Glenn Stevens is Professor of Mathematics at Boston University where he has taught and conducted research since 1984. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Harvard University in 1981. Beginning in 1989, Professor Stevens has directed Boston University’s Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS), a program for aspiring young mathematicians and their teachers. His research specialties are Number Theory, Automorphic Forms, and Arithmetic Geometry. He has authored or edited three books and published numerous articles on these topics. Professor Stevens has organized two major research conferences including the Conference on Modular Forms and Fermat’s Last Theorem held at Boston University in 1995, and has delivered well over a hundred invited lectures around the world.

Wayne Harvey is Vice President at EDC and Director of the Division of Mathematics Learning and Teaching. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981, where he studied cognitive science and mathematics education. At EDC, Dr. Harvey has had extensive experience with mathematics curriculum development across the grades, professional development for teachers, mathematics education research, and systemic reform efforts. He manages a staff of more than 50 professionals in an EDC Division which consists of more than 30 projects focusing on mathematics education reform.