Jen Wolfe

Episode 132: Kari Kokka: Lessons in Social Justice, Math, and Movement Building

October 28th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  53 mins 53 secs

community, movement, organization, social justice

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Kari Kokka, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as we discuss her advice and expertise as a mathematics teacher educator and her work with teachers to investigate social justice issues through the teaching of mathematics.

Episode 131: TMT/MTE Joint Episode - Amber Candela, Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, & Rachael Eriksen Brown: Lessons from the Editors

September 23rd, 2026  |  Season 7  |  51 mins 1 sec

editing, reviewing, writing

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Amber Candela, (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Dr. Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, (Ohio University), and Rachael Eriksen Brown, (Pennsylvania State University–Abington) as they share their advice and expertise as mathematics teacher editors and their work as editors of the Mathematics Teacher Educator Journal. Specifically, we discuss their latest article titled “So who’s the actual editor?,” from Volume 14, Issue 3 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal.

Episode 130: Roundtable Discussion: Building our Community of Math Teacher Educators through Events and Opportunities through the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators

September 9th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  40 mins 4 secs

community, events, opprotunities

Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion about the events and opportunities of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators that help promote community and engagement around the improvement of mathematics teacher education.

Episode 127: Brittany L. Marshall: Working to Disrupt Traditional Mathematics Logics

April 22nd, 2026  |  Season 7  |  53 mins 16 secs

access, equity, mathematics pedagogy, pedagogy

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Brittany L. Marshall, Assistant Professor at San Diego State University in the School of Teacher Education, as we discuss her advice and expertise as a mathematics teacher educator and her work to disrupt traditional mathematics logics that exclude students from intentionally-neglected communities.

Episode 126: Lateefah Id-Deen: Cultivating Belonging With the Community

April 8th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  37 mins 44 secs

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Lateefah Id-Deen, who shares about the benefits of listening to students and learning about their prior experiences, as well as starting with teachers' strengths

Episode 125: Steve Rhine and Rachel Harrington: Examining Teachers' Interactions with Digital Curriculum

March 25th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  50 mins 22 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better with Steve Rhine and Rachel Harrington, who share about their work with teachers in documenting and sharing ways to use digital curriculum in mathematics.

Episode 124: Melodie Baker: Mathematics Education Research as a Public Good

March 11th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  48 mins 58 secs

policy, practice, public good, public goods, research

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Melodie Baker, Executive Director of ImpactSTATS, a research and advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equity through policy and data-driven storytelling. Dr. Baker has been helping bridge the gap between research and practice, which ensures that important scholarship in mathematics education is understood and used by audiences beyond our field.

Episode 121: Roundtable Discussion: Opening Session of the 30th AMTE Annual Conference, “The Future We Teach For: Strengthening our Collective Voices and Actions in Mathematics Teacher Education” featuring Katey Arrington, Charles E. Wilkes, II, Rachael Brown, Jennifer Wolfe, and Enrique Galindo

February 6th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  54 mins 38 secs

advocacy, conference, podcasting

Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion around the Opening Session of the 30th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, featuring Katey Arrington, Charles E. Wilkes, II, Rachael Brown, Jennifer Wolfe, and moderated by Enrique Galindo, titled “The Future We Teach For: Strengthening our Collective Voices and Actions in Mathematics Teacher Education.”

Episode 120: Drew Nucci: Social Connections and Generative AI

January 28th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  49 mins

Learning to teach better with Dr. Drew Nucci, researcher at WestEd. He shares about his experiences with teaching mathematics and interviewing mathematics & science teachers about how they are thinking about and using generative AI in their practice.

Episode 119: Amber Candela: Teach Math Everyday (with Joy)

January 7th, 2026  |  Season 7  |  57 mins 14 secs

research, review, reviewing, write, writing

Learning to teach math teachers better with with Dr. Amber Candela, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, as she shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator and her role as one of the three co-editors of the Mathematics Teacher Educator Journal, a joint venture between the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Episode 118: Teaching Math Teaching at the 2025 AMTE Virtual Institute - Learning as a Mathematics Teacher Educator

December 24th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  54 mins 5 secs

early career faculty, professional development

Learning to teach math teachers better as we share our keynote, Learning as a Mathematics Teacher Educator, from the 2025 AMTE Virtual Institute, themed Across the Arc: Sustaining Our Learning, Sharing Our Practice.

Episode 117: Ariel Beggs: Strengthening Mathematics Learning By Developing Supportive Relationships and Community

December 10th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  45 mins 44 secs

early career teachers, hybrid learning, professional development

Learning to teach mathematics better with Ariel Beggs, program coordinator, professional development facilitator, and Presidential Award winning educator. Ariel shares her journey from two decades of middle school mathematics teaching to supporting mathematics educators through the University of Arizona Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers. Throughout the conversation, she highlights the power of supportive relationships, noting the difference between toxic and tolerable stress is the presence of community and connection, and how this belief shapes her coaching, collaboration, and leadership.

Episode 114: Colleen Eddy: Growing Leaders within Community

October 8th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  44 mins 15 secs

Learning to teach better with Dr. Colleen Eddy, professor and department chair at the University of North Texas, and current president of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning. She shares about the importance of community, tips on the publication process, and helping grow leaders.

Episode 112: Alisha Gibson: Coaching Teachers of Mathematics with "Open Eyes"

September 10th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  31 mins 27 secs

coaching, content knowledge, mississippi

Learning to teach math teachers better with Alisha Gibson, Mathematics Curriculum Specialist from the Jackson Public Schools in Jackson, MS and President of the Mississippi Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. She shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics coach with open eyes toward helping teachers become the best version of themselves as teachers of mathematics.

Episode 111: Jen Wolfe and Joel Amidon: Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education

August 27th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 31 mins

access, community, equity, justice, publication

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jen Wolfe, Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona, as we talk about two chapters we co‑authored for the newest Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book Series, Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education, edited by Dr. Eva Thanheiser and Dr. Courtney Koestler.
We dig into our chapters:
​Centering Community Care & Love in the Preparation of Prospective Secondary Teachers: A Collective Responsibility Approach to Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and
​Establishing the “We” with Prospective Elementary Teachers: Conversation Grids as Teaching Mathematics Methods as Agape

Episode 109: Ayanna Perry & Gina Wilson: Supporting Early Career Mathematics Teachers

May 7th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  52 mins 55 secs

early career teachers, professional development

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Gina Wilson, Knowles Teacher Initiative Program Officer of Teacher Development and Dr. Ayanna Perry, Director of Outreach and Dissemination, as we discuss supporting early career mathematics teachers and the professional development of teachers outside of higher education.