The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) annually honors teachers who impact and improve Mathematical education with the Mary P. Dolciani Award. We are ecstatic to announce the 2023 Dolciani Award recipient, Stan Yoshinobu.
Dr. Stan Yoshinobu earned a BA in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, in 1995 and earned his MA and PhD from UCLA, finishing in 2000. Yoshinobu worked as a research mathematician and published work in pure mathematics for a few years early in his career, but has focused on mathematics education, pedagogy, and faculty development for the past 20 years.
Yoshinobu's approach has improved mathematical education by promoting student-centered inquiry-based learning – fundamentally changing the three-way relationship between teachers, learners, and mathematical content. He has been awarded Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF), National Science Foundation (NSF), and other grant funding for creating the Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning (AIBL), developing transformational workshops for college mathematics faculty, mathematics teacher educators, and facilitators to run more workshops. Dr. Yoshinobu has been crucial in propagating a broad and growing community of IBL practitioners who are reshaping modern mathematics pedagogy.