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Kari Kokka (she/her) is an associate professor of mathematics education in the teaching and learning department. She studies social justice mathematics, mathematics teacher activism, and critical consciousness development of mathematics teachers. Her current research projects are funded by the National Science Foundation and Spencer Foundation. Before her position at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, she was an assistant professor of mathematics education at the University of Pittsburgh (2017-2022), where she was awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Research Award (2022), the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2021), and the Iris Marion Marion Award for Social Justice (2019). She began her career in education as a mathematics teacher and diving coach at Berkeley High School (1999). She was a mathematics teacher activist and mathematics instructional coach at Vanguard High School (2001-2011), a Title I public school in New York City. She is a co-founder of the Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEMM Education and Social Justice (co-founded in 2007) and former co-chair of the Critical Educators for Social Justice SIG (2017-2019). She has been part of the Radical STEMM Educators of the Bay Area, the People’s Education Movement, and the New York Collective of Radical Educators. Dr. Kokka completed her Ed.D. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2017), principal certification with the NYC Leadership Academy (2011), M.A. in Education (2001), and B.S. in mechanical engineering at Stanford University (1999). She is a proud product of East San Jose, CA, K-12 public schools.