Susan Goldstine is an American mathematician active in

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. She is a professor of mathematics at

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, and (for 2019–2022) the Steven Muller Distinguished Professor in the Sciences at St. Mary's College.

Education and career

Goldstine graduated ''

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'' from

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in 1993. She completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at Harvard University in 1998. Her dissertation, ''Spin Representations and Lattices'', was supervised by

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. After postdoctoral and visiting assistant professorships at

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, and Amherst College, she joined the St. Mary's College faculty in 2004.

Contributions

Goldstine has made and exhibited many pieces of mathematical art, often involving textiles. A set of

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jewelry pieces by her visualizing the

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problem on three different

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s won the prize for "best textile, sculpture, or other medium" in the art show of the 2015

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. She is the coauthor of the book ''Crafting Conundrums: Puzzles and Patterns for the Bead Crochet Artist'' (with Ellie Baker,

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, 2014). Combining her interests in mathematics and fiber arts she is one of 24 mathematicians and artists who make up the Mathemalchemy Team.Mathemalchemy’s Team
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Personal life

Goldstine is the granddaughter of teacher and author

Bel Kaufman Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel ''Up the Down Staircase.'' Early life Bella's father, Michael Kaufman (Mikhail Y. Koyfman) and her mother, Lal ...

and the great-great-granddaughter of

Sholem Aleichem Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (; May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish language, Yiddish and , also spelled in Yiddish orthography#Reform and standardization, Soviet Yiddish, ; Russian language, Russian and ), ...

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