Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

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Faculty & Staff

Marilyn Frankenstein

  • Professor of Quantitative Reasoning, Media & Society, and Social Justice, College of Public and Community Service Facilitator in OLLI program
  • Telephone: 617-287-7144

Additional Information

Marilyn Frankenstein is a professor at the College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) at UMass Boston. The focus of her work at CPCS is convincing people that quantitative reasoning is vital to understanding and acting to create a more just world; and that all of us can understand and reason quantitatively. She teaches courses in Quantitative Reasoning, Understanding Arguments, and Media Literacy. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, her text, Relearning Mathematics, teaches quantitative reasoning in an interdisciplinary context. She speaks about her CPCS work internationally and across the U.S.

1 Brown Bag:
What is an Education for Social Justice? (Part 3)