Bonnie Gold (born 1948) is an American mathematician,

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ian, philosopher of mathematics, and mathematics educator. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at

Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter. There are about 4,400 full ...

Education and career

Gold completed her Ph.D. in 1976 at

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, under the supervision of Michael D. Morley. She was the chair of the mathematics department at

Wabash College Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cu ...

before moving to Monmouth, where she also became department chair.

Contributions

The research from Gold's dissertation, ''Compact and

\omega

-compact formulas in

L_

'', was later published in the journal ''Archiv für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagenforschung'', and concerned

infinitary logic An infinitary logic is a logic that allows infinitely long statements and/or infinitely long proofs. Some infinitary logics may have different properties from those of standard first-order logic. In particular, infinitary logics may fail to be co ...

. With Sandra Z. Keith and William A. Marion she co-edited ''Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics'', published by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in 1999. With Roger A. Simons, Gold is also the editor of another book, ''Proof and Other Dilemmas: Mathematics and Philosophy'' (MAA, 2008). Her essay "How your philosophy of mathematics impacts your teaching" was selected for inclusion in ''The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012''. In it, she argues that the

philosophy of mathematics The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the assumptions, foundations, and implications of mathematics. It aims to understand the nature and methods of mathematics, and find out the place of mathematics in peop ...

affects the teaching of mathematics even when the teacher's philosophical principles are implicit and unexamined.

Recognition

In 2012, Gold became the winner of the 22nd

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of the Association for Women in Mathematics for her contributions to

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. The award citation noted her work in

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for undergraduate study in mathematics.

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