I am a Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College; previously I was a Professor at Purdue University. Here's my explanation of why I left Purdue after 14 years. You can read about my life in detail at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. 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. You can check out a recent profile in The Student Life on the work. The easiest way to contact me is by scheduling a time with Calendly. Activity within Professional Organizations Member of the Advisory Committee for the 4S Education Foundation. Member of the AAAS Scientific Program Committee for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Member of the Committee on Committees (CONC) the Committee on the Profession (COPROF), and the AMS Prize Oversight Committee (POC) 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. Member of the Board of Directors for the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Initiative, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors for the College Bridge. Member of the Editorial Board for Essential Number Theory. Member of the AdHoc Committee on Diversity (CoD) for the International Mathematical Union (IMU). I am a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM). Representative of the Southern California/Nevada Section for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). I am the Chair of the MAA Congress. In 2023, I will also be a member of the MAA Council on Prizes and Awards (COPA). Lead Program Director for the African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT) run by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA. Events Organized On June 17-18, 2022, I will co-organize a session on Blackbird, Fly: The Legacy of Vivienne Malone-Mayes and African-American Women within AWM and a panel on Blackbird, Fly: The Future of African-American Women within the Leadership of AWM at the AWM Research Symposium at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. On July 8, 2022, I will co-chair a panel on Best Practices Towards a More Diverse and Inclusive Mathematical Community for the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians. This is jointly sponsored by the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) and the IMU AdHoc Committee on Diversity (CoD). Talks and Appearances On May 16, 2022, I will give a talk in the Contextualizing Engineering and Applied Science: History, Ethics, and Identity in STEM Seminar Series and Discussion Group at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. On May 24, 2022, I will be a panelist for How to Run a Successful REU as part of the virtual seminar Lunch in the time of COVID. On August 6, 2022, I will be a panelist for Building Community and Belonging in Mathematics at MAA MathFest in Philadelphia, PA. On September 9, 2022, I will visit Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. From September 30 to October 1, 2022, I will give a series of talks at the Iowa Section of the MAA Fall Meeting at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. On October 17, 2022, I will give a colloquium at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. In January 2023, I will give the Pi Mu Epsilon J. Sutherland Frame Lecture at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, MA. On February 25, 2023, I will speak at the MAA Golden Section 2023 Annual Meeting at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, CA. On March 31-April 1, 2023, I will give a talk at the Kentucky Section of the MAA Annual Meeting at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY. On April 21-22, 2023, I will speak at the MAA Rocky Mountain Section Spring 2023 Meeting at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD. Featured In the Media Pomona and Cal Poly students team up to document Black contributions to mathematics (The Student Life, March 10, 2022) 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) Mathematical Lives: A Profile of Edray Goins (June 19, 2020) 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) What I Learned While Reporting on the Dearth of Black Mathematicians (New York Times; February 20, 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)