access to TEEM, TODOS Live! and more…
www.todos-math.org
What’s new?
A clean, intuitive design
Powerful search function
Highlighted content for educators, families and leaders
Easier access to TEEM, TODOS Live! and more…
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🎙️New podcast episode!🔥
We’re joined by Lateefah Id-Deen, Opening Keynote for #NCTMATL25. Hear how to build meaningful connections with students in the #math classroom and create a legacy you can be proud of 👉 nctm.link/mJZm3
Join us in Atlanta next month: nctm.link/ATL-RATES
We’re joined by Lateefah Id-Deen, Opening Keynote for #NCTMATL25. Hear how to build meaningful connections with students in the #math classroom and create a legacy you can be proud of 👉 nctm.link/mJZm3
Join us in Atlanta next month: nctm.link/ATL-RATES
September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎙️New podcast episode!🔥
We’re joined by Lateefah Id-Deen, Opening Keynote for #NCTMATL25. Hear how to build meaningful connections with students in the #math classroom and create a legacy you can be proud of 👉 nctm.link/mJZm3
Join us in Atlanta next month: nctm.link/ATL-RATES
We’re joined by Lateefah Id-Deen, Opening Keynote for #NCTMATL25. Hear how to build meaningful connections with students in the #math classroom and create a legacy you can be proud of 👉 nctm.link/mJZm3
Join us in Atlanta next month: nctm.link/ATL-RATES
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Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
“Copy and Paste” Practices: A Multi-Site Critical Discourse Analysis of Arguments About Anti-DEI Legislation
This manuscript presents the results of a critical discourse analysis designed to investigate how legislators and other actors leverage discursive strategies to frame the need for/impacts of state-...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...
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Colleagues and friends—
Join Celina German, M.Ed. & I through #AERADivG for a panel on navigating the education academic job search during these times. We have incredible panelists who are excited to share insights!
The date is Sept. 30th from 230pm–330pm ET. RSVP: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Celina German, M.Ed. & I through #AERADivG for a panel on navigating the education academic job search during these times. We have incredible panelists who are excited to share insights!
The date is Sept. 30th from 230pm–330pm ET. RSVP: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Colleagues and friends—
Join Celina German, M.Ed. & I through #AERADivG for a panel on navigating the education academic job search during these times. We have incredible panelists who are excited to share insights!
The date is Sept. 30th from 230pm–330pm ET. RSVP: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Celina German, M.Ed. & I through #AERADivG for a panel on navigating the education academic job search during these times. We have incredible panelists who are excited to share insights!
The date is Sept. 30th from 230pm–330pm ET. RSVP: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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The wait is over! We’re muy excited to announce the 2025-2026 AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows!
This new cohort is full of brilliance, purpose, and pasión. Welcome to the familia, we can’t wait to witness all the magic you’ll bring to the space.
This new cohort is full of brilliance, purpose, and pasión. Welcome to the familia, we can’t wait to witness all the magic you’ll bring to the space.
July 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The wait is over! We’re muy excited to announce the 2025-2026 AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows!
This new cohort is full of brilliance, purpose, and pasión. Welcome to the familia, we can’t wait to witness all the magic you’ll bring to the space.
This new cohort is full of brilliance, purpose, and pasión. Welcome to the familia, we can’t wait to witness all the magic you’ll bring to the space.
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We are thrilled to introduce the 2025–2026 AAHHE Faculty Fellows. We look forward to an incredible year ahead and cannot wait to see all that our fellows will accomplish.
Read more about the fellows here: bit.ly/4mGUKz4
Read more about the fellows here: bit.ly/4mGUKz4
August 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We are thrilled to introduce the 2025–2026 AAHHE Faculty Fellows. We look forward to an incredible year ahead and cannot wait to see all that our fellows will accomplish.
Read more about the fellows here: bit.ly/4mGUKz4
Read more about the fellows here: bit.ly/4mGUKz4
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🧵 New #openaccess pub just dropped:
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Teachers’ subjectivities in responsive instruction: when ambitious practice encounters challenging teaching situations - Instructional Science
In the pursuit of inclusive classrooms, educators have identified the importance of teachers’ responsiveness to the particular students they teach. To date, research on responsive teaching has emphasi...
link.springer.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🧵 New #openaccess pub just dropped:
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Teachers' subjectivities in responsive instruction:
When ambitious instruction encounters challenging teaching situations"
by me, Yeliz Günal Aggül, Shuqin Li, and Christine Hood
#AcademicSky #EduSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Slightly diminish a band
Some Doubt
Some Doubt
Slightly diminish a band
They are probably not giants
They are probably not giants
Slightly diminish a band
CHVPELS
CHVPELS
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Slightly diminish a band
Some Doubt
Some Doubt
Full of pride for 3 Ph.D. student members of our research lab community at Vanderbilt University who earned graduate fellowships to advance their research studies on equity issues in STEM higher education. More details regarding their respective projects below. 👇
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Full of pride for 3 Ph.D. student members of our research lab community at Vanderbilt University who earned graduate fellowships to advance their research studies on equity issues in STEM higher education. More details regarding their respective projects below. 👇