I am a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College; previously I was a Professor at Purdue University. Here's my explanation of why I left Purdue after 14 years. I've been working on properties of Selmer groups for elliptic curves using class groups of number fields, as well as properties of Dessins d'Enfants. I run an REU which focuses on understanding properties of Belyi maps, and I maintain a blog about Dessins d'Enfants. I am also working on a history project for African Americans in the mathematical sciences; I am the lead for updating the MAD Pages. I also consulted for the documentary Journeys of Black Mathematicians. I am always looking for students to assist with projects! Click here to learn more. The easiest way to contact me is by scheduling a time with Calendly. Biography Edray Herber Goins is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College. He has worked as a researcher at both Harvard and the National Security Agency; and has taught at both Caltech and Purdue. Professor Goins has published over 25 journal articles in areas such as applied mathematics, graph theory, number theory, and representation theory; and on topics such as Diophantine equations, elliptic curves, and African Americans in mathematics. He has given nearly 250 invited addresses on his research, acted as a referee for nearly 20 different journals in mathematics, served on dozens of panels for the National Science Foundation (NSF), and been awarded more than $1,370,000 in external funding. Goins currently maintains the website Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD Pages), and runs a federally-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) titled Pomona Research in Mathematics Experience (PRiME). Click here to download a headshot. A more detailed biography appears at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Activity within Professional Organizations Member of the Advisory Committee for the 4S Education Foundation. Member of the AAAS Scientific Program Committee for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Member of the TEAM-UP Together Campaign Committee for the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Foundation. Member of the Committee on Committees (CONC), the Committee on the Profession (COPROF), the Mathematics Research Communities Advisory Board (MRCBOARD), the Prize Oversight Committee (POC), and the AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grants for Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Faculty Committee for the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Member of the Board of Trustees for the Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study (AMIAS). Associate Editor for La Matematica, the official Journal of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). I am also on the AWM Scientific Advisory Committee. Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Art of Problem Solving Initiative (AoPSI), Inc. Member of the Board for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at the California Institute of Technology. Member of the Board of Directors for the College Bridge. Member of the Editorial Board for Essential Number Theory. Member of the Education Advisory Board (EAB) for the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM). Member of the AdHoc Committee on Diversity (CoD) for the International Mathematical Union (IMU). Member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM). Member of the Council on Prizes and Awards (COPA), Representative of the Southern California/Nevada Section, the Chair of the Congress, and the Nominating Committee for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Lead Program Director for the African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT) run by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR). Member of the Advisory Board for the UCLA Curtis Center for Mathematics. Events Organized On October 21-22, 2023, I co-organized "PUNDiT: Practicum for Undergraduates in Number Theory" at IPAM at UCLA. in April 2024, I will co-organize "GranvilleFest: A Celebration of the Life and Works of Evelyn Boyd Granville" as part of the 2024 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting at Howard University in Washington, DC. Talks and Appearances On April 4-6, 2024, I will speak at the MAA Oklahoma-Arkansas Section 2024 Annual Meeting at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. On April 6-7, 2024, I will attend the AMS 2024 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting at Howard University in Washington, DC. On April 12-13, 2024, I will speak at the MAA Wisconsin Section 2024 Annual Meeting at the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, WI. On April 14-16, 2024, I wil visit Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. On August 7, 2024, I will be a panelist for the Project NExT Workshop at MAA MathFest in Indianapolis, IN. Featured In the Media Math professor presents Kieval lecture (The Times-Standard; October 22, 2023) Annual USC James L. Solomon Jr. lecture shines light on unknown Black mathematicians (The Daily Gamecock; October 18, 2023) PME J. Sutherland Frame Lecture "Distance Makes the Math Grow Deeper: Rational Distance Sets, Nate Dean, and Me" at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston on January 4, 2023 (American Mathematical Society YouTube Channel; February 28, 2023) Edray Goins on being a Black mathematician, building community, and confronting racism in academia (The Student Life, February 17, 2022) Mission to diversify mathematics pushes professor to leave top spot (Spectrum News 1; June 29, 2021) The Cooper Union's 160th Commencement took place on Tuesday May 21, 2019 at 10:30 AM in the Great Hall. Professor Edray Goins of Pomona College gave the keynote address (Cooper Union YouTube Channel; May 21, 2019) For a Black Mathematician, What It's Like to Be the 'Only One' (New York Times; February 18, 2019) How Abstract Math Can Analyze Social Injustice (Science Friday Live; June 22, 2018) 2004 Emerging Scholars of the Year -- Taking the Tough Road (Black Issues in Higher Education; January 15, 2004) L.A Effort Guides Blacks to Colleges (San Francisco Examiner; April 29, 1990) 2 L.A. Students Win Merit Scholarships for Blacks (Los Angeles Times; March 29, 1990)