Paulo Tan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Elementary Mathematics Education
University of California Santa Cruz
My research focuses on advancing intersectional disability justice in and through mathematics education. Prior to my academic career, I served as a public school middle-secondary mathematics teacher for ten years in culturally and linguistically diverse settings. My lived experiences with my son led me to pursue a doctorate in special education with an emphasis in mathematics education, and I have been reckoning and challenging educational inequities and injustices ever since. My current and future scholarship includes building theories for abolitionist mathematics educational research and practices that center the brilliances of disabled students of color. I identify as Chinese-American, cisgender male, and non-disabled and am parent of three.
Blog Posts
Abolitionist Approaches to Transform STEM Classrooms to Equitable, Just, and Democratic Places of Learning Necessitates Disrupting the Center | December 9, 2024
