A Simple Lesson on Complex Social Systems | Spring 2021 | Harvey Mudd College Magazine

An interview with mathematics professor Heather Zinn Brooks.

Faculty A Simple Lesson on Complex Social Systems Share story Facebook LinkedIn Email Communicating mathematics in a way that is exciting, relevant and inclusive is a goal of Heather Zinn Brooks, assistant professor of mathematics. As an applied mathematician working in complex and nonlinear systems, she studies a variety of social and biological systems with mathematical models. In January, she co-organized the online, well-attended international 2021 AMS Short Course Mathematical and Computational Methods for Complex Social Systems, a gathering for those seeking to gain a better understandin

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