Bharath Sriraman (born 1971) is an Indian-born Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Montana – Missoula and an academic editor, known for his interdisciplinary contributions at the nexus of math-science-arts, theory development in mathematics education,

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research, and gifted education.

Education and honors

Bharath Sriraman graduated with a B.S. in mathematics from the

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in 1995. He obtained his M.S in Mathematics in 1999 followed by a

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in Mathematical Sciences in 2002 both from

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under the analyst Robert Wheeler. In 2009, Northern Illinois University named him as one of 50 "Golden alumni" in the last 50 years for his significant contributions to research in mathematics education, gifted education and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mathematics-science-arts. He previously received the School Science and Mathematics Association Early Scholar Award in 2007. In 2016 he was the recipient of the University of Montana Distinguished Scholar Award.

Academic and editorial work

Sriraman is the founder and

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of '' The Mathematics Enthusiast'', an independent

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hosted by University of Montana. He is the co-founder/co-editor-in-chief of two series with

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namely '' Advances in Mathematics Education'' and '' Creativity Theory and Action in Education''. In addition to editing he is a prolific scholar with over 300 publications to date in numerous areas of research, and held numerous visiting professorships including those as International Fulbright Specialist at institutions in Nordic countries, Eurasia and South America. He also holds an adjunct appointment in the department of Central and Southwest-Asian Studies at the University of Montana

Bibliography of Edited Works (selection)

Interdisciplinary works

History and Philosophy of Mathematics

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International mathematics education

*Sriraman, B., Bergsten, C., Goodchild, S., Palsdottir, G., et al. (2010): ''The First Sourcebook on Nordic Research in Mathematics Education: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Contributions from Finland '' Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC. *Sriraman, B., Cai, J., Lee, K., et al. (2015): ''The First Sourcebook on Asian Research in Mathematics Education: China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and India.'' Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC.

Creativity

*Sriraman, B., &Lee, K. (2011): ''The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. '' Sense Publishers, The Netherlands. *Beghetto, R. &Sriraman, B. (2017): ''Creative Contradictions in Education: Cross disciplinary paradoxes and perspectives'',

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, Switzerland,

Gifted education

*Ambrose, D., Sriraman, B., Cross, T. (2013): ''The Roeper School: A Model for Holistic Development of High Ability'', Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sriraman, Bharath 1971 births Living people 20th-century Indian mathematicians American mathematicians Scientists from Bangalore Academic journal editors University of Montana faculty Northern Illinois University alumni University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni Indian emigrants to the United States Creativity researchers