Brit Claiborne
Doctoral Student
Brit Claiborne is a doctoral student of mathematics and science education at the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Brit’s research interests focus on developing STEM teacher candidates’ abilities as activists for social change within their classrooms and community. This includes how teachers can sustain transformative teaching practices given the constraints of the US education system while disrupting dominant discourses to imagine a more just future.
Before joining BU Wheelock, Brit was a high school mathematics teacher in Chicago-area public schools. Brit also has professional experience in ballet and modern dance and enjoys finding connections between math, justice, and art.
Education
MS, Mathematics Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
BA, Mathematics and Statistics, Smith College
Selected Publications
Shaughnessy, M., Boerst, T. A., Garcia, N., E., & Claiborne, B. (2024). Orienting to student sense-making: Using simulations to support the development of equitable mathematics teaching. In C. W. Lee, L. Bondurant, B. Sapkota & H. Howell (Eds.), Promoting Equity in Approximations of Practice for Mathematics Teachers (pp. 253–276). IGI Global. Doi: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1164-6.ch008
Claiborne, B., & Cordero-Siy, E. (2024). Imagining anew: a narrative analysis of STEM teachers’ fictional educational futures. Learning: Research and Practice, 10(2), 163–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/23735082.2024.2414985
Allen, L., Borst, K., Claiborne, B., Kolesnikov, A., & Pilewski, K. (2016). Interpolation properties of C1 quadratic splines on hexagonal cells. Computer Aided Geometric Design, 45, 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2016.01.001