Nathan N. Alexander is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the Howard University School of Education and holds a joint appointment at Howard’s Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics. He received his doctorate from Columbia University in 2015. His research focuses on the history and development of quantitative and mathematical literacy, and he examines the role of context in probability theory, statistical data analysis, and mathematical education. He is the founder and director of the Quantitative Histories Workshop, a computational curriculum collective and community-centered teaching and learning lab. His research and writing have appeared in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, and PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies. He is a 2025–2028 MAA NAM section lecturer. His work is inspired by the legacy of Bob Moses—civil rights and mathematics literacy activist, and founder of the Algebra Project.
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